By Jennifer M. Hart On November 28, 2016, the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Civil Rights (“OCR”) issued an alert concerning a “phishing” email using OCR’s letterhead and Director Jocelyn Samuels’s digital signature. This hyper-realistic email is...
By Alex E. Jones Opponents of the Department of Labor’s (“DOL”) new rule, which increases the minimum salary threshold to be considered exempt from federal overtime laws, scored a big victory this past Tuesday (November 22) when a Texas judge granted a preliminary...
President-elect Donald Trump promises dramatic changes to the current tax laws. Below is an overview of the likely changes as proposed by President-elect Trump, followed by some year-end planning recommendations based on the proposed changes. Individual income tax...
Ohio Supreme Court Upholds Application of Ohio Business Tax on Out-of-State Online Retailer Businesses Having No Physical Presence in Ohio On November 17, 2016, the Ohio Supreme Court ruled, in Crutchfield Corp. v. Testa, that the Ohio Commercial Activity Tax’s...
By Melissa A. Yasinow On October 19, 2016, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) issued a Memorandum clarifying certain provisions of its May 12, 2016 Final Rule regarding the electronic reporting of workplace injuries and illnesses. KJK analyzed...
By Alex E. Jones On October 25, 2016, the White House issued a Fact Sheet announcing new initiatives to spur competition and increase wage growth. The White House is taking aim at wage collusion among competing employers and what it deems to be the overuse of...
By James L. Lane, Esq. "HIGH CONFLICT child custody cases can be brutally difficult and severely stressful. Parents who are fighting for custody of their kids are thrown into a daunting legal vortex while facing the nightmare of losing custody of their children. This...
By: Alex E. Jones In May 2016, we wrote about the U.S. Department of Labor’s (“DOL”) new rule that would increase the minimum salary levels required to qualify as an “exempt” employee under the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”), and thus no longer be eligible for...
Illinois has adopted a new statute called the Illinois Freedom to Work Act. The statute prohibits private sector employers from entering into non-compete agreements, which the law defines as a “covenant not to compete,” with low wage employees. It defines a low wage...
By Melissa A. Yasinow On May 12, 2016, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) issued its final rule on the electronic reporting of workplace injuries and illnesses. This new rule will require employers to electronically submit to OSHA its records...