Employers follow specific company rules and guidelines when hiring, establishing a work environment and managing how employees should work. This ensures uniformity and fairness among workers. However, certain circumstances compel some employees to request adjustments...
If you are interested in investing, you could be a target for securities fraud. It is a term used for various illegal schemes crafted to manipulate financial markets and deceive investors, including foreign currency fraud, broker embezzlement and investment fraud....
When employers wrongfully misclassify an employee as an independent contractor, that can hurt the worker in numerous ways. By labeling employees as independent contractors, employers create the illusion of independence while stripping away crucial labor protections....
In an at-will employment state like Virginia, employees can quit their jobs and employers can terminate their employees without advance notice or reasonable cause. However, that does not necessarily prevent the terminated employee from making a wrongful termination...
Litigation is one of several ways to resolve business disputes. Some people hesitate to use it, but there will be times when this approach might become your best course of action. Here are signs it is best to resolve a business dispute through litigation....
Buying a house for the first time is a life-changing event for any individual. But while you know what type of house you want or how many bedrooms and bathrooms you want there to be, there are real estate concepts that you might not be familiar with as a first-time...
Under labor laws, employees can file a complaint against their employers for workplace issues, such as discrimination and harassment, while employers can reprimand or terminate an employee on legal grounds. But while it is the employer’s right to act against an...
It is not easy to keep everyone happy in a business. Disputes such as breach of contract, partnership disputes, shareholder disputes, breach of fiduciary duty and fraud are only some of the most common reasons businesses pursue litigation. A business litigation...
To a large degree, employment contracts focus on clarifying the obligations that workers and the companies that employ them have to one another. Contracts tend to discuss what services the employee will provide and what compensation the organization will offer. An...
Business disputes arise between companies or businesses when they are unhappy with the outcome of a particular transaction or agreement. Businesses are multifaceted. There are deadlines to meet, goods to produce, products to deliver and employees to sustain. That is...
