As you grow your business and start to hire more employees, you will begin to face a lot of new issues. Many of these issues are addressed by having an employee handbook that provides the rulebook for your workplace. The employee handbook forces you to think about...

Once you have your partnership agreement, signed by all parties, in place, you should consult with a good accountant. The next most important piece of the puzzle is to ensure that your partnership books and records are set up properly and efficiently. Your goal is...

To start a business with a partner, you should always have a partnership agreement in place. Even though you are good friends and have the same objectives at the start of the venture that may not be true later.   A partnership agreement sets out each partner’s rights...

An employer must not discriminate against a pregnant worker or treat them differently that it would any other worker. In New Jersey, the 2014 enactment of the Pregnant Worker’s Fairness Act (“PWFA”) imposes new obligations upon the employer, namely to provide special...

You must appeal the denial of your unemployment benefits if you believe that you were eligible for benefits. Your eligibility will depend on a calculation of the number of weeks you have worked but also upon the reasons for your separation from employment. You must...

Pursuant to the Youth Minimum Wage Law, you have to pay a minimum of $4.25 per hour to a baby sitter who is less than 20 years old for the first 90 days of their employment. This is called the Youth Minimum Wage Law. Once the sitter turns 20 or has worked for you for...

The law does not require you, as a small employer, to provide medical coverage for your nanny. Under the Affordable Healthcare Act, an employer with 50 or fewer full time employees is not required to provide health coverage to its employees. Your nanny would be...

Your eligibility for unemployment benefits varies from state to state and depends upon the following general criteria: The number of weeks that you have worked The reasons for separation; and Whether your employer challenges your benefits. The poor economy has placed...

Absolutely! Most employers have servers that retain any and all information downloaded or accessed on any computer. Whether they will actually access and review that information is another question but they absolutely have the ability to view it should they chose to...

Yes. Especially if you say something negative and disparaging about the company or its employees.In an “at will” employment context, you can be fired for any reason or no reason as long as it is not a discriminatory reason. Casting the company or its employees in a...