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Does your employee handbook adequately cover intellectual property issues? ATTORNEY ADVERTISING

Posted on July 30, 2012 by mchattie

Over the years, The McHattie Law Firm, LLC has received many requests from our clients to review their existing employment manuals and handbooks, paying particular attention to the intellectual property (“IP”) provisions. Invariably, not one of those manuals provided thorough, and in many cases even adequate, guidelines for employees on the company’s intellectual property “Dos Read more about Does your employee handbook adequately cover intellectual property issues? *ATTORNEY ADVERTISING*[…]

Are you in compliance with the New York Wage Theft Prevention Act? Do you need to be?

Posted on January 17, 2012 by mchattielaw

The Wage Theft Prevention Act took effect in New York State on April 9, 2011 and affects every employer who has at least one employee located in New York. This new law, among other things, provides enhanced rules against retaliation of employees who make complaints, makes payroll record requirements part of the law, requires employers Read more about Are you in compliance with the New York Wage Theft Prevention Act? Do you need to be?[…]

I-9: Uh-Oh, You Sunk My Battleship

Posted on July 20, 2011 by mchattie

With the proliferation of illegal immigration into the United States and the condition of the U.S. economy of late, the impact that illegal workers have on the U.S. job market has become increasingly important. In 1986, the Immigration Reform and Control Act was enacted as one measure to help combat that impact, and with it, Read more about I-9: Uh-Oh, You Sunk My Battleship[…]

Wal-Mart adv. Dukes “THE END OF THE RUBBER STAMP?”

Posted on July 7, 2011 by mchattie

As many of you are undoubtedly quite aware, the U.S. Supreme Court recently decided Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. v. Dukes et al., No. 10-277 (U.S. June 20, 2011) and, we submit, sent a clear message to the judiciary and to employment plaintiffs’ counsel that the “rubber stamp” class certification process under federal law is at an Read more about Wal-Mart adv. Dukes “THE END OF THE RUBBER STAMP?”[…]