On May 1, 2016, the new federal Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016 was signed into law. While the new law gives businesses a new mechanism for protecting their intellectual property, it creates some employee notice requirements employers should add to their …
What Employers Should Know About Background Checks
By R. Kevin Davis, Esq. Most all employers conduct some kind of background check on job applicants. In the most basic sense a background check is any conduct on the part of an employer that seeks to discover information about a person’s …
Employee or Independent Contractor?
By R. Kevin Davis, Esq. It seems inevitable that in the practice of employment law you will come across a client that seeks to utilize the services of an independent contractor in his or her operations. These business owners must be careful …