Recent Articles from Gretchen Lipman
Wink-wink nudge-nudge attitude could cost you
To offset budget deficits and replenish depleted unemployment insurance funds, state and federal governments have increased their efforts to crack down on businesses that inappropriately classify workers as independent contractors in an effort to save labor costs. Last year, Colorado enacted the Misclassifying Employers and Independent Contractors Act, which imposes penalties on employers who will[...]
To noncompete or not?
Imagine this workplace scenario: your company relies on an employee to manage customer relationships. Then that employee leaves to join a competing company and begins to solicit your customers or uses your company’s proprietary information. That’s the “forehead-smacking” moment that many employers face, asking themselves: “Why didn’t we negotiate a noncompete?[...]