Employment and Labor Law

We’ have been through a challenging past two years. But let us start on a good note for Florida’s employers. Ready…Starting on January 1 Florida’s workers’...

The following time-sensitive notice was issued (twice) by the U.S. Small Business Administration on December 17, 2021. Florida’s businesses should take note now and...

The 2022 Special Legislative Session called by the Governor has concluded. The focus of the Special Session was related to COVID, and resulted in four bills.   The...

Anyone who follows the current news is aware of the recently enacted $1.2 trillion Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. It should not be surprising that the new...

The Small Business Administration continues to develop programs to benefit the U.S. small business community.   As reported in its October 15, 2021 e-newsletter,...

Florida’s statutes takes effect on the specific dates set out in the relevant constitutional amendments or in the laws adopted during each April Legislative Session,...

For the better part of the past two years, as the COVID-19 pandemic worked its way through Florida’s communities, businesses, and families, this series has reported...

Sometimes this series waxes poetic, other times prosaic. This time we stick only to the facts.   In the June 28, 2021 Florida Trend’s News Service of Florida...

A current risk concern of businesses involves potential liability related to re-opening or operating businesses during the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic. What if employees...

Workers’ Rights to Safe Conditions As of today, there are only three states that have heat-related labor standards for workers: California, Washington, and Minnesota....

Disney’s highly anticipated Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge opened at the end of August in Hollywood Studios. The world-famous theme park’s newest attraction is doing...

Florida Senate Bill 168 Florida Senate Bill 168 (SB 168) addresses “sanctuary cities” and contains five separate parts, one of which does not allow a city to have a...

Going at least as far back as 1946’s Song of the South, race has been a touchy subject for The Walt Disney Company, which has had a mostly progressive track record but...

Wrongful termination isn’t just immoral. It’s also illegal. Florida’s wrongful termination laws provide a powerful remedy for those who are let go without adequate...

Sexual harassment is the most infamous kind of workplace harassment. In fact, we hear so much about sexual harassment in the news that many people believe it’s the...