Arbitration agreements between employers and employees are very common. As of 2018, an Economic Policy Institute poll estimated that 56% of private-sector, non-union employees were subject to such ...

A clearly drafted Employment Agreement can set out the obligations and expectations of the company and the employee in a way that minimizes future disputes. Contract negotiations can be difficult, and ...

Many California employers ask incoming and existing employees to agree in advance to arbitrate any employment-related disputes and give up the right to bring such claims in court. Employees often are ...

Could you explain how leased employee agreements work? If a physician leases an advanced practice nurse (APN) from a hospital, could the physician then bill for services provided by that APN within ...

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. You recently established a business and have started extending employment offers. Your new hires will have to complete some paperwork, ...

The Council of the District of Columbia passed the Ban on Non-Compete Agreements Amendment Act of 2020 (the “Act”), one of the strictest bans on employee non-compete agreements in the country, ...

“Whatever position you might take on noncompetes as such, a troubling dimension of this debate is the use of the same broad brush to paint confidentiality agreements as threatening to employee ...

ONE RISK EVERY CPA FIRM SHOULD CONSIDER is the possibility departing employees may attempt to take clients of the firm with them. Firms can use a noncompete agreement to prevent an employee from ...

Effective January 1, 2026, new California law prohibits stay-or-pay clauses in contracts of employment with limited exceptions.

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