Employers Face Overtime Lawsuits
According to Business Law Today and the Washington Post lawyers for big businesses around the country are working overtime to protect corporate giants facing lawsuits for failing to pay overtime to rank-and-file employees.
As discussed in an article by Stephen Franklin of the Chicago Tribune, cases against State Farm Mutual
Des Moines Business Blog Expert Offers Free Seminar
Have you thought about starting your own business blog? Des Moines business blog expert Mike Sansone is offering a FREE two hour business blogging workshop on August 17, 2006. The workshop will cover topics like:
1)How to follow the conversations using social media search tools.
2)Why your
Top Ten Steps for Business Start-Ups
In her column this week Rhonda Abrams, a nationally syndicated small business consultant, sets out the top ten steps for business start-ups.
Abrams says this is what most entrepreneurs ACTUALLY do:
1. Choose a business name.
2. Get business cards.
3. Search the Internet for information and advice.
Employees are often issued laptops, cell phones and other technologies. Unfortunately employees will often fail to return equipment when they leave the company. When that happens many employers want to deduct the value of the equipment from the employee’s last check. Iowa employers must familarize themselves with Iowa Code Chapter 91A.5 concerning deductions from wages.
Did you know that several cities including Des Moines,Iowa now have laws or ordinances prohibiting workplace discrimination based on sexual orientation? Even though no federal prohibition exists, there is a trend toward enacting legislation in this area.
Under these laws, it is generally unlawful to use sexual orientation to:
Refuse to hire a job applicant.
Jennifer Jaskolka-Brown has started the Iowa Family Law Blog. Jennifer is a shareholder with Sullivan & Ward, P.C., a law firm located in West Des Moines, Iowa. She maintains a general practice which includes an emphasis on family law and litigation.
For more information please visit the Iowa Family Law Blog.
Brett Trout and I will be presenting a blawg (law blog) continuing legal education seminar this Fall in Des Moines, Iowa covering the nuts and bolts of getting your law firm’s blog up and running. The seminar will include not only getting your blawg up and running quickly, but also tips on how to generate
According to an annual survey released by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Iowa’s legal system ranks No. 4 in the nation. Iowa has ranked in the top five each of the last three years.
The five top states for overall legal fairness according to the survey are Delaware, Nebraska, Virginia, Iowa and Connecticut.
The survey
Are you looking to incorporate your Iowa small business? My first word of advice is to speak with an accountant to determine which form of business best suits your tax situation. Your choices likely include the "S" corporation, "C" corporation or you could choose to form a limited liability company.
Some people are inclined to
If you are in the process of starting your own business or interested in starting one I suggest reading the following Entrepreneur article entitled Small-Business Myths Busted.
