Happy New Year from PSB Law Firm, LLC 1. #MeToo- Sexual Harassment Investigations and What You Should Do: In view of all the high profile sexual harassment claims, Colorado employers are taking sexual harassment claims more seriously. One approach is to increase...
Business Law
3 Benefits For Small Businesses in Proposed U.S. Dept of Labor Rule
On Friday, January 5, 2018, the United States Department of Labor proposed a rule that provides several key benefits for small businesses. Created in response to the current administration’s initiative to help small businesses in healthcare marketplaces (Executive...
Three Steps Toward Winning Your Private Disability Insurance Appeal
Three Steps Toward Winning Your Private Disability Insurance Appeal Part 1 – What to Do if Your Claim is Denied If you have ever tried to make a claim under a private disability benefits plan, you have likely heard of the “arbitrary and capricious” standard. Courts...
3 Key Personnel File Documents
Colorado is home to a rich variety of businesses that achieve greatness by defying tradition. Innovation is a powerful business tool, however in maintaining proper employment documentation, tradition trumps innovation. This post briefly explores three areas of...
Part 3: Fairness in Government and Union Jobs
In Part 1 we explored the concepts of at-will employment, master and servant law and fairness in the workplace for private employees. Part 2 focused on independent contractor relationships and the limitations or reasons for termination that exist in those...
At Will Employment: Am I entitled to Fairness in the Workplace? 3 Workplace Models
Fairness: the state, condition, or quality of being fair, or free from bias or injustice; evenhandedness. “I have to admit, in all fairness, that she would only be paid for part of the work.” http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/fairness. We pour our hearts and...
Exemptions for Overtime Payment Are Narrowing
Proposed Regulations published today by the United States Department of Labor promise significant changes to our country’s wage structure that may profoundly impact the seemingly intractable problem of growing wage disparity in the U.S. These changes will improve the...