(By Steven Phillip Brown)

Many things have changed over the last 20 to 30 years in American culture. Some of the changes include the advancement of technology and the industry shift from production to service. As history has shown, unequal pay and treatment of employees has transformed employment an unbiased opportunity for the American dream to a dog-eat-dog world.
Many companies believe their employees should be happy with a paycheck at the end of the week, while employees want more than just a …

(By Robert Coffen)

Discrimination in America is as prevalent today as it was in the early 1900’s. Some people may argue against the previous statement; saying that America has made huge improvements in civil rights and equality in the last one hundred years. In some ways those people would be right, but in many other ways they would be wrong. First off, when you think that the underlying causes of discrimination are based off immediate impressions such as: age, clothing, attractiveness, verbiage, heritage, …

(By Manuel Salvacion)

Labor law attorneys deal with a broad range of labor issues mainly related to how employers treat employees, former employees and applicants for employment. This includes all the areas of the employer-employee relationship, negotiations, and the collective bargaining agreement.
Generally, labor laws were designed to create a bargaining balance between employers and employees; prohibiting management and the union from engaging in “unfair labor practices” and encouraging both parties to engage in faithful collective bargaining.
Labor laws also grant employees the right …

(By Damon Dallah)
So, what’s the most well kept secret in the traffic court industry? Simple! It’s the fact that beating a traffic ticket (specifically speeding tickets) is so damn easy to do!
If word were to get out among the general public about just how easy it is to beat a speeding ticket, the courts would have to shut down their doors for good. People would end up beating their cases each and every time they received a speeding ticket.
The …

(By Steven Phillip Brown)

The business world contains many different industries and many different companies. No matter how similar two companies might be – there will always be differences in how they handle their day-to-day operations. One thing, however, that rarely changes is the fact that companies must adhere to federal and state regulations regarding how they conduct their business. With the globalization of integral business and corporation expansion, has come the …

(By Tom Sangers)
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Many of us regularly take part in a range of sports and leisure activities. From swimming to playing tennis, whether we’re just beginning or have been playing for many years, sport can mean competing in different events for prizes or just for fun. However seriously we take our sport, it’s important to remember that if you do get hurt, you may be entitled to claim compensation for a sporting injury.
Sports can take place in a …

(By David Edis-Bates)

How to evaluate the risks and best practice for importing goods from China. An insiders practical guide to the opportunities and pitfalls.
Sources for goods in China
First establish who the supplier is! It seems obvious but there are many routes to buying products in China through agents, trading companies, wholesalers and factories or any number of “back door” sources. Agents operate on a commission basis whilst trading companies include costs in the quoted price, …

(By Michael Terceiro)

Even if you educate your staff regularly on compliance with the Trade Practices Act 1974 (TPA) and have lawyers review all your communications rigorously, that’s no guarantee that your company will never be the subject of a complaint to the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC). When that happens, some companies make fundamental mistakes. Other mistakes raise more subtle issues. So, if you are investigated by the ACCC, what should you do? …

(William King)

When trying to setup an export business (especially one that’s intended to be operating at small scale), one has to make some vital decisions. One of them is deciding on a method for collecting payments from an overseas party. Ideally, as an exporter you’d like to collect payment in advance, but advance payments are hard to obtain in international market (in fact it’s the same with local markets as well). Unless you have some large, internationally reputable …

(By John Paul Fuller)

Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and state extensions of Title VII when added to the ADA, FMLA, ADEA, EPA, FLSA, USERRA, PDA, OSHA, OFCCP, Affirmative Action, Workers Compensation, Minimum Wage, with many others, create a firestorm of confusion for those who are unfamiliar with employment laws. What is confounding is that any one of these laws with the exception of Title VII can change abruptly with court decisions and …