The Biden Administration recently announced that it has changed how the Small Business Administration (SBA) will calculate the size of PPP loans for sole proprietors and independent contractors. Beginning in March, the SBA will switch to a new formula, which will...
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Month: February 2021
Study: Pay Gap for Women Persists at Top of the Corporate Ladder
In 2019, the highest paid women at U.S. companies earned 84.6 cents for every dollar their male counterparts made, according to a recent paper by researcher Morningstar, Inc. That is an improvement over 2015, when top women earned 81.5 cents on the dollar. The...
New Maryland Law Offers Relief to Families and Small Businesses
On Monday February 15th, Governor Larry Hogan signed the Maryland RELIEF Act into law. The Act provides $1 billion in aid to families and small business struggling from the COVID-19 pandemic. Aid comes in the form of direct stimulus payments, unemployment insurance...
Beware of “Drive-By” ADA Lawsuits
In recent years, there has been an increase in “drive-by” ADA lawsuits. These lawsuits focus on businesses that are not compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) because their buildings are inaccessible to people with disabilities. These suits have...
Amazon Settles Drivers’ Wage Theft Charge For $61.7 Million
By many accounts, wage theft is among the most common crimes in the United States. The theft of wages comes in many forms. Most often, we see wage theft in the misclassification of employees as independent contractors or as exempt from the Fair Labor Standards Act...
Jury Waivers: A Viable Alternative to Forced Arbitration?
It is not uncommon for employment agreements to contain “forced arbitration agreements.” Under such agreements, employees are required as a condition of their employment to forgo litigation in court and instead submit their claims to arbitration. Back in 2018,...
6 Questions Prospective Employers Should Never Ask Job Applicants
Federal anti-discrimination laws prohibit discrimination in hiring and every other aspect of employment. When an employer is covered by these laws, they are also prohibited from using a seemingly neutral policy that has a disproportionately negative effect on...