The Great State of California has been chasing down car wash owners who violate employment laws for a long time. Now they are getting serious and have past The California Carwash Worker Law to protect workers who are clearly getting the shaft. Amongst some of the tricks carwashes have played on their workers and the [...]

Employees are the most important element of every business. Their contributions play a significant role in determining the success of any organization. Companies with a medium or large scale employee base rely on employee management systems to manage and utilize their workforce to the maximum advantage. Outsourcing employee management services is becoming an increasingly popular [...]

www.gcorwin.com (888) 427-5731 Gregg M. Corwin & Associates Law Office in St. Louis Park, Minnesota represents employees with labor and employment law disputes in cluding privacy issues. We serve as litigators and mediators, providing a deep understanding of the state and federal laws that apply to your situation. Call today for help with your employment [...]

America has got laws in place that ensure that workplace discriminations do not occur. What constitutes workplace discrimination? Not hiring a person or awarding a promotion based on the person’s sexual orientation, adoption, paternity, parental, marital status, race, ethnicity, religious beliefs, nationality, citizenship, or disability can be termed as workplace discrimination.
As an employee you should [...]

In order to establish a prima facie case of reprisal, a complainant must show that he or she engaged in activity protected by some state of Federal law. The employee must also demonstrate the employer or supervisor of the employer was aware of the prior protected activity, the employee was subjected to adverse actions or [...]

In the “ObamaCare” Health Care Reform Law there is a section in there for very large companies and corporations who wish to self-insure for their employees health care plan. This sounds like an awfully hard thing to do for a Corporation to become their own health care insurance provider, but in reality it makes a [...]

Retail scheduling of employees can be a tough call. This is in part due to the fact that a store’s hours of operation may conflict with certain governmental requirements with respect to employee-scheduled breaks and working additional hours. The retail store manager needs to be particularly cautious about suffering a loss in overall profitability due [...]

Industry experts have always come across one problem: time keeping. Time keeping is such a sensitive subject that deserves much attention. In previous years, keeping time at work was a loose practice. It was merely by word of mouth, or trust that hours were kept. This gave way to people trying to gun deck the [...]

As a Financial Executive it is especially important to know and make sure your company is covered with Employment Practices Liability Insurance (EPLI). In this episode Jim will have Robin Campbell, an Insurance Specialist with the Pavese-McCormick Agency explain the importance of having an Employment Practices Liability Insurance policy. This episode is from an actual [...]

Today’s workforce seeks development, opportunity and job satisfaction. At one time, it was more common for workers to remain with one company for the duration of their career. Due to changing employee needs coupled with a competitive job market, employee turnover is on the rise.
The effects of turnover can be extremely costly. With departing employees [...]