The attorneys from Falls Legal will be heading to San Antonio June 21-24 to attend the annual convention sponsored by the National Employment Lawyers Association, the country’s largest organization comprised of employee-side attorneys. This year’s convention titled...
The Local Civil Rules for the U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina require that all civil cases be mediated with prior to trial. As many, if not most, types of employment cases are litigated in the federal courts, there is a good chance that you will...
Severance agreements are often used between employees and employers when an employee is being laid off during a reduction in force by the employer. Employers can benefit from severance agreements by limiting their liability and by limiting potential future lawsuits...
Employment at-will or at-will employment essentially means that an employer can terminate an employee at any time and for any reason, whether a good reason or a bad reason, or for no reason at all. On the other side of the coin, at-will employment also means that an...
Overtime laws are somewhat confusing for the weary and many employees have misconceptions about whether or not they are entitled to overtime. The Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”) is a federal law that governs minimum wage and overtime issues in the United...
The Payment of Wages Act has clear-cut rules for how final payment for wages, including salary, bonuses, and accrued vacation pay, are to be submitted to employees who leave their job or who are terminated. The Act states that all wages owed to a separating employee...
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