Real Disputes Need Lawyers Who Understand The Fight
A case pending before the Colorado Supreme Court currently has the potential to change the landscape of employment law in this state. Interestingly, this case involves a man who himself worked in human resources for a public hospital. He described his position as one...
You're so excited about receiving a job offer that you rush to sign your employment contract and provide the necessary paperwork to your new employer.While it's okay to feel excitement, don't sign an employment contract without first carefully reviewing the finer...
A previous post on this blog talked about how several well-known companies are facing allegations from the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, or EEOC, that they engaged in discriminatory recruiting practices. The issue was that these employers either placed, or...
Top executives and sales professionals receive competitive pay to attract them to work at a company. Many businesses will go a step beyond that in order to incentivize the best possible performance for their staff. In addition to base pay and commissions, some...
The United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, or EEOC, recently filed formal allegations against several companies accusing them of unlawful targeted recruiting that, according to the allegations, was designed to discourage older workers, and in some...
A previous post on this blog reported that new federal standards governing who can and cannot be classified as a salaried employee exempt from overtime and other wage rules are promising to change the landscape of workplaces both in Colorado and throughout the...
There is nothing worse than feeling as if your employer is not paying you for the time you've been spending on the job. Whether it's a few missing hours of pay each week or paychecks that never seem to add up correctly, you may be confused and frustrated. The good...
After a protracted battle that included a lawsuit against the former Administration, the United States Department of Labor finalized new overtime rules. These new rules will mean that 1.3 million employees will either be getting raises or will start drawing overtime...
If you work in sales, the amount that you make often depends on the number of sales you close and the overall price tag associated with those transactions. Many employers use a commission system to motivate salespeople to do the best that they can. Some may not even...
Generally speaking, the #MeToo movement has given a lot of people the courage to speak up about sexual harassment and other inappropriate behavior in the work environment. This has been a positive thing for the most part, since no employee in Colorado should have to...