An operating agreement is the blueprint for how your business operates. In a business with two or more members, it’s easy to understand why an operating agreement is necessary. Common issues include what happens when disputes arise between members, how membership interests can be transferred and who runs the business. None of these are issues
By Melissa A. Derby, Esquire There is good news for people who have criminal records. Pennsylvania recently expanded the types of criminal records that can be sealed in order to provide ex-offenders greater opportunity to join the workforce. The new law allows records of misdemeanor guilty pleas and convictions to be sealed. The law
Pennsylvania employees have the right to review files held by their employers that contain information about themselves pursuant to Pennsylvania’s Personnel Files Act. The Act has generally been applied to current employees. The ability of a terminated employee to review their personnel file remained unclear until the Commonwealth Court recently provided some additional guidance. In
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It’s not uncommon for a property owner to add the name of another person — a significant other, a spouse, a child or a parent — to a deed. Just this week a client asked me about doing this – his motivation was to save on death taxes. He was correct that doing so has
In 2014, the Wage and Hour Division of the U.S. Department of Labor (“WHD”) found over $240 million in back wages for more than 270,000 workers. That’s an average of more than $659,000 in back wages for workers every day. From 2009 to 2014, there was a 23% increase in WHD investigations of employers. In
Check out this article by Michael E. Fiffik, Esquire to find out if your business could be affected by the proposed rule change.
