by Torro | Oct 28, 2022 | Blog, Human Resources
We recently wrote about how employers make the mistake of misclassifying employees as exempt from overtime requirements simply because they are paid a salary. We turn now to another common employer pitfall – misclassifying people as independent contractors. Some...
by Torro | Oct 21, 2022 | Blog, Employee Procedures, Human Resources
Perhaps you’re an employer paying an employee on a salary basis, rather than hourly. If that employee works more than 40 hours in a workweek, you don’t have to pay overtime simply because they are on salary, right? Wrong. Salary is only one part of the overtime...
by Torro | Sep 19, 2022 | Legal Mistakes, Legally Protected Business
First and foremost, I wish you success in business. I founded this firm because I believe that “Businesses can succeed and change lives if they just avoid the stupid mistakes.” I hope that this blog series gave you bit of insight into the legal matters that you need...
by Torro | Sep 9, 2022 | Business Law, Legal Mistakes
I have a two-and-a-half-inch thick book of transportation regulations sitting on the window ledge behind my desk. I pull it out about once a week to look up something. As I do I shake my head as say, “We started with the Ten Commandments, and it has come to this?”...
by Torro | Aug 26, 2022 | Legal Mistakes, Property
Businesses deal in three types of property. Real property involves contracts, leases, deeds and is generally document driven and is very formal. In contrast to this, personal property, which can be everything from staplers to semi-trucks (as long as they are not...
