Employment Noncompete Agreements Under Attack

Employment Noncompete Agreements Under Attack

Employment Noncompete Agreements Under Attack By Donald S. Smith - RBE Partner Noncompete agreements have been used for years by employers to protect themselves from employees who might otherwise hurt their business by working for competing businesses, using trade...
Employment Noncompete Agreements Under Attack

Employee Handbooks: One Size Does Not Fit All

Employee Handbooks: One Size Does Not Fit All By Donald S. Smith - RBE Partner Unlike the hat the coach gave you when you played Little League baseball, when it comes to employee handbooks or manuals, one size does not fit all. If your company is going to have an...
U.S. Supreme Court Decisions on COVID-19 Vaccine Mandates

U.S. Supreme Court Decisions on COVID-19 Vaccine Mandates

U.S. Supreme Court Decisions on COVID-19 Vaccine Mandates The U.S. Supreme Court has issued monumental decisions regarding the federal agencies’ powers to enforce COVID-19 vaccine mandates.  OSHA had enacted a vaccine mandate covering employers of 100 or more...
Temporary Block on OSHA’s Emergency Temporary Standard

Temporary Block on OSHA’s Emergency Temporary Standard

Block on OSHA’s Emergency Temporary Standard The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals (sitting in New Orleans) has put a temporary block on OSHA’s Emergency Temporary Standard (“ETS”). The ETS would require employers of 100 or more employees as of November 5, 2021 to...