Labor & Employment Blog

Garden Leave Agreements are tools that businesses can utilize in order to prevent employees from working for competitors, protect confidential information and trade secrets, and exert some control over an employee that will no longer be expected to work in the office. The employee remains on payroll, at their base…

On July 3, 2025, the Florida Contracts Honoring Opportunity, Investment, Confidentiality, and Economic Growth (“CHOICE”) Act became law. It is anticipated that for businesses with highly compensated employees, this will change the landscape of non-compete and garden leave agreements. To qualify as a highly compensated individual, the employee’s salary must…

With the onset of the 2025 hurricane season and the first appearance of Jim Cantore at a predicted point of impact, businesses should have their hurricane preparedness plans finalized. A well-done hurricane preparedness plan will address a host of issues, including but not limited to: Ensuring the business is properly…

Despite the depictions of holiday parties often seen in TV and movies (think Mad Men, A Bad Mom’s Christmas, or Office Christmas Party), in today’s workplace, the wild and crazy office party should be a vestige of the past. Many employers learn the hard way that some employees view the…

On November 15, 2024, the federal court in Texas v. United States Department of Labor (“DOL”) and Plano Chamber of Commerce v. DOL, consolidated cases in the Sherman Division of the Eastern District of Texas, set aside and vacated the new federal Overtime Rule. The Texas court held that the…