Facebook Legal Hiring Binge: In-house Staff to Hit 90 in 2013 December 4th, 2012Employment Facebook Inc. plans to expand its in-house legal staff by about 38 percent to 90 lawyers and staff by the end of 2013. Click here for article. Read More
Georgia Workforce Ranked #1 in the Nation July 13th, 2012Employment CNBC has released a new report ranking Georgia’s workforce #1 in the nation. Rankings were based on the education level of the workforce, the number of available workers and relative success of each state’s worker training programs in placing their participants in jobs. Click here to see the full rankings report. Read More
2012 Multi-State Employer’s Council Legal Update May 15th, 2012Employment, Resources & Tools For best results, view in full screen mode by clicking the full screen icon on the bottom right corner of the reader. 2012 MSEC Legal Update View more documents from MMMTechLaw. Read More
Georgia Pension Plans Get Nod to Invest Up to 5% in Alternatives May 4th, 2012Employment Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal signed legislation allowing most of the state’s public pension funds to invest in alternatives. Read More
CIO Hiring Trends Executive Summary November 2nd, 2011Employment For best results, view in full screen mode. CIO Hiring Survey Executive Summary Learn more about The Intersect Group here. Read More
New California Laws Covering Credit Reports, Pay Notices and Independent Contractors October 12th, 2011Employment New California Laws Covering Credit Reports, Pay Notices and Independent Contractors On October 7 and 9, 2011, California Governor Jerry Brown signed several employment-related bills into law which will take effect January 1, 2012, including: A.B. 22, prohibiting employers from using consumer credit reports for employment purposes except in limited, specific circumstances. A.B. 1396, requiring employers to have written contracts with any employee paid by commission. S.B. 459, creating penalties for “willful” misclassification of individuals as independent contractors. A.B. 469, requiring employers to provide a notice to every employee at the time of hire specifying certain wage information including the pay rate and Read More
GA Court Upholds Employer’s Rights in Trotman v. Velociteach September 13th, 2011Employment A recent decision by the Georgia Court of Appeals addressed the issue of an employer’s rights when a former employee, upon leaving, uses the company’s proprietary materials to establish a new competing business. In the case of Trotman v. Velociteach Project Management LLC, the trial court awarded project management training company, Velociteach, $147,750 from former employee Floyd Trotman and his new company, CertiFi, based on breach of contract, fraud, tortious interference with a business relationship, conversion, and misappropriation of trade secrets. The court also ordered Trotman to return all VelociTeach materials and barred him from using Velociteach’s customer lists. On appeal, Read More
2011 CFO Hiring Trends Survey August 30th, 2011Employment The Intersect Group has released the results of the company’s CFO Hiring Survey. The survey was distributed to 541 Atlanta-based CFOs with 58 respondents. The survey yielded positive results for the future of the finance and accounting function. The survey found that: – 47.4 percent of respondents plan to add staff in the finance and accounting function. – More than 72 percent of jobs being staffed are being staffed by permanent hire employees. – More than 50 percent of respondents indicated that they would hire between one and five employees, while 20 percent said they planned to hire more than 25. Read More Georgia’s New Restrictive Covenant Act: How It Will Impact You July 20th, 2011Employment Georgia’s New Restrictive Covenant Act Read More Restrictive Covenants and Trade Secret Protection Covenants in Sale of Business Transactions July 10th, 2011Employment Georgia Restrictive Covenant Act RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS AND TRADE SECRET PROTECTION COVENANTS IN SALE OF BUSINESS TRANSACTIONS by Alex Woollcott I. Georgia’s New Restrictive Covenant Act • On May 11, 2011, Georgia Governor Perdue signed into law Georgia’s new Restrictive Covenant Act (the “New Act”). While restrictive covenants ancillary to employment relationships are clearly the primary focus of the New Act, there are provisions in the New Act directly relevant to restrictive covenants ancillary to the sale of a business. • Case law prior to the New Act liberally enforced restrictive covenants ancillary to the sale of a business. The New Act, interestingly enough, Read More Previous 1 2 3 4 Next
Georgia’s New Restrictive Covenant Act: How It Will Impact You July 20th, 2011Employment Georgia’s New Restrictive Covenant Act Read More
Restrictive Covenants and Trade Secret Protection Covenants in Sale of Business Transactions July 10th, 2011Employment Georgia Restrictive Covenant Act RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS AND TRADE SECRET PROTECTION COVENANTS IN SALE OF BUSINESS TRANSACTIONS by Alex Woollcott I. Georgia’s New Restrictive Covenant Act • On May 11, 2011, Georgia Governor Perdue signed into law Georgia’s new Restrictive Covenant Act (the “New Act”). While restrictive covenants ancillary to employment relationships are clearly the primary focus of the New Act, there are provisions in the New Act directly relevant to restrictive covenants ancillary to the sale of a business. • Case law prior to the New Act liberally enforced restrictive covenants ancillary to the sale of a business. The New Act, interestingly enough, Read More