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Non-compete Enforcement: What Employers Need to Know about the Latest Employment Law in Maryland Read More

The “Disclosing Sexual Harassment in the Workplace Act of 2018″ goes into effect on October 1, 2018. The Act first concerns a provision in an employment contract, policy or agreement that waives any substantive or procedural right or remedy t… Read More

A recent Federal Court case demonstrates the advantage an employer enjoys by including FMLA notice requirements in its employment handbook. In Everson v. SCI Tennessee Funeral Services, LLC, 2018 WL 1899368, (M.D. Tenn. Apr. 20, 2018), Plaintiff Omme… Read More

In Allied Fire Prot., Inc. v. Thai, No. PWG-17-551, 2017 WL 4354802, at *1 (D. Md. Oct. 2, 2017), the plaintiff employer filed suit against its former employee in the Circuit Court for Prince George’s County, alleging four causes of action: (I)… Read More

Most Maryland employers wisely utilize non-compete and non-solicitation agreements. Many of these agreements also contain provisions that protect a company’s confidential information, called a confidentiality clause or confidentiality provision. Fe… Read More

Employers are always looking for new ways to be more cost effective and efficient. One area in which companies often try to save money is in the drafting of legal documents. They don’t want to pay fees for standard documents like employment agreeme… Read More

Many employers believe that if they get involved in a lawsuit and win, then the loser has to pay the employer’s attorneys’ fees. The unfortunate reality is that in most cases, that is not true. In most employment lawsuits, the deck is stacked aga… Read More

As advisors to Maryland business owners and managers, we have seen many legal problems avoided in the workplace by a well-drafted employee handbook. There is no legal obligation for employers to issue their employees a handbook but, westrongly recomm… Read More