An article on overtime compensation authored by Partner, Christina Harris Schwinn has been published in the Northeastern University Law Journal. The article was adopted from Schwinn’s thesis for the Employment Law LL. M. Program at Atlanta’s John Marshall Law School. The article titled, “Half-Time or Time
The National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) oversees the enforcement of the National Labor Relations Act (“NLRA”) and is authorized to promulgate rules enforcing the NLRA. As a matter of background, the NLRA is the federal law that protects an employee’s right, among other rights, to
Date Published: 2010-04-01 Author: Christina Harris Schwinn On April 1, 2010, the U.S. Department of Labor (“DOL”) issued a press release in which it announced a new DOL website. The website – www.dol.gov/wecanhelp/ -- is part and parcel of the DOL’s public outreach and education program that
Date Published: 2007-05-01 Author: Christina Harris Schwinn Over the last 30 plus years, many of us have witnessed major technological advances that many of the younger generation take for granted (of course, those of us who remember the advent of the fax machine remember our parents saying
On March 21, 2012, the United States Supreme Court issued a unanimous opinion holding that a United States Environmental Protection Agency compliance order is final agency action for which no other adequate remedy exists except Administrative Procedures Act review and that the Clean Water Act
Date Published: 2012-03-01 Author: Christina Harris Schwinn Depending on your perspective, social media can either be a drain on productivity or a great promotional opportunity for businesses. Either way, social media has made its way into the workplace. While being valuable new tools of the trade for
Increasingly, many condominium associations are forced to deal with the issue of unit owners who are being foreclosed upon by their lenders, and who are delinquent in the payment of assessments to the association. In most cases, any lien that the association may have on the
A short provision contained in House Bill 7019, signed into law by Governor Scott on June 14th, may give permit holders another chance to obtain an automatic two year extension of their permits and approvals. As in past “automatic” extensions, it requires a written request
The Florida Legislature again provided for an automatic two-year extension of certain local government development orders or building permits and for certain permits issued by the Florida Department of Environmental Protection or a water management district. This becomes especially important to consider in light of questions
“Prescriptive pets” are a growing concern plaguing condominium associations. Boards are often forced to decide whether or not to pursue arbitration in order to require the removal of the pet in light of threatened discrimination claims by the unit owner. In Karanda Village VII Condominium Association,