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5 Essential Things To Know About Severance Agreements
1. Every Severance Agreement Must be Negotiated
A severance agreement is NOT an agreement until you sign on the dotted line. Until then, it is a severance OFFER. And as with all offers, it can be negotiated. If you are …
Can You Be Fired for Expressing Your Political Beliefs?
The increase in private sector employment, rise of social media and caustic political climate have combined to create a slew of new issues...
Your Employer Is Watching You Right Now!
By Mark Carey If you are reading this article on your company provided computer or device, your employer is watching you and taking notes. Stop now...
Employer Tactics Revealed: How Employers Use Age to Terminate Employees
Very often, someone will come to our office having just been fired, feeling that the reason given by their employer just doesn’t make sense. For...
History in the Making Today: Sexual Orientation Discrimination is Illegal
By Mark Carey Sexual Orientation discrimination is being argued today before the United States Supreme Court in the combined cases of Bostock v....
Performance Improvement Plan Playbook
By Jill Halper A while back I blogged an article on Performance Improvement Plans and what they really mean for an employee who has just been placed...
Employees, Not Independent Contractors: Closing a Loophole to Fair Benefits and Protections for Workers
California’s just passed a bill that, once signed by Governor Gavin Newsom, will require gig economy workers to be reclassified as employees. The...
What’s Your Job Strategy In The Face of the New Recession?
The next recession is now here, depending on the of source of information or this source. The Federal Reserve is reversing interest rate hikes to...
Are You Being Abused and Underpaid as an Independent Contractor?
By Mark Carey Imagine you could save thousands, millions if not billions of dollars by refusing to pay your taxes. Oh and there’s a catch, you have...
Mark Carey Interview With Fairfield County Business Journal
[This article is currently running in the Fairfield County Business Journal today.] Suite Talk: Mark P. Carey, owner, Carey & Associates PC Mark...
Carey & Associates, P.C. 100 Mile Cancer Survivor Benefit Bike Ride 2019
Team Carey & Associates, P.C. is training to ride in the 2019 CT Challenge Bike Event on July 27th. We hope you will join us by supporting our...
Your Legal Right to Disconnect from Work
By Jill Halper Many of us have been in a work situation where we’ve had a boss or supervisor who does not respect our personal time. If it is on his...
Free Yourself From Forced Arbitration
By: Jill Halper At first glance, the word arbitration might sound like a less formal, lower cost, friendlier process than litigation. Certainly, in...
Quant Employee Records Business Meetings and Court Refuses to Enjoin Him
On February 14, 2019, after three full days of trial testimony, a federal judge in Connecticut denied an employer’s (Graham Capital Management in...
Sexual Harassment Simplified: Are You a #MeToo?
By Jill Halper Interestingly, although I have subtitled this article “Are YOU a #MeToo?”, a much more fitting and powerful subtitle would have been...
Employees Do Not Need Unions in This New Era of Employee Activism
Recently, employees at Google, Microsoft, Nest and employees at other companies have been revolting against their employers, unhappy about company...
Are Performance Improvement Plans (PIPS) Illegal?
By Jill Halper If you have been placed on a Performance Improvement Plan (PIP) and think that this is an authentic and well-intentioned attempt by...
Three Reasons Why You Should Not Accept Severance Pay
We all have made decisions we regret later on at some point in our lives, especially related to our work. Here are three very good reasons why...
Controlling the Psychology of Working to Your Advantage
No one discusses the psychology of work and the enormous role it plays in your everyday life. I have researched and watched this issue for more...
SEVERANCE: What to Know Before You Take the Money and Run
You have been terminated from your employment and have been fortunate enough to be offered the opportunity to separate from your employer by way of...