Editor’s Note: Rendi Mann-Stadt and Grant Osborne are members of the Labor and Employment Practice Group at Ward and Smith, P.A. Background: The federal Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”) generally requires employers to pay each employee at least the federal minimum wage and premium overtime pay at the rate...
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Editor’s Note: Rendi Mann-Stadt and Hayley Wells are members of the Labor and Employment Practice Group of Ward and Smith, P.A. The use of “covenants not to compete,” or “non-compete agreements,” which limit former employees from working for a competitor are gaining in popularity and are used in a...
Read MoreEditor’s Note: Rendi Mann-Stadt is a member of the Labor and Employment Practice Group at Ward and Smith, P.A.Background “E-Verify” is an Internet-based system of the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (“USCIS”) that compares information from an employee’s Form I-9 (Employment Eligibility Verification) to data from records of the United States Department of Homeland Security (“DHS”) and Social Security Administration (“SSA”). Until recently, use of E-Verify has been voluntary for most private employers who are not government contractors. New legislation in North Carolina now requires many employers to participate in the federal E-Verify system. This expanded use of...
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