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Top 10 Employment Compliance Pitfalls for Emerging Companies

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Whether you are a founder or a manager, growing a company from scratch is an exciting process. For most companies, this process will involve the hiring and management of employees at a rapid pace....more

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Common Bad Decisions Startups Make During the Romance Phase

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Entrepreneurs with sound business ideas commonly make decisions that hinder early growth and capitalization. During the “Romance Phase,” the idea for a new product or service is fully developed, the initial team of talent is...more

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Emerging Businesses and Venture Capital in 2024: 10 Hot Topics for Founders, Investors, and Executives of Emerging Companies

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2023 was a pivotal year for the emerging companies, creating new categories of winners and losers across the board. Emerging companies incorporating artificial intelligence or that have clear line of sight to positive cash...more

Fenwick & West LLP

Startup Guide to Hiring and Terminations: Worker Classification

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Hiring workers is an important step for startups. Startups engage two main types of workers—employees and independent contractors. It can be difficult to determine the proper classification of a worker, especially since both...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Congressional Leaders Address SECURE 2.0 Act Glitches

The SECURE 2.0 Act made sweeping changes to Internal Revenue Code (Code) and ERISA provisions governing employee benefit plans. In a recent letter to the Department of the Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service, the...more

Dunlap Bennett & Ludwig PLLC

Considerations When Hiring Employees Or Independent Contractors

If you are thinking about going into business or are already in business, the task of hiring for your business can be quite daunting. There are several things to consider before hiring an employee or an independent...more

Barnea Jaffa Lande & Co.

Doing Business in Israel – Being an Employer

Israel, start-up nation, has become an attractive destination for foreign investors and corporations. Israel’s entrepreneurial outlook, coupled with cutting-edge innovation, has start-ups sprouting up all over, ripe for...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

OLNS#3 – Employment Law for Tech Companies (relaunched edition)

Young technology companies are focused on developing their products and bringing VC investors on board. Every euro in the budget counts, personnel is often limited, and legal advice can be expensive. For these reasons, legal...more

Hogan Lovells

La Ley de Startups: Visados y autorizaciones de residencia en España para extranjeros por teletrabajo de carácter internacional

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En el plano laboral, la Ley de Startups adopta una serie de medidas migratorias que facilitan la entrada y residencia de los teletrabajadores de carácter internacional, destacándose la creación de un nuevo tipo de visado....more

Hogan Lovells

The Start-ups Law: Visas and residence permits in Spain for international teleworking foreign nationals

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On the employment sector, the Start-ups Law adopts a series of migratory measures that facilitate the entry and residence of international teleworkers, including the creation of a new type of visa....more

Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth

Top 5 Employment Law Mistakes For Start Ups to Avoid

Congratulations on your new business! While you have many things on your mind, it is important to remember that you are subject to California employment laws. As you likely already know, these laws are some of the most...more

Robins Kaplan LLP

Financial Daily Dose 2.26.2021 | Top Story: Rising Long-term Bond Yields Blamed for Jumpy Markets

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Surging bond yields raised fears that government, consumer, and business spending could become more expensive, leading to a “tumultuous day in financial markets” that prompted some to blame the Fed for not expressing...more

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In Case You Missed It: Launch Links - January 2021 #2

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Some interesting links we found across the web this week: Trump Administration Increases Salary Requirements for H-1B Visa Holders - The Trump Administration has recently promulgated a new rule increasing the...more

Robins Kaplan LLP

Financial Daily Dose 10.26.2020 | Top Story: Inspire Brands In Talks to Acquire Dunkin for Deal Worth $8.8 Billion

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PE-backed Inspire Brands is in negotiations to take over Dunkin’ Brands Group, the parent of both Dunkin’ and Baskin-Robbins, in a deal valued at nearly $9 billion. Inspire includes Buffalo Wild Wings and Jimmy John’s among...more

Dickinson Wright

New Additions for the Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy (CEWS) Assists Tech and Start-Up Companies

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Today, the Government of Canada proposed further expansions regarding the scope and criteria for employers seeking relief utilizing the Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy (CEWS ). Dickinson Wright previously issued a Client Alert...more

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Unpaid work – Beware the offer of a ‘free lunch’

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The line between lawful and unlawful unpaid work is not always clear. Many companies are contacted by people offering to work on a voluntary basis. It is often pitched as a “win-win” because the person is willing to work...more

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Financial Daily Dose 1.13.2020 | Top Story: Labor Dept. Issues Stricter Joint Employer Test in New Rules

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Sunday’s release of a long-awaited Labor Department final rule on joint employment spells trouble for workers hoping to “sue large companies for wrongdoing by contractors or franchisees.” The rule reverses Obama-era policies...more

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Financial Daily Dose 11.15.2019 | Top Story: New Jersey Targets Uber Over “Independent Contractor” Worker Classification

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Sending a shot across the bow of the gig economy, New Jersey is seeking nearly $650 million from Uber for “years of unpaid employment taxes for its drivers, arguing that the ride-hailing company has misclassified the workers...more

Chambliss, Bahner & Stophel, P.C.

Hot Topics for Startup Employers

Employers today face constant hurdles in their day-to-day operations, and startups are no different. The liability for employment violations is not limited to large manufacturers or businesses; emerging businesses and...more

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Financial Daily Dose 9.25.2019 | Top Story: WeWork Ousts Co-Founder CEO in Bid to Save IPO

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Well, that was remarkably quick. Just days after WeWork’s board announced that it was considering replacing co-founder Adam Neumann to help clear a path to the work-share-startup’s initial public offering, Neumann stepped...more

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Your Daily Dose of Financial News

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Shared workspace giant We Work is joining the growing wave of major start-ups planning to go public this year. And like many of its unicorn peers (as we’ve documented), the company “shows no sign of turning a profit anytime...more

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Your Daily Dose of Financial News

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Monsanto’s (and, in turn, Bayer AG’s) terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day in court over its Roundup products’ links to cancer continued yesterday, as a jury awarded $80 million to the California man who it had already...more

Mintz - Employment Viewpoints

The Bubbler - February 2019

January ushered in many new developments across many employment law compliance categories. We hope the summary below will help you keep track of the changes most relevant for you: Parental Leave - The Equal Employment...more

Cozen O'Connor

Why Should I Care About Employment Law? Common Pitfalls for Emerging Companies

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Founders of emerging companies are often first-time employers and find themselves having to wade through the dense patchwork of state and federal labor and employment laws. This can be a confusing undertaking that often...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Immigration and Employment Considerations for Startups and New U.S. Businesses

Whether launching an innovative startup or opening a new office in the U.S. for an established international business, employers should be aware of important immigration and compliance considerations. This article provides...more

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