A big part of ensuring business success is ensuring that your business is staying atop on all of the latest local and national regulations and how they are changing. Staying atop of the constant changes can be difficult for a business owner who already has a lot of other issues to worry about, but failure to understand the changes can spell out potential legal issues that can be very costly. It is best to be proactive. These blog posts will provide you with all the latest updates or changes in regulations and how they will impact your business. Located in the Greater New England region, we at Navigate want to help your business perform better. We will break down new regulations and make it easy for you to understand what exactly they mean. Topic examples include what “Ban the Box” is, steps to ensuring immigration compliance, and minimum wage changes.
While New York City’s (NYC) Fair Chance Act may bring new challenges to the city’s business owners, it is hoped that the new law will have a positive economic effect by allowing much of the city’s talent pool to apply for positions where they might not previously have...
Think you’re compliant with Massachusetts employment law? Take the Business Regulations Quiz to find out! This 21-question quiz will test your expertise in all areas of employment from workers compensation to sexual harassment. Simply click the "Start" button...
Soon after being sworn in as the 45th president of the United States, Donald Trump issued his first executive order, in which he directed federal agencies overseeing the Affordable Care Act (ACA) to “waive, defer, grant exemptions from, or delay" any part of the law...
Any business owner should know that there are several areas of the business in which taking an active approach, rather than a passive approach, can end up saving a lot of money in the long run. One employment process where proactivity especially pays off is...
On Thursday, May 6, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the American Health Care Act (AHCA), by a vote of 217 to 213. The bill will now be sent to the Senate, where it faces revisions and amendments, and then another vote. The Republicans hold 52 of the 100 seats...
On April 7th, the Senate confirmed Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch, by a 54-45 vote, as the 113th Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court.On April 7th, the Senate confirmed Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch, by a 54-45 vote, as the 113th Justice of the U.S. Supreme...
Currently, 25 states and the District of Columbia have laws legalizing marijuana in some form- medically, recreationally, or in some cases, both. These jurisdictions provide marijuana users with varying levels of protection from employment discrimination. Despite...
For small business owners, requiring paid sick leave could effectively double the cost of a job or position. Read this piece to learn about the Paid Sick Leave Law.
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