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As a C-Suite executive, you understand how Equal Employment Opportunity laws apply to your company and your corporate policies likely confirm that job applicants and employees cannot be fired, demoted, harassed or retaliated against for filing a discrimination claim. But what many... Read More
In most instances, shareholders are protected or shielded from the debts and liabilities of a corporation unless the shareholder becomes liable as a result of their own conduct. There are exceptions to this rule, however, that can affect C-Suite executives and other... Read More
On August 16, 2016, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued a press release announcing the imposition of penalties against an employer for “illegally using severance agreements requiring outgoing employees to waive their ability to obtain monetary... Read More
If you are a C-Suite Executive you likely did not have time to read The State of America Vacation 2016 report issued by Project Time Off. The report, based upon interviews of employees from... Read More
If you followed the recent, much-publicized battle over the management succession at Viacom, you might have noticed that even before the battle was decided, several top executives protected themselves and their families by reserving their right to resign under the so-called “Good... Read More
You have the educational background and the work experience that allowed you to land your current position as President, Vice President, COO, CFO or other senior executive. You gave up personal days, sick days and even family vacations to put in long... Read More
The issue of pegging executive compensation to some metric of performance is continuously debated by CEOs, board members and shareholders alike. While a 2016 survey on CEO compensation[1]... Read More
By the time you received the employment offer you dreamed of -- the one at the top -- you had already completed your education and worked your way up the proverbial corporate ladder. You put in overtime, took ownership of new responsibilities... Read More
Al Franken’s Arbitration Fairness Act of 2015 is making progress under the radar. He has recently managed to double the number of co-sponsors from 12 to 24 as it percolates in the... Read More
I wish I had a dime -- ok, a dollar -- for every time an executive client of our firm, confronting her involuntary termination (i.e., being fired without cause) has said to me, “when I took the job, the last thing I... Read More