Business Guide to Coronavirus Stimulus Package: Unemployment Benefits
The Families First paid leave obligations are in effect, so it is time for business owners to make some tough decisions. Understanding the unemployment benefits available under the Pandemic Unemployment Assistance program is an important part of the analysis.
Business Guide to Coronavirus Stimulus Package: Paid Leave
Employers want to do what they can for staff, including paying them when they have to be out for no fault of their own. But, how is the company supposed to do that when business is basically shut down? This article focuses on the Employer’s obligations under the Emergency Paid Family & Med Leave Expansion Act and the Emergency Paid Sick Leave Act to provide paid leave to employees affected by the Coronavirus crisis.
Business Guide to Coronavirus Stimulus Package: Tax Breaks
This article is meant to help you understand the tax breaks under the CARES Act intended to help your business or non-profit survive the Coronavirus crisis.
Labor Law: Overtime Pay (FL)
As long as an non-exempt employee does not work more than 40 hours in a week, the employer is not required to pay overtime even if (i) the employee works more than eight (8) hours in one day, or (ii) the employee works on a holiday, a Saturday, or a Sunday.
REAL ESTATE: LAND USE LAW
Every city and county in Florida is required to adopt a comprehensive plan that provides “the principles, guidelines, standards, and strategies for the orderly and balanced future economic, social, physical, environmental, and fiscal development of the area that reflects community commitments to implement the plan.” Section 163.3177(1), Florida Statutes.
REAL ESTATE: OCWEN CLASS ACTION IN FLORIDA
Ocwen has been one of the biggest offenders what comes to servicing mortgages. It is time to fight back.
REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT: Florida Land Trust
I have always been fond of trusts generally and, when it comes to real estate investment, a land trust can be an ideal solution in many situations. The only real drawback is that a lot of people are unfamiliar with trusts and it takes a good deal of explaining to get them to the necessary comfort level. The purpose of READ FULL POST
IMMIGRATION: Change of Status from B-1/B-2 to F-1
Readers interested in converting their B-1/B-2 visa to an F visa in order to study in the US should read this article first.
IMMIGRATION: PERM CERTIFICATION
Are you a foreigner already working in the US? Are you now interested in remaining in the US on a permanent basis? Or, are you a US employer looking to keep a foreign worker permanently? Here is how you do it. Program Electronic Review Management (PERM) is the system set up by the USCIS for obtaining what is called “labor certification.” Labor certification is READ FULL POST
IMMIGRATION: Blanket L-1 Program for Multi-National Companies
Multinational companies can usually qualify for the Blanket L-1 program, which greatly facilitates the transfer of employees to the US.