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The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) is a U.S. federal law that addresses how states and public agencies provide special education and related services to children with disabilities. Its purpose is to ensure that children with disabilities receive an...
Business formation can help determine an owner’s success and resolve their potential problems. For example, there are business and commercial law advantages and disadvantages of establishing a limited liability company. LLCs An LLC is a business structure that has the...
If you are an employer or an employee in Staten Island, you may wonder about the rules regarding overtime pay. Not all employees are entitled to overtime pay. Overtime laws Overtime pay is the extra compensation that employees receive for working more than 40 hours in...
Relationships between workers and employers in New York are sometimes employer-employee relationships while other times the worker is an independent contractor. This classification is important, as it can affect the rights the worker has and the obligations the...
Children with special needs often face challenges to learning but with appropriate accommodations are capable of remarkable educational achievements. To help these students, federal law requires that public schools in New York and elsewhere provide individualized...
Contracts are what keep your business running. New York business owners depend on contracts to ensure everyone understands their requirements and knows what they need to do. Almost every business owner faces a contract dispute at some point. When you find yourself in...
Planning is a crucial part of achieving business success. And that’s what a contract is: a plan. A contract plans out the obligations of the parties, who gets paid what, what happens if something goes wrong, where and how legal disputes will be resolved—and many other...
Most employees in New York City and its boroughs understand that the Fair Labor Standards Act, a law passed by Congress as part of Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal reforms, requires that certain employees be paid overtime whenever they work more than 40 hours in a week....
The increasing popularity of artificial intelligence is leading to fears that it will replace workers. But the U.S. Equal Opportunity Commission is also looking at this technology to ensure it does not foster employment discrimination. EEOC review Last month, the EEOC...
As an employee, certain state and federal laws protect you. While this might seem all-encompassing, whether you work in the public or private sector is a factor. For those working in the private sector, the National Labor Relations Act provides employees with the...