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Here at Gardner Skelton we’ve seen a recent increase in the popularity of telework. Improvements in technology, cloud-based computing, and the near-universal availability of high speed internet make it possible to provide employees with all the work tools they need in their own home. Businesses cut down on expensive office space, and employees skip the long commute. It […]

InAesthetic Facial & Ocular Plastic Surgery Center, P.A. v. Zaldivar, the North Carolina Court of Appeals last month unanimously affirmed a lower court’s ruling that a former employer’s restrictive covenants against a highly specialized physician were unenforceable because they would harm public health by restricting patient access to a scarce medical resource in violation of […]

We know many of you have been awaiting word on new salary thresholds since the Obama administration’s 2016 proposal was struck down by the courts. Here is the new proposal in a nutshell: “White collar” exemption salary threshold is planned to increase by $11,648 To $679 weekly ($35,308 annually) From $455 weekly ($23,660 annually) Expected effective […]