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Jennie Tannenbaum
Jul 9, 20232 min read
New Ruling Any Business can be Sued in any State Now
ALERT! The SCOTUS just released a ruling that will impact all businesses. Any business can be sued in any states where they have merely...
Jennie Tannenbaum
Jun 1, 20232 min read
How To Reserve A Business Name
You have the perfect name for your small business, but your ducks are not all in a row to start the business. Perhaps, you’re awaiting...
Jennie Tannenbaum
May 2, 20232 min read
Is your workplace in compliance with the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act
The date is almost here when the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA) will go into effect for all employers with 15 or more employees....
Jennie Tannenbaum
Apr 2, 20232 min read
5 Questions to Keep Small Businesses From Being Sued
Now, while we are in the first quarter of the year, it is a very good time for small business owners to ask the set of five questions...
Jennie Tannenbaum
Mar 13, 20232 min read
Is Your LLC a Sham LLC or an actual LLC
Is having your business structured as an LLC sufficient to protect your personal assets from a lawsuit? Most people would probably say...
Jennie Tannenbaum
Feb 17, 20231 min read
How Marriage Impacts the Workplace
Curious to know why marriage can impact the workplace then continue to read. No interest then just scroll past this. The current...
Jennie Tannenbaum
Oct 21, 20221 min read
Disability and Workplace Accomodations
She required a different schedule than her co-workers in the same position. His station was equipped with a customized unit. There were ...
Jennie Tannenbaum
Oct 9, 20222 min read
Are LED lights the cause of your disability
Migraines, double vision, diminished vision, eye pain, increase risk of cataract and age-related macular degeneration, suppression of...
Jennie Tannenbaum
Jun 9, 20212 min read
Small Businesses and Post COVID Traps
Jake’s Bookstore (a fictious bookstore) in town fared well during the pandemic due to curbside pick-up and internet sales. The governor...
Jennie Tannenbaum
Feb 16, 20212 min read
Surviving and Thriving as a Small Business in the Pandemic
Tilly was sure that once she cleared the hurdle of the grand opening of Kicks and Kupcakes that the running of the business would be as...
Jennie Tannenbaum
May 26, 20203 min read
What You Need to Know before Your Small Business Reopens
Rebecca’s hair salon was posed to open this week per the Governor’s 4 phase reopening approach in MA. It had been about two months, since...
Jennie Tannenbaum
Mar 29, 20203 min read
Details of the Small Business Aid from the stimulus (CARES ACT & Paycheck Protection Program)
This is what the stimulus package (Coronavirus Aide, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act offers to small businesses.
Jennie Tannenbaum
Mar 25, 20203 min read
BREAKING: SBA EXPRESS BRIDGE LOANS now available in response to COVID-19
In response to the COVID-19 National Emergency, the SBA Express Bridge Loan (EBL) Pilot Program has been modified and the term extended.
Jennie Tannenbaum
Mar 5, 20203 min read
Colds, Flus and Viruses Oh My
The Massachusetts Earned Sick Time law allows employees to earn up to 40 hours of sick leave per year for certain personal and family needs.
Jennie Tannenbaum
Feb 20, 20203 min read
Lattes, Wedges, Platforms and Cappuccinos
A sole proprietorship is a business organization where an individual is conducting business for themselves.
Jennie Tannenbaum
Feb 6, 20202 min read
Employee Cannabis Lounge is Around the Corner
As of January 1, 2020 recreational marijuana is legal in eleven states to adults over the age of twenty-one.
Jennie Tannenbaum
Jan 23, 20203 min read
Small Businesses Need to Lawyer Up When …
Federal and state courts and government agencies issue new rulings that govern business and employment laws on a regular basis.
Jennie Tannenbaum
Jan 9, 20203 min read
Will Massachusetts Small Business Owners be made Blue by the New Blue Law changes?
In 2020 in Massachusetts the law concerning the hourly minimum wage changed as well, in addition to the Sunday premium pay.
Jennie Tannenbaum
Dec 26, 20193 min read
Tis’ the Season for Snowstorm Business Closings
Exempt employees under the FLSA are those who are paid a minimum of $23,600.00 per year on a salary basis and perform exempt duties.
Jennie Tannenbaum
Dec 6, 20192 min read
Seasonal Employees, Overtime Wages and Meal Breaks
In Massachusetts employers are required to provide employees an unpaid thirty minute meal break after working a shift that lasts more than
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