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Minimum Wage in Ontario will Rise to $11 per hour on June 1, 2014

By EsqSocial Corporation 03/02/14

On January 30, 2014, the Ontario government announced there will be an increase in the general minimum wage rate from $10.25 to $11 per hour effective June 1, 2014. This 75-cent boost will reflect the rise in the Consumer Price Index (CPI) since the...

Temporary Impairments May Be Covered Under ADA

By EsqSocial Corporation 03/02/14

This past week, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit held in Summers v. Altarum Institute that a temporary impairment caused by an injury may be a covered disability under the 2008 Amendments to the Americans with Disabilities Act...

Washington Amends Its Consumer Loan Act Licensing Regulations

By EsqSocial Corporation 03/02/14

The Washington Department of Financial Institutions (Department) recently issued a new rule clarifying the licensing requirements for individual managers of Consumer Loan Company Licensees. The new rule became effective on January 1, 2014....

White House Proposes Sustainable Shale Gas Growth Zones; Praises Role of Natural Gas in U.S. Energy Policy

By EsqSocial Corporation 03/02/14

A fact-sheet released by the White House following Tuesday’s State of the Union Address announced the Obama Administration’s intent to work with Congress, State and local governments to create Sustainable Shale Gas Growth Zones. According to the...

On Closer Inspection, This CII “Best Practice” May Be Neither Good Nor Legal

By EsqSocial Corporation 03/02/14

The Council of Institutional Investors has adopted what it describes as ”a comprehensive body of corporate governance best practices”, including Policies on Corporate Governance. I question, however, whether some of these policies really are “best...

Internal Investigations: Doing One Can Be A Compliance Best Practice

By EsqSocial Corporation 03/02/14

The US Navy contract scandal took an interesting twist recently when one of its contractors, Inchcape Shipping Services, which had been suspended from doing business with the Navy for “conduct indicating questionable business integrity”, was...

Mom is convicted of child abuse in deaths of kids left in SUV with heater running

By EsqSocial Corporation 03/02/14

A Colorado woman was convicted of child abuse resulting in death on Friday in the overheating deaths of her two sons left in an SUV with the heater running.

Could Bitcoin Make Retail Cybersecurity Obsolete?

By EsqSocial Corporation 03/02/14

Interesting question, but life is never easy, and digital currency brings its own set of challenges...
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How’d You Get That Job? Rebecca Signer Roche (@rsigroche), Senior Labor & Employment Counsel at DynCorp International

By EsqSocial Corporation 03/02/14

I get to be an employment lawyer, I get to help my client solve its employment law problems, I get to be involved in the delicate interplay between law and business, I get to learn how to assess risk real-time and how to make timely decisions that...

Lawyer’s guide to planning travel adventures (podcast)

By EsqSocial Corporation 03/02/14

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