Contract Trumps Custom in Fee Collection Case

Courtesy of NAPS Legal Update - Many of you may have run into a situation something like this: You sign a contract with a client entitling you to a fee if the client hires one of your candidates for the position specified in the contract. Such a candidate is hired, and you receive your fee. Some period [...]

Staffing Company Liable for Overtime as “Joint Employer”

Courtesy of NAPS Legal Update - In Beltre v. Lititz Healthcare Staffing Solutions LLC, a federal court decision by the Southern District of New York, the Court turned down a staffing company’s motion to dismiss a claim by its assigned employees that they were not paid overtime, as required by the Fair Labor Standards Act.

GEORGIA – Voters Approve Significant Changes in Enforceability of Restrictive Covenants

LEGAL UPDATE FOR GEORGIA – Article courtesy of NAPS Voters Approve Significant Changes in Enforceability of Restrictive Covenants On election day, Georgia’s voters approved significant changes, generally favorable to employers, to the state’s law regarding restrictive covenants in employment agreements. Georgia has historically been a very difficult state in which to obtain enforcement of such [...]

Summer Ad Campaign — View all 3 Ad Rotations

Your GAPS dues at work! Every Sunday for the remainder of the summer, the Board of Directors has authorized an advertising campaign in the AJC (Atlanta Journal Constitution – Sunday Edition; Business Section) directed to “C”-Level executives conveying that GAPS member firms serve as the definitive icon of quality assurance in the third-party recruitment and staffing profession. [...]

Noncompete Employment Contracts measure clears Georgia House

A proposed amendment to the state constitution aimed at noncompete clauses in employment contracts easily cleared the Georgia House Monday.

Lawmakers voted 158-12, well above the two-thirds threshold needed to pass constitutional amendments, to send the measure to the state Senate and potentially to Georgia voters this November.

LEGISLATIVE UPDATES — GAPS Join SSPC Chamber of Commerce

LEGISLATIVE UPDATE GAPS Joins Sandy Springs Perimeter Chamber of Commerce Membership to directly benefit from from the SSPC’s many programs, service offerings and events February 19, 2010 Recap of state legislation in SSP Chambers legislative agenda and issues impacting the business community. The General Assembly recessed yesterday for two- weeks to allow the House and [...]