When discussing unions and their impact on the workplace, the narrative often centers around conflict and adversity between management and unionized employees. However, it's essential to recognize the numerous benefits that a progressive unionized workforce can bring to an organization.
The profitability of solar farms is a hot topic right now. With the rising interest in renewable energy, many people are curious about whether investing in solar farms is worth it.
If you and your group are looking to enter the solar generation market and need guidance on the legal requirements of proper siting and other requirements—in or around Louisville, Kentucky, or throughout the Commonwealth—contact me at Chris Sanders Law PLLC. I pride myself on being a green technology attorney and consultant. I can advise you and your group on financing, permitting, tax incentives, and even community involvement to pave the way for your project.
It’s no secret that starting a new business takes a ton of work. Even if you have a solid idea or profitable product or service to offer, there are still countless legal and procedural steps you’ll need to take to move your business from the initial idea stage into reality.
As the gears of the workforce keep turning, it is crucial to ensure that the rights of employees are protected and their hard work is justly compensated. Kentucky's wage and hour laws serve as the bedrock of worker protection, covering essential aspects such as minimum wage rates, overtime pay, payment regulations, breaks and meal periods, child labor laws, wage discrimination, and retaliation protections.
Possibly the most common popular image of sexual harassment in the workplace is that of a boss soliciting sexual favors from an employee in return for some form of benefit at work—perhaps even just continued employment. While this certainly can and does happen, sexual harassment can take many forms in the working world, and it doesn’t always have to involve an employer or supervisor hitting on someone by dangling some form of employment bait.
Have a charitable goal or another noble goal in mind and wish to start a nonprofit in Kentucky? The process is similar to registering any company or corporation—but to get nonprofit status, you must go through the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). Most nonprofits register under IRS tax-exempt status 501(c)(3), which applies to groups formed for religious, charitable, scientific, literary, or educational purposes.
Many nonprofit organizations seek justice in society from their base in Louisville or elsewhere in Kentucky, and I have ties with many of them. But any organization, however noble its goals, can run into disputes and legal problems that slow or threaten the great good they are striving for. A lawsuit—whether from an employee, a contractor, or another nonprofit or for-profit organization— can place obstacles in the pursuit of their goals.
Just the act of being served can be disturbing enough, and if you’ve never been through the experience before, you may react in the wrong way and make matters worse for you and your business entity.
When the U.S. government first began tracking working conditions in the nation in 1890, it found that the workweek in manufacturing averaged a whopping 100 hours.
