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Employers - How to Protect Your Employees from Hearing Damage

Loss of hearing is one of the largest occupational hazards suffered by employees. The Control of Noise at Work Regulations (2005) sought to reduce the risk of employees suffering damage to their hearing by providing directions regarding managing nois...

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Are Non Compete Agreement Enforceable?

Non-compete agreements, also known as restrictive covenants, are a type of contract that limits employees from working for a competitor within a specific geographic area and time frame after they leave their current employer. These agreements are bec...

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Will further release of studies on Paxil force GlaxoSmithKline to settle

A study that appeared in the July 21, 2004 Journal of the American Medical Association appeared to support previous data possibly linking antidepressants to suicidal impulses. After looking at four drugs and nearly 2,800 British adults and children, ...

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New Jersey requirements for the interior maintenance of multiple dwellings

The New Jersey Administrative Code provides the Department of Community affairs (DCA) with enforcement powers over Title 5, Chapter 10 entitled Maintenance of Hotels and Multiple Dwellings. Subchapter 8 provides the "code" standards for the maintenan...

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Are Non Compete Agreement Enforceable?

Despite what most high-tech employers think, California courts are extremely reluctant to enforce a non-compete agreement that an employee signs as a condition of his/her employment. California Business and Professions Code Section 16600 provides tha...

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Multiple Social Security Beneficiaries

Social Security is a federal program that provides retirement and disability benefits to individuals who have earned enough credits through working. However, it’s not just individuals who can be beneficiaries of Social Security. In some cases, mult...

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What is a Structured Settlement

A structured settlement refers to a type of payment arrangement that is typically used as a means of settling legal disputes. It involves a series of periodic payments over a predetermined period rather than a lump sum payment. Consequently, a struct...

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Have You Drafted a Power of Attorney

In these unsettled times, it's the sign of a smart businessowner to expect the best but prepare for the worst. Whatwill happen to your business if you are unavailable due toany circumstance? Perhaps you are a Reservist and get calledinto active ...

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Qualified Personal Residence Trust (QPRT) reeserves the use of a residence

A Qualified Personal Residence Trust (QPRT) is a trust in which the person establishing the trust, call the Grantor, reserves the use of a residence (either the Grantor¡¯s primary residence or a seasonal residence) for a specified term of years. In...

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An Overview On The Financial Capacity Of Social Security

An Overview On The Financial Capacity Of Social Security by: Jinky C. Mesias There have been so many reports confirming the distressing state of the finances of Social Security and so many members by now are wondering if they can really get the ...

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