Posts in Labor and Employment Law

Mar 04 Rosenthal Law Group Prevails at Trial and Obtains a Final Judgment in the Amount of $539,341.80 Against Former Employee for His Breach of His Fiduciary Duty of Loyalty Owed to His Employer During the Employment Relationship

Rosenthal Law Group is pleased to announce that it has prevailed following a three-day trial before the Honorable Circuit Court ...

Jan 26 Unambiguous Exculpatory Clauses in Employment Contract Waiving Negligence Claims Against Employer for Employee’s On-the-Job Injuries are Valid and Enforceable under Florida Law

The Fourth District Court of Appeal has recently ruled in Merlien v. JM Family Enterprises, Inc., 301 So. 3d 1 (Fla. 4th DCA 2020) ...

Mar 21 Florida Court Once Again Confirms the Validity and Enforceability of Non-Compete Agreements

In our practice we often hear individuals state that non-competition agreements are unenforceable in Florida because Florida is a ...

Jan 23 Written Job Descriptions...More Important Than You Think. Part II

This is part II of our blog on the importance of written job descriptions in employment. In Part I, we discussed the importance of ...

Jan 18 Directors of Florida Corporations: Beware You May Be Personally Liable to the Corporation or Its Shareholders

Federal and state laws do not require employers to have written job descriptions for their employees. However, many employers do ...

Dec 27 The Fifth Circuit Rules that the FLSA Only Allows Employees (and Not Nonemployee Spouses) to Bring FLSA Retaliation Lawsuits, but that Employees Can Recover Emotional Distress Damages in Such Claims

The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals was recently faced with two issues of first impression regarding the retaliation provision of ...