by The Coppola Firm | Sep 30, 2020 | Business, Compliance, Employment, Entrepreneurship
New York’s new Paid Sick Leave law becomes effective today – September 30, 2020. What’s an employer to do with this? Well, we’ve got some practical – albeit preliminary – insights and guidance for you. And, like you, we’re...
by The Coppola Firm | Sep 29, 2020 | Personal Injury
Losing a loved one is always difficult. When a loved one dies sooner than they should have and someone else is at fault, then it’s even more difficult. In New York law, this is called wrongful death. A wrongful death action is a type of civil lawsuit that certain...
by The Coppola Firm | Sep 23, 2020 | Business, Compliance, Employment, Entrepreneurship
On September 22, 2020, the federal Department of Labor (DOL) proposed a new rule that would provide a test for determining whether a worker is an employee under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) or an independent contractor. The FLSA is a federal law that sets...
by The Coppola Firm | Sep 18, 2020 | Personal Injury, Uncategorized
Coppola Firm founder, Lisa A. Coppola, Esq., was named a Super Lawyer for personal injury work and was ranked among the Top 25 female attorneys in Upstate New York in the 2020 Super Lawyers rankings. She has been named a Super Lawyer every year for at least the past...
by The Coppola Firm | Sep 16, 2020 | Business, COVID 19, Employment, Entrepreneurship
A Presidential Memorandum issued August 8th directed the Secretary of the Treasury to use his authority to defer the withholding, deposit, and payment of the employee’s share of Social Security tax for employees generally earning less than $4,000 in gross wages...