Employers take a degree of risk every time they onboard a new employee. Workers can perform their jobs poorly and compromise a company's reputation. They can harass one another. They can get hurt on the job. Workers might also learn confidential information about a...
Employment Law
Can you cut an employee’s pay?
As an employer, you have complete control over the pay rate you offer when hiring a new employee. This applies whether they are paid an hourly wage or receive a salary. Of course, the pay rate must comply with state and federal laws—for example, all employees must be...
Minnesota Employment Law Updates
In the last couple years, Minnesota has seen some significant changes in the field of employment law. You are likely aware of many of these, but with amendments to the law, clarifications and guidance offered by the department, and new laws on the horizon, here’s what...
Minnesota’s New Sick and Safe Time Law
Many of the employee handbooks Sjoberg & Tebelius has drafted over the years have contained some type of paid time off policy. These policies were purely a matter of contract, meaning the employer could offer as much or as little time off as they desired. Some...
Pass-Through Taxation: What You Need to Know
Most US businesses have a pass-through taxation structure, meaning they are not subject to corporate tax. Instead, they have their income “pass through” to their owners to be taxed on the owners’ individual income tax returns. Pass-through businesses have simpler...