How to Collect Your Final Wages


March 23, 2015
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Collecting Final Wages from Your Employer Most of us don’t work for free. If your employer hasn’t paid you all of the wages you’ve earned, then that’s exactly what you’d be doing. What follows is a quick guide on what to do if your employer owes you wages. The rules for wages due to an […]

Non-Compete Agreements


August 1, 2014
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One item that many employers have begun to use extensively with employees is a non-compete agreement. The main goal of a non-compete agreement (“non-compete”) is for an employer to protect its goodwill, trade secrets and confidential information upon an employee leaving that employer and, presumably, working for a competitor of the employer. A non-compete could […]

Rabbi Trusts: Not Just For Rabbis


February 8, 2013
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A rabbi trust is a type of non-qualified deferred compensation plan set up by an employer for the benefit of an employee.  Rabbi trusts get their name from a 1980 IRS private letter ruling that approved the use of these trusts. In that case, a congregation wanted to set up a trust for the benefit […]