A top ten topic I have dealt with for my business clients during and post the height of the pandemic is remote employees. Specifically, that advice surrounds compliance with employment laws and liability surrounding those employees. The best thing any business owner can do is keep track of all communications and agreements. Here are some […]
NEW 2023 FLORIDA LAWS
UPDATE FROM KHA’S FLORIDA OFFICE Florida has new laws affecting lobbying restrictions and motorists and other changes that will take affect Januar 1, 2023. Other laws passed involve land-preservation money, allowing local governments to publish legal notices online instead of in newspapers and ending a controversial practice in the property-insurance system. Below are the changes […]
NEW TENNESSEE LAWS TAKING EFFECT JAN 1 2023
On January 1, 2023 more new laws will go into effect. These laws relate to medical records, subscription service cancellations, early retirement for emergency communications personnel and mail-order pharmaceuticals. They will be enforced starting in 2023. “Dallas’s Law,” is the most well known. This law was was named for Dallas “DJ” Barrett, who died after […]
Mental Health and Children
MENTAL HEALTH AND OUR CHILDREN I don’t normally include my family on my blogs. But with the passing of Twitch I wanted to share this photo of my daughter with him. This loss has hit home for many young people especially in my world, those that love dance. I have seen countless photos like this […]
Benefit Corporations Certified as B Corps
Did you know that there are three types of for profit corporations in Tennessee? Our clients form C Corporations, S Corporations, and For Profit Benefit Corporations. Many people believe that the For Profit Benefit Corporation is a “B Corp”. Actually, the For Profit Benefit Corporation then applies to be certified as a B Corp. Even […]
NEW LAWS IN TENNESSEE
On July 1 the following new laws will take effect in Tennessee: HB 1895: Allows the state to withhold money from schools if they don’t use a student’s sex at the time of birth for sports participation. SB 2153: Bans transgender females from participating in higher education female sports. HB 0210: Local school systems now have […]
KHA, Helping small business grow
Kelli Haas is proud to represent James and Debbi Whitlock and their car wash businesses growing under Great White Express. The Whitlocks are good people who Kelli now calls friends. There have been crazy highs and lows watching the Whitlock’s businesses grow, and it has all been for the good. James Whitlock was in the […]
The Supreme Court Ruled Against Large Employer Mandatory Vaccine or Testing
THE SUPREME COURT HAS SPOKEN Large employers have been awaiting the decision and it is here. The Supreme Court on Thursday blocked President Joe Biden’s vaccine and testing requirement aimed at large businesses, but it allowed a vaccine mandate for certain health care workers to go into effect nationwide. Employers who had decided to not […]
President Biden Vaccine Mandate Halted
On Friday, a U.S. appeals court upheld the decision to put a hold on the federal order by President Biden for companies with 100 workers or more to require COVID-19 vaccines. The Court rejected a challenge by President Biden’s administration. This comes after many states have begun passing anti-vaccine discrimination laws. The order does not […]
FLORIDA EMPLOYERS TAKE NOTE OF INCREASED MINIMUM WAGE
UPDATES FROM KHA’S FLORIDA OFFICE – Florida Minimum Wage Jumps to $10 at End of Month At the end September 2021, Florida employees will see a substantial increase to the state’s minimum wage – and the increases will continue for the next five years. Effective September 30, 2021, the hourly minimum wage Florida employers have […]
