All employees are subject to an array of implied common law duties arising from the unwritten contract requiring the employer to pay wages in exchange for the employee's performance. While the duty of loyalty provides protection for the employer as well as a powerful enforcement instrument, it is often overlooked and ignored. Too often employees today do not connect their responsibility to the employer because it is never defined. Employees are generally naïve and will remain so unless the implications of the duty of loyalty and unacceptable behaviors are specifically explained...read more

Under a new Maryland law that went into effect last month, contractors that rely upon minority-owned companies in bids for the award of state construction projects but which fail to use such companies will be subject to felony charges. The new law, which went into effect as of October 1, 2009, provides for a maximum sentence of five years in prison, a $20,000 fine, or both... read more