The following was released by the U.S. Department of Labor – Wage and Hour Division (WHD) – Administrator Interpretation Letters – Fair Labor Standards Act: The department released an important clarification/interpretation of the definition of “son or daughter” under Section 101(12) of the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) as it applies to an employee [...]

Breaking news from The Miami Herald: A two-day sting has led to the closure of 70 Florida businesses — including 24 in South Florida — because of violations of the state’s workers’ compensation laws. Random site visits by the state Department of Financial Services found the companies failed to provide workers’ compensation insurance for their [...]

We are very excited to be in attendance at the 24th Annual Small Business Trade Conference, held in Tampa at the University of South Florida on May 5-6. Marty Davis and Frank Ocasio will represent LSG at this enriching event. The USF Small Business Development Center, in partnership with the Florida Procurement Technical Assistance Center, will [...]

Employers need to provide nursing mothers with a private place and break time to express breast milk. The new requirement is an amendment to the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) included in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, signed into law by President Obama on March 23, 2010. Below is a copy of the [...]

Marty E. Davis, CEO of Legal Solutions Group and Executive Director of the Rosalind Ludwig Children’s Foundation, has been elected to the Board of Directors of Hands2Help, a Dade County, Florida based organization that provides mentoring to girls aged 8-18.

Legal Solutions Group CEO Marty E. Davis and COO Jose M. Chanfrau IV have been selected to present at the HR Florida 2010 Conference & Expo. Mr. Davis will present HR: The “Insurance Policy” against expensive litigation and lower profits. His presentation is scheduled to be held on Monday, August 30, 2010 at 1:30 pm – 2:30 [...]

In light of the recently-issued guidelines from the Florida Bar concerning lawyers’ website compliance, we became very interested in how social media profiles would be monitored once the six-month moratorium on the enforcement of the website rules, in effect beginning January 1, 2010, is lifted. In particular, we focused our inquiries on two sites: LinkedIn [...]

Employers Must Have a Policy & Guidelines for Dealing with Injured Workers As the Third District Court of Appeals in Florida (which includes Miami, FL) ruled,  in order to prevail on a retaliatory discharge claim under section 440.205 of the Florida Workers’ Compensation Laws, Chapter 440 of the Florida Statutes, the employee must prove: (1) he [...]

In Thomas v. Carnival Corp., 573 F.3d 1113 (11th Cir. 2009) , the US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit reversed and remanded a trial court decision that determined that plaintiff’s statutory claim under the Seaman’s Wage Act was subject to the arbitration clause in the relevant employment contact. This case concluded that a prospective [...]

In order to satisfy a growing demand from clients in Central and South America, Legal Solutions Group is translating portions of this website into Spanish and Portuguese. We will be translating overview and general service information in the first phase of the project, and when these pages are live, we will provide links right from [...]