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What You Should Know about Nursing Home Abuse in New York by cjleclaire
Feb 25, 2019 | 0 0 comments | 535 535 recommendations | email to a friend
 New York State Laws on Nursing Home Abuse Nursing home abuse often occurs due to understaffing or occurs with nursing homes that hire individuals who are unqualified or inadequately trained. Underlying reasons can be that the nursing home is trying to cut financial corners instead of providing qu...
NYC Bans Polystyrene Takeout Containers and Coffee Cups by cjleclaire
Feb 19, 2019 | 0 0 comments | 740 740 recommendations | email to a friend
 Judge Upholds the 2013 Law Banning Polystyrene for Takeout Containers and Coffee Cups In 2019 restaurants must begin phasing polystyrene cups and containers out of use. This change is a result of a ruling that came down from an appeal that had challenged the new law in 2013. The appeal had suspen...
Has Your Loved One Been the Victim of Nursing Home Neglect? by cjleclaire
Feb 15, 2019 | 0 0 comments | 785 785 recommendations | email to a friend
 How Does Neglect Differ from Abuse? Finding out whether your parent, relative or friend has been the victim of nursing home neglect is vital for their wellbeing. Sadly, many elderly people are in such a vulnerable state that they cannot attend to their own needs. Unfortunately, they are also in n...
Matter of Van Patten—Undue Influence by cjleclaire
Feb 15, 2019 | 0 0 comments | 961 961 recommendations | email to a friend
 Probate Administration | Wrongful Actions There are certain basic legal requirements when a person transfers property, conveys a power of attorney or establishes a plan for the distribution of an estate. Among the most important are: The person must have appropriate legal capacity The person must...
Legal Concerns for New York Restaurant Owners by cjleclaire
Feb 14, 2019 | 0 0 comments | 700 700 recommendations | email to a friend
 If you’re opening a new restaurant in New York City or the surrounding area, there are certain legal requirements you must put in place. You will need to choose a business entity and get your licenses and permits. You must address health and safety issues (ventilation, garbage removal, sanitation...
Certain questions are taboo for employers to ask in a job interview. The most obvious ones are questions that could be regarded as discrimination. If you ask these types of questions, you could be held liable if a discrimination lawsuit is brought against you. Do not ask questions that intimate at anything to do with age, race, color, national origin or birthplace, religion, disability, genetic information, gender/sex or marital/family status/pregnancy. (EEOC) by cjleclaire
Feb 14, 2019 | 0 0 comments | 681 681 recommendations | email to a friend
 2019 Is Here with New Salary Thresholds The New York State overtime salary threshold draws the line between exempt salaried workers, who must be paid for overtime, and those non-exempt workers, who do not have to be paid for overtime. For an employee to qualify for the Administrative employee exe...
BUYER BEWARE! MASPETH,NY-BUYING A BRICK 2F. VS A FRAME 2F. by godfather
Feb 05, 2019 | 0 0 comments | 968 968 recommendations | email to a friend
 COLLECTION OF OPINIONS BY BROKERS IN THE AREA. BUYER BEWARE! BIG DIFFERENCE WHEN BUYING AN OLD FRAME 2F. HOME, MAYBE 100 YEARS OLD BY NOW, AND OR BUYING A YOUNG BRICK 2 FAMILY HOUSE, ESPECIALLY IF IN THE SAME PRICE RANGE! DO WE REALLY HAVE TO WRITE ABOUT THIS TO INFORM BUYERS?  YES WE DO. If you ...
VETERANS AND ALL AMERICANS WAKE UP! Trump supporters still in denial-Why? by godfather
Jan 25, 2019 | 0 0 comments | 1568 1568 recommendations | email to a friend
 How many Americans   are Pro Trump today, January 25, 2019?   It is hard to imagine, whether those who are still supportive of Trump knowing all the evidence put out so far, like how many staffers Trump hired who have been arrested, indicted, found guilty, and sentenced to date. More indictments ...
Leo Vadalà’s “Some Grief, Some Joy” Will Move The Reader... by Milano52
Jan 19, 2019 | 0 0 comments | 1603 1603 recommendations | email to a friend
 Review by Tiziano Thomas Dossena Historical fiction  is a literary genre in which the plot takes place in a setting located in the past. The term is commonly used as a synonym for the  historical novel . An essential element of historical fiction is that it is set in the past and pays attention t...
How Important Is ADA Compliance for Your Website? by cjleclaire
Jan 15, 2019 | 0 0 comments | 1078 1078 recommendations | email to a friend
 ADA Non-Compliance and The Beyonce Website Lawsuit According to the   Hollywood Reporter , the lawsuit alleges that visually impaired users do not have equal access to the website’s products and services. The class named in the lawsuit is “all legally blind individuals in the United States who ha...