Non-Compete Clauses: How to Protect Against Competition
The best practice for non-compete clauses is to speak with an employment law attorney that knows your business and can effectively create restrictive covenants. Doing so will save your business both time and money while legally giving you the maximum protection allowed under the law.
The Consequences of Misclassifying Your Employees
Understanding the full ramifications of neglecting employment law, and misclassifying your workers, is a necessary skill to fully comprehend in order to protect your business.
Employment Law: Classifying Employees
Running a business is no simple endeavor, and the challenges that are a part of navigating employment law, especially, seem to be endless. This blog series covers the most integral points of employment law that every business owner should be aware of. In this blog, we’ll address common misconceptions about classifying employees as well as how to do it correctly.
CYA for Material Suppliers, Part 4
“That material was not delivered here” is the most common defense to a Material Supplier lien. What process can you have in place to have the best defense possible if this happens to you?
CYA for Material Suppliers Part 3
In this blog, we discuss how you can use that information to create a consistent collection strategy. Don’t work for free. Collecting what is yours is crucial to the livelihood of your business.
CYA for Material Suppliers Part 2
As a Material Supplier in the construction industry, you have such great leverage to secure any amount you are owed with a lien. But what is a lien? A lien gives you a claim to ownership in the property where your materials were used, to the extent of the value of the materials you supplied.
CYA for Building Materials Suppliers Part 1
Material Suppliers take an enormous amount of risk when supplying material on credit in the construction industry. This blog series is all about how to reduce that risk.
Can a General Contractor Terminate a Subcontract Without Notice?
A termination for convenience clause allows the general contractor to terminate your subcontract without any notice. If your subcontract contains a termination for convenience clause, it may need some heavier editing before you sign the subcontract.
Robbing Peter to Pay Paul: What Subcontractors Need to Know
Trust funds help you get paid, but as you’ll see, they also set rules that you must follow. In either case, it pays to understand how they work and how you can use them to your advantage.
Why Subcontractors Should Never Sign a Personal Guarantee
If you’re uncomfortable with risking your personal assets, you should be. You should never sign a personal guarantee. Too much can go wrong, and it will be your entire financial life on the line, not just your company.
Why are So Many Notices Required to Have a Valid Lien?
To have a valid lien in Texas, before you can even think about filing the lien with the county clerk, you need to make sure you have sent proper notice required to have a valid lien.
The First Steps to a Valid Lien
Are you ensuring you’re getting paid for what you are owed in your construction projects? It is so important to understand what you are responsible for when filing a lien. Remember, one single error in the lien filing process could cost you thousands of dollars and invalidate your lien.