Lexington Probate and Estate Administration Law Blog

As an employer in the state of Kentucky, it is likely that dealing with employee disputes will be faced from time to time. While many processes and regulations can be put in place in order to minimize the number of employee disputes that arise, it is unlikely that they will ever be prevented completely.

A common cause of employee disputes is related to overtime and wage claims. These can be very costly for a company; therefore, it is important that everything is done to prevent and to adequately deal with these claims. Having a sound in-company process can help such issues from escalating into a legal claim.

Wire fraud is one of the most complex white collar crimes in the United States. It is such a complicated matter that many defendants are caught completely off guard when charged with wire fraud. In other words, it is possible to face these charges without knowing whether you even committed a crime. This post will provide a brief outline of this offense, including some possible penalties of a conviction.

Wire fraud occurs when a party or parties conduct a scheme to illegally obtain money using telephone lines or electronic communications. Examples of this include phishing and spam-related fraud as well as telemarketing schemes. As long as the alleged crime involves defrauding victims over the phone, through internet communications or even over the television, it may meet the definition of wire fraud.

Age discrimination is a serious issue that plagues thousands of elder Americans every year and Fayette residents are no exception. There are laws in place that prevent employers from discriminating against employees or potential employees based on their ages. With that, we have put together some tips your company can follow to help prevent age discrimination.

The goal of your company when hiring new employees is to make the workforce as diverse as possible. This will help prevent any issues with age discrimination. Diversity includes ranges in age as well as hiring workers with disabilities and workers of all races, religions and ethnic backgrounds.

Truckers get a bad reputation for causing highway accidents. Much of it is undeserved, however. There is no doubt that the size and weight disparity between passenger vehicles and loaded semitrucks do not bode well for those riding in the smaller automobiles.

But often it is those drivers that create the havoc and danger in the first place. One way they do this is by brake-checking big rigs.