“Ho, ho ho…you’re fired [or laid off]!” Those are not words that any employee wants to hear, and are even more stressful during the holidays. Unfortunately, as we enter the holiday season many employers are already looking ahead to next year’s budget and making layoff...
Throughout the month of November, we published articles from our series, “How to Lose Your Small Business in 10 Days.” Brothers Mario and Luigi’s small business was doomed from the start and only worsened over time. Indeed, they lost their Plumbing & Pizza...
Day Ten – Lack of an Operating Agreement Luigi has decided that enough is enough and he is going to hire competent legal counsel to advise him and Peach regarding all of the issues that they are facing. He has to salvage what he can of the business he loves. As he...
Day Nine – Trademarking Your Brand Despite eight days of tumultuous business ownership, Luigi and Peach believe they have finally weathered the storm and are looking forward to a profitable enterprise. Then the phone rings and it is an attorney who represents Wario...
After the loss of the Donkey Kong contract, many employees of Plumbing & Pizza Delivery were laid off. While some simply sought other employment, others believed that there must be a legal claim and began the litigation process by filing a Charge of Discrimination...
Day Seven – Get it in Writing Plumbing & Pizza Delivery is recruiting as fast as possible to meet the terms of Donkey Kong’s contract, however, finding skilled plumbers and pizza cooks is turning out to be more difficult than first imagined. Yoshi informs Peach...
Yoshi Hires New Employees Plumbing & Pizza Delivery employees have been doing a fantastic job and are quickly gaining a great reputation in their community. As a result, Peach and Luigi are approached by Donkey Kong, a very wealthy restaurant owner that is...
Luigi Writes a Non-Compete Yoshi’s newly hired employees (and independent contractors) have begun their training as either pizza cooks or plumbers. However, being such a unique business, Yoshi has taken the time to train each employee individually on how to perform...
Peach and Luigi Misclassify the Newly Hired Employees Yoshi has begun working for Plumbing and Pizza Delivery under his new extremely advantageous contract that has basically assured him employment, no matter what happens. Excited to begin work, Yoshi puts an ad out...