Protecting The Interests Of Businesses In North Carolina
Under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), commonly referred to as “Obamacare,” as of October 1, 2013, all employers with at least $500,000 of yearly revenue must provide their employees with written notice of their rights to access the new online health insurance marketplaces.This notice must be provided to all employees, regardless of whether or not the employer…
Our firm was founded in 1996 with a mission in mind to render valuable services to our clients. An important step to achieve this mission was to establish a low cost operating model. Over the years we have consistently taken steps to maintain a low cost culture in our firm. Among other things, this has included locating to a suburban…
Richard L. Robertson, the principal and shareholder of Richard L. Robertson and Associates, P.A. has been appointed to the BB&T Bank Board of Advisers for the Charlotte-market. The Board of Advisers meets quarterly for the purposes of receiving information about BB&T Bank’s operations and working with the bank on issues important to our business and individual clients. Mr. Robertson’s involvement…
For most small and medium-size businesses, it’s a common-sense practice to ask potential employees, generally on the employment application, about criminal arrests and convictions. But recent guidance and litigation from the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) suggests that a blanket prohibition on hiring anyone who has a criminal arrest or conviction is discriminatory, and may open the employer up…
One of the most important issues facing our small and medium-size business clients is compliance with the myriad of state and federal immigration laws. In fact, many of our business clients, despite their intentions and their best efforts to be compliant with the regulations administered by the United States Department of Labor, the United States Department of Homeland Security and…
Welcome to the new and improved website of Richard L. Robertson and Associates: www.www.www.rlrobertson.com! The new website provides businesses, business owners, and insurance companies in the Charlotte area with information concerning a wide range of important legal topics and industry related issues. In addition to a comprehensive outline of the legal services offered by the firm, the new website also…
Despite their best efforts, for many of our business clients, it sometimes becomes necessary to terminate an individual’s employment. Losing a job is always a difficult proposition and in almost every case, the separated individual will immediately file a claim for his or her unemployment benefits with the North Carolina Department of Commerce, Division of Employment Security (DES). In many…
On March 12, friends and clients of the firm were invited to a Lunch-and-Learn to hear Supervisory Special Agent Colleen Moss of the Federal Bureau of Investigation present a program on cyber security. SSA Moss directs the FBI’s cyber-intrusion squad tasked with investigating cyber intrusions in North Carolina. During her 18-year career with the FBI, SSA Moss has been involved…