When Terry Shea stepped off the plane Oct. 7 in Washington D.C., she knew the next several hours would be a whirlwind. In less than 24 hours, the co-owner and vice president of Wrapsody in Hoover and Auburn and a member of…
A major shift in the handling of fraudulent or counterfeit credit/debit card transactions is coming. Starting Oct. 1, liability for fraudulent transactions may fall to the merchant if the merchant doesn’t match or exceed the card issuers’ level of security. To avoid liability,…
In late June, the Obama administration released a proposed overtime rule that adds some 5 million people nationally to those eligible for time-and-a-half pay for working more than 40 hours a week. The estimate of the number of workers affected…
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced July 9 that it was delaying the effective date for the federal menu-labeling regulation for chain restaurants and covered grocery stores for one year. The FDA originally set Dec. 1, 2015, as…
A regulation regarding local nexus that parallels the state nexus rule applies to transactions in Alabama beginning Jan. 1, 2014. The new regulation creates seller responsibility to collect and remit local sales or use tax by imposing the same standards…