Restaurants must pay waiters and bartenders minimum wage when they are engaged in tasks such as cleaning toilets that are unrelated to their main jobs and do not offer tips, a divided U.S. appeals court ruled last month. At issue …
The parents of a teenager who was killed in a 2012 avalanche at a Vail Resort property are appealing a judge and jury’s decision in their son’s death case. Dr. Louise Ingalls and Dr. Steve Conlin, the parents of Taft …
South Carolina’s highest court has ruled a woman’s DUI charge shouldn’t be dismissed because her car crashed a few feet outside the city whose officer detained her. Jennifer Lynn Alexander was found inside her still running car in a ditch …
The votes were tallied and the results are in for the 2018 Best Independent Insurance Agency to Work For survey by Insurance Journal. Employees of the Best Agencies to Work For in 2018 highlight the importance of competitive salaries, employee …
The number of people killed in fatal crashes in Oregon has gone up by 13 percent from last year. The Oregonian/OregonLive reported that the total number of deaths on city streets, freeways and county highways was driven up this summer …
A tax overhaul task force is looking into whether Arkansas should change two tax credits authorized for insurance companies that cost the state about $77 million a year. Members of the Tax Reform and Relief Legislative Task Force on Sept. …
Connecticut was cleaning up after a storm dumped more than eight inches of rain on parts of the state, causing floods that washed away roads and bridges and trapped people in their vehicles. Schools in East Haddam and Lebanon were …
Massachusetts regulators are calling for an outside review of the state’s natural gas distribution system in the wake of gas explosions and fires that affected three communities earlier this month. The Department of Public Utilities said Wednesday it would name …
Mitchell International, a San Diego, Calif.-headquartered provider of technology, connectivity and information to the property and casualty insurance and collision repair industries, and Genex, a provider of clinical solutions to the workers’ compensation, auto and disability insurance markets, have entered …
Frenkel & Company, an EPIC Company, has hired Joseph Ferber as a principal in New York. Ferber will report to Phil Remig, Northeast region senior vice president of Operations and Sales. In his new role, Ferber will be responsible for …
