By Lane V. Erickson, Attorney The federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) sets minimum wage, overtime pay, recordkeeping, and youth employment standards for employment subject to its provisions. Unless exempt, covered employees must be paid at least the minimum wage and not less than one and one-half times their regular…
The Idaho State Police (ISP) reports that a two-vehicle crash occurred Thursday, November 10, 2016 on westbound I-84 at milepost 56 near Broadway Avenue. A 24 year-old man, Matthew Martin from Ontario, Oregon was traveling in the westbound lane in a 2016 Toyota Corolla when he lost control of his…
By Lane V. Erickson, Attorney The estate planning blogs that we have posted on our website mainly talk about the importance and reasons why you should complete your own personal estate planning. I do have a number of clients who have their estate planning done. When this occurs, many of…
By Lane V. Erickson, Attorney For nearly two decades I have been practicing estate planning law by providing estate planning advice and creating estate planning documents for my clients. These documents often and usually include a Last Will and Testament. The purpose of this post is to describe several of…
By Lane V. Erickson, Attorney While the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) specifies minimum wage, overtime hours and child labor laws, it leaves to each of the individual states the responsibility of creating and enforcing the laws associated with basic wage and hour compliance. In other words, states are left…
By Lane V. Erickson, Attorney Whenever I am working with my estate planning clients I have the opportunity to help them appreciate and understand everything that getting their estate planning done can accomplish. In particular, I am able to point out to them that getting their estate planning done is…
By Lane V. Erickson, Attorney It is unfortunate but true that landlords often aren’t familiar with their responsibilities when it comes to renting to families with children. Many times, landlords don’t even know that families with children enjoy a protected status under federal housing discrimination laws. In addition to the…
Studies conducted by the National Health Institute and other agencies show that accidents, particularly fatal accidents, increase during the time shifts for Daylight Savings Time (DST). On Sunday, November 6th, Idahoans will turn their clocks back one hour giving us all an extra hour of sleep. That is a good…
By Lane V. Erickson, Attorney Unless you have been living under a rock, it is common knowledge that the famed singer and songwriter who called himself Prince, died in April of 2016, at the age of 57. It is also well known that he died without a written Last Will…
A 63 year-old woman from Clayton, Idaho was killed on November 1, 2016 when her 1999 Subaru crossed the centerline of Highway 75 and struck a 2010 Kenworth pulling trailers hauling 10,000 gallons of diesel fuel. The Kenworth rolled, rupturing the fuel tanks. The trailers were fully engulfed. The North…
