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Many businesses have to face litigations . Legal headaches can severely hurt your business’ bottom line.For example disgruntled employees are a common legal issue in America, where employees have far more rights than other countries, If you terminate an employee, make sure he or she signs documents carefully drafted by an attorney upon termination to make the terms of dismissal crystal clear. Letting an employee go without any final termination forms leaves the door wide open for legal actions.
The other common issue can be discrimination or harrassment. The legal ramifications of alleged discrimination. During the hiring process, you have to prove that you hire the most qualified individuals, regardless of gender, ethnicity or age.
Victims of harassment and discrimination tend to attract lots of media attention, which can hurt your company’s public image as well as drain your legal budget. Be proactive and stomp out these problems before they start.
You should make sure that all your company’s employees can legally work in the United States. Carry out checks to identify illegal immigrants with falsified documents. The U.S. government has been known to conduct extensive surprise immigration audits that can cripple a company if it is found to be using illegal labor.
Another touchy issue is copyrights and patents. Cutting edge companies in the tech industry often face aggressive patent litigation. Companies often sit on patents for years, hoping that another company inadvertently violates them, to get easy money through patent and copyright lawsuits.In the product development phase at your company, make sure your research and development teams thoroughly research the patents and copyrights of your current product, to avoid a messy legal battle should you step on a competitor’s toes.
Customers who are dissatisfied can file lawsuits against your company, in which they gather in large consumer groups and attack your company over faulty products, services or promises. With enough dissatisfied customers, class action lawsuits can do more damage than any individual or corporation and irreparably tarnish your brand’s image. Promptly issue recalls for flawed products and be prompt to address customer issues.
There can be other legal issues like tax litigation, legal disputes with competitors and contractors. Make sure you are proactive in solving these problems before they start, and make sure you have a solid legal team to back you up should you get sued. Good communication in the workplace and a hands-on approach to management is the best deterrent to legal issues.
litigation: pereskedés
bottom line: lényeg, nettó bevétel
disgruntled: elégedetlen, háborgó, berágott
terminate: elbocsájt
legal ramification: következmény, hatás, elágazás
falsify: meghamisít
cripple: megbénít
patent:szabadalom
step on sb’s toes: rálépni valaki lábujjára, vagyis útban lenni, kellemetlenséget okozni
tarnish: elhomályosít, beszennyez, gyaláz
flawed: hibás
be prompt: gyors, azonnali
sue: beperel
deterrent: elrettentő dolog
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