California gives many fired workers two years to sue over a wrongful termination, the deadline set by Code of Civil Procedure Section 335.1. That’s one of four clocks. Three other deadlines can apply instead, depending on why the firing happened, and the shortest of them is within a year. Note: This is general information, not…
A maintenance tech can usually tell how bad a work order will be before the first sentence is out of a tenant’s mouth. It’s the date that gives it away. The problem called in on day one and called in three weeks later isn’t the same job anymore. These are the problems Ohio apartment maintenance…
A woman picks up a lamp at a Saturday sale outside Rock Hill, looks at the sticker, and sets it back down. She never says a word about the price. She walks to the next driveway, and the seller never finds out what she would have paid. These are the garage sale pricing mistakes that…
A Texas backyard in August looks no different at three in the afternoon than it does at seven. The pavement beside it does. On an 86-degree day, asphalt can reach 135 degrees, hot enough to burn a paw pad in a minute. These are the everyday outdoor hazards Texas dog owners need to watch for….
Many homeowners policies start restricting coverage for theft, vandalism, and water damage once a home has sat empty for 30 to 60 days in a row, according to the Insurance Information Institute. These are the things Michiganders should do before leaving home for a month. Note: This is general information, not insurance or legal advice….
A recruiter spends about 7.4 seconds scanning a resume, according to an eye-tracking study from the career site TheLadders. That’s usually after software looks at it first. A Harvard Business School study found 99% of Fortune 500 companies filter applicants through tracking systems before a person opens anything, and most job-search advice predates all of…
Pulling a trapped person out of grain takes more than 600 pounds of force beyond their body weight, and sometimes past 2,000. Nobody pulls that hard. Purdue’s incident database has logged 2,429 farm confined-space cases nationwide through 2024, and the ones that end well involve equipment many farms don’t have on site. These are the…
Delaware spent years as the only state in the country without a single commercial flight, until Avelo started flying out of Wilmington in February 2023. Catching a flight from home may be easier now, but your phone can create trouble after landing if you don’t prepare it for the trip too. These are the phone…
Northampton County’s installment plan attaches a 10% penalty to any payment made after its due date, which turns a $600 installment into $660. Pay more than 10 days late, and the taxpayer loses the installment option for the following year. From there the account moves to the county Tax Claim Bureau, picks up around 9%…
Selling homemade salsa or pickles from a New York yard can require an Article 20-C food processing license, which runs $400 for two years. A small-scale processor pays $175. That’s before anybody gets to the folding table, the signs, or what the state does about the rest of what you list for sale. These are…
