I agree by and large with RDK. The only thing I would do differently is to notify the owner that you are aware that no permit has been obtained and that you have an ethical (if not legal) obligation to notify the appropriate authorities -- unless he would prefer to take care of the situation...
My opinion is the big company made a mistake trying to keep the employee. Likely he will jump at the next opportunity - and if he is smart, won't tell them first the next time. Had it been my call to make, I would have told the employee to take the offer -- and then I would have stopped using...
Where I have seen contracts of this type being used is more for senior level employees or employees in a position to have access to "sensitive information" such as marketing plans, business plans, client lists, etc.
In my experience, it is unusual for the type of provisions...
What a range of opinions. I have the very real benefit of working for an ESOP - so I am an owner. The attitude of the majority of the "employees" in an ESOP is substantially different from the average employee. We all share in the profits. We recognize we only benefit when there...
I have a situation where I have carbon tetrachloride contamination of soil and groundwater on a property where site conditions limit my cleanup options. Depth to groundwater is too shallow to consider air sparging/venting. Surface features ( mainline railroad tracks) prevent pump and treat...
You also must keep in mind that if you register in other states by comity ( sometimes called resiprosity ) you must keep your registration in the the state where you were originally registered. So.. pick a state you are sure you intend to keep.
The fact of the matter is: So long as buyers "bid" engineering work, and solicit "bids" from large numbers of firms,and, so long as firms are willing to participate in that process, there will be firms who will lowball. There could be many motives - wanting that first job...
