Utah Employment Attorney Law Blog

The good news is that your Utah business is booming. Despite the recession, you have managed to take a great idea and turn it into a profitable enterprise. The bad news is that you cannot run the whole company by yourself anymore, and making your first hire can be daunting. Do it right, and your business could skyrocket. Make the wrong choice and you could end up spending a lot of money on someone who does not help you at all. To make matters worse, you could end up having to pay for a costly severance and separation agreement if the hire does not work out.

So how do you navigate the transition from self-employed to employer? Start by asking yourself the following questions.

Unfortunately, the loss and pain typical of a divorce negatively affects children and leaves long-lasting scars. Therapists have recently expressed concern about what they are seeing as couples go through divorce in various parts of the country including Salt Lake City. Hostility is increasing and more parents place their children in the middle of the conflict.

Nancy Garon, a therapist and founder of the National Family Resilience Center and colleagues at a recent conference of fellow therapists discussed what can be done to reduce conflict and return the focus to the children during the divorce process. They noted that parents must remain focused on the needs of their children during the conflict.