Can you fire yourself and still collect unemployment benefits? That was the question at the core of a recent decision issued by the South Dakota Supreme Court. The answer: “it depends.” The case is entitled Michael Manuel v. Toner Plus, Inc., and South Dakota Department of Labor, Unemployment Division, (2012 S.D. 47).Continue Reading

Beware: the guest speaker in your pulpit might be a con artist. That’s a warning that the victim in this week’s case might have appreciated. Instead, he was swindled out of $472,000.Continue Reading