The Parzivand Law Firm, PLLC

07/18/2022

Appeared on the Price of Business radio show last week to talk about the Supreme Court and its recent decision on prayer by school employees.

Reading Time: < 1 minute Recently Kevin Price, Host of the nationally syndicated Price of Business Show, interviewed attorney and HR consultant Hessam Parzivand. Parzivand is a regular on the [...]

12/18/2021

The cases against OSHAs vaccine mandate throughout the country were consolidated before the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals. The Appeals Court has upheld OSHAs vaccine mandate by a 2-1 vote. The issue of whether OSHA has the power to create a vaccine mandate is now likely headed to the Supreme Court.

My personal guess is that the Supreme Court will either uphold OSHAs vaccine mandate or choose not to hear the case, but I don’t have a high degree of confidence in that guess.

09/03/2021

This Labor Day weekend as I am returning from paternity leave, the Parzivand Law Firm PLLC is celebrating the addition of Nima Hafez Parzivand. His primary role at the firm is inspiring his daddy and he hasn’t quite picked an area of practice yet, though employment law definitely is under consideration. Hessam Parzivand

04/02/2021

Good Friday update on that poor gentleman who got paid in pennies.

A global company has stepped in to solve quite a “coinundrum” for a Georgia man. When Bellevue, Washington-based Coinstar heard about his predicament, they decided that change was needed. “Coinstar has been in the coin business for 30 years and we process approximately 41 billion coins annuall...

03/25/2021

Not the correct way to provide a person final pay...

A Georgia man said his former employer owed him a pretty penny, $915 to be exact, after leaving his job in November. Atop the pile was an envelope with Flaten's final paystub and an explicit parting message. “This is a childish thing to do,” Flaten said.

03/11/2021

This job really tugs at your heart strings and I know I can’t help everyone that calls. Sometimes I have to reject viable potential cases because I’m dealing with other matters and want to give the best service to every current client.

It’s so hard because a lot of times I really connect with the people I talk to and my soul just tells me to call them back and take the case. Today, I had one of those calls and It felt like such reaffirmation on a bad day. The sweet client said she understood my situation and thanked me for my time and explanation of the law.

01/21/2021

As a lawyer who works on discrimination issues, I feel this excerpt of Amanda Gorman's inaugural poem "The Hill We Climb" captures the spirit and function of the laws enforcing equality in this nation and thought I'd share:

We are striving to forge a union with purpose
To compose a country committed to all cultures, colors, characters and
conditions of man
And so we lift our gazes not to what stands between us
but what stands before us
We close the divide because we know, to put our future first,
we must first put our differences aside
We lay down our arms
so we can reach out our arms
to one another
We seek harm to none and harmony for all

12/22/2020

For employees in Texas earning $50,000+ who were recently laid off, unemployment will be paying about $800 a week ($300 extra) starting soon in light of the passage of the stimulus package.

Employees who receive severances should consult a labor & employment attorney BEFORE signing, because normally a severance will prevent an employee from collecting unemployment, but there are LOOPHOLES. The stakes are high when you have lost your job and every dollar matters. Thousands of dollars are at stake for these employees.

Spread the word and don't let the grinch take unemployment you or your friend may be entitled to.

12/19/2020

I don’t expect many employers outside of healthcare to have policies requiring vaccinations, but it is legal to have a policy as long as there are some accommodations for unique health circumstances.

The federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission said employees could be barred from the workplace if they refused the vaccine.

12/02/2020

This month I spoke to the Price of Business radio show regarding the process of filing for unemployment.

Recently, I have been working with clients on ensuring that they can collect both unemployment and severance pay. Severance pay typically offsets unemployment benefits, but there are exceptions to this rule that I have been invoking for some clients.

https://soundcloud.com/user-759550640/hessam-parzivand-what-you-can-expect-when-filing-for-unemployment

10/31/2020

Today marks the seven year anniversary of the opening of the firm. Thank you to all of our clients and those who have referred business!

10/13/2020

This month on the Price of Business, I talked about two employment law related cases of Trump's Supreme Court nominee.

The Price of Business is one of the longest running shows of its kind, having started in 2001. It is nationally syndicated, coast to coast on broadcast stations nationwide. Its strategic partners in