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The IRS has announced that starting in February it will randomly select and do intensive audits on 6,000 employers. A key area of this effort is identifying misclassifications as independent contractors, persons who should be considered employe... More...

Excerpted from Federal Employment Law Insider written by attorneys at the law firm of McGuireWoods LLP and Fortney & Scott, LLC Employers' HR and benefits teams are facing the question of what to do in response to pending health care reform. ... More...

BY: Kathleen Bray Commencing November 8, 2009, the eligibility for group health insurance coverage for dependent children over 18, who are enrolled in institutions of higher education, will require a continuation of that coverage for a dependen... More...

After many months of efforts to craft a health care reform bill that would garner at least some bipartisan support, Sen. Max Baucus unveiled today, September 16, 2009, proposed legislation that has no Republican support as of yet, even from the thre... More...

Excerpted from Georgia Employment Law Letter and written by an attorney at the law firm of Ford & Harrison LLP by Isabella Lee After falling for more than a century, the retirement age of American workers is on an upward trend. According to a... More...

Excerpted from New York Employment Law Letter and written by an attorney at the law firm of Epstein Becker & Green, P.C. by Peter M. Panken An employee handbook tells workers what they're getting, instills a team spirit, and lets people know ... More...

Excerpted from West Virginia Employment Law Letter written by attorneys at the law firm of Steptoe & Johnson PLLC The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) estimates that almost 70 percent of employers aren't in compliance with the Fair Labor Standar... More...

Several recent Minnesota Court of Appeals decisions affirmed administrative hearing decisions that an employee had voluntarily quit or had been terminated for misconduct. There is still some hope that employers can win unemployment compensation cases... More...

Wage and hour violations just became even more costly for Massachusetts employers as the Massachusetts legislature passed a bill mandating triple damages for all violations, regardless of employer intent. Senate Bill No. 1059 amends various provision... More...

Excerpted from Virginia Employment Law Letter and written by an attorney at the law firm of DiMuroGinsberg, P.C. Over the past two decades, the American workforce has enjoyed a significant increase in family-friendly policies in the workplace. Yet ar... More...

A Federal District Court in Florida decided a case relevant to many types of service technicians who are required to be "on call for certain periods. In this case, a cable service technician was required to be "on call one week per month and, on ... More...

Excerpted from Oklahoma Employment Law Letter and written by an attorney at the law firm of Doerner, Saunders, Daniel & Anderson, LLPChances are, many (if not most) of your employees are "working caregivers" -- that is, they work and care for min... More...

Excerpted from Alabama Employment Law Letter and written by an attorney at the law firm of Lehr Middlebrooks & Vreeland, P.C. You're sitting in your favorite HR juke joint, crying into your beer over the pain and heartache your employees have... More...

Excerpted from Tennessee Employment Law Letter written by attorneys at the law firm of Miller and Martin. It's not uncommon to see an employer use the term "contractor employee" or "contract employee" to describe a person who i... More...

The first full term of the Supreme Court with its newest members - the Roberts Court - opens Oct. 2, 2006, with two significant cases on workers´ rights already scheduled for decision, and an array of other employment law disputes waiting for t... More...

Dick and Jane started work together 28 years ago. She was an administrative assistant, he a warehouse helper. They´d known each other since childhood, and their families were neighbors. She´d married young, and he had done a stint in the ... More...

In a recent 8th Circuit Court of Appeals decision, the Court held that an employer did not improperly terminate an employee at the end of the 12-week FMLA (Family Medical Leave Act) period, despite additional sick leave available to the employee.&nbs... More...

Excerpted from North Carolina Employment Law Letter, written by attorneys at the law firm Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice One of the benefits of being employment lawyers who represent clients of all shapes and sizes is that we can quickly iden... More...

Over the past year or so, many new regulations, laws and rules have been passed which affect employee benefit plans. The following is a very brief overview of some items that should have been addressed prior to the end of the year. If you... More...

The everyday actions and decisions of your supervisors are the foundation of your organization´s employment practices. It is crucial that you effectively arm these individuals with the tools to make sound decisions. Hiring and/or developing sup... More...

In the recent Minnesota Court of Appeals decision of Jenkins v. American Express Financial Corp., filed 9/6/05 (MN Ct. App.), the Court found misconduct for unemployment benefits by the employee's incarceration, and further found the employer had no ... More...

When is a contractor not a contractor, but a common-law employee, whose employer must withhold taxes, pay FICA and workers´ comp and unemployment and disability insurance - and offer the same benefits given to other workers on his level? Tha... More...

Excerpted from New York Employment Law Letter, written by attorneys at the law firm Epstein Becker & Green, P.C. :http://www.HRhero.com/nyemp.shtml?HLe The FMLA grants employees a certain amount of job security if they need time off ... More...

Across the United States, the pension rights of some 7 million workers taking part in 1,200 benefit plans have been on uncertain legal ground for more than a year, and clarity still may not come for another two years, at least. IBM Corporation, howev... More...

The U. S. Department of Labor (DOL) released proposed rule changes to the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (FLSA) for public comment on March 28, 2003. During the ninety-day comment period 75,280 comments were received. The DOL indicated over 90% of ... More...

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Employers Face Decisions for 2010 While Health Care Reform Is Debated

DEPENDENT STUDENTS HAVE NEW HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE

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Addressing the Needs of an Aging Workforce

Employer's Guide to Writing Employee Handbooks

Make Sure Your Payroll Practices are Compliant

Employer Unemployment Compensation Victories

Massachusetts Mandates Treble Damages for Wage

Do Single, Childless Employees Get a Fair Share of Corporate Benefits?

No Pay For On-Call Time

EEOC Issues Guidance on Working Caregivers

What To Do When the FMLA Lights Come Up

Independent Contractor or Employee?

Supreme Court to Decide Cases on Pay Bias, Employer Liability for Injuries

ERISA Section 404(c) Compliance

Accrued Sick Leave and FMLA

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Year-End Benefit Plan Amendment

Soundbytes for Supervisors: Lessons Learned in the Recent Past

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Avoiding Civil and Criminal Penalties for Misclassifying Workers

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