by Girish Anand | Sep 30, 2011 | Minimum Wage Law, State Labor Law
Oregon will hike its minimum wage by 30 cents to $8.80 an hour come Jan. 1, 2012, adjusting the rate for 3.77-percent inflation as recorded by the Consumer Price Index (CPI) for the period ending Aug. 30, 2011. Oregon is one of 10 states to hitch its minimum wage to...
by Girish Anand | Sep 29, 2011 | Health Care Reform
POTUS beseeched SCOTUS on Wednesday (Sept. 28, 2011) to review the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals' August ruling that the individual mandate contained in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) is unconstitutional. When a Monday deadline passed for...
by Girish Anand | Sep 28, 2011 | DOL
The Department of Labor (DOL) has temporarily withdrawn its proposed new definition of a fiduciary under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) of 1974—one that would have embraced even realtors—but still plans to modify and reissue the...
by Girish Anand | Sep 27, 2011 | DOL, OSHA
At the request of the National Automobile Dealers Association (NADA), the Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA) is extending by 30 days the public commentary period on its proposed new injury and illness reporting requirement. The proposed rule would...
by Girish Anand | Sep 26, 2011 | DOL, IRS
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has commenced a program by which companies can admit to having misclassified workers as independent contractors and settle up by paying a portion of back taxes owed, thereby avoiding most penalties and fees assessed during an audit....