by Girish Anand | Sep 22, 2011 | DOL, OSHA
The Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has released a new edition of its Whistleblower Investigations Manual, one of a series of measures to improve OSHA's Whistleblower Protection Program that were announced in August....
by Girish Anand | Sep 21, 2011 | DOL
When Perdue Farms in 2002 settled with the Department of Labor (DOL) on back-paying its workers for the time spent donning and doffing required personal protective equipment (PPE), Tyson didn't read the tea leaves and refused to pay its workers for donning-doffing...
by Girish Anand | Sep 20, 2011 | NLRB
The National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) has become the second nationwide business group to file a lawsuit against the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) and its recent ruling that businesses must post an employee rights notification under the...
by Girish Anand | Sep 19, 2011 | DOL, Federal Labor Law, IRS, State Labor Law
The Department of Labor (DOL) is launching a program whereby states and the federal government will share information on the misclassification of employees as independent contractors, and the DOL in turn will rat to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). The goal is to...
by Girish Anand | Sep 16, 2011 | EEOC, Federal Labor Law
As part of President Obama's American Jobs Act, the Fair Employment Opportunity Act would add unemployed individuals who are actively seeking work as a protected class under the Civil Rights Act of 1964, giving the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)...