by Girish Anand | Oct 31, 2011 | DOL
With a new rule issued by the Department of Labor (DOL) this past week, small business owners will now be allowed to offer investment advice to employees on their 401(k), IRA or other retirement vehicles. Small businesses that offer retirement plans were previously...
by Girish Anand | Oct 30, 2011 | EEOC
Telecommunications giant AT&T has agreed to cease discriminatory policies to settle an age discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the agency announced today. The EEOC had charged that AT&T, Inc. and a number of its...
by Girish Anand | Oct 29, 2011 | Federal Labor Law
Female employees of Wal-Mart outlets in California have joined in a class-action lawsuit against the firm in an effort to elude the restrictions placed on such efforts by the Supreme Court in its Dukes v. Wal-Mart decision. In that case, the court ruled that a...
by Girish Anand | Oct 28, 2011 | OSHA
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has submitted its final rule to incorporate the Globally Harmonized System for Classification and Labeling of Chemicals (GHS) into its Hazard Communication Standard (HAZCOM) to the Office of Management and...
by Girish Anand | Oct 26, 2011 | OSHA
From a list of 14,600 worksites designated for inspection in April, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has winnowed the group to 3,700 work places to be inspected under the just-announced Site-Specific Targeting Program (SST). The final list was...
