by Girish Anand | Jan 26, 2010 | Health Care Reform
With the election of Scott Brown as the 41st Republican to prevent the full Senate from voting on health care reform, the Democrats are left with difficult choices to see their baby through. Some bloggers have written of a secret deal between Nancy Pelosi and Harry...
by Girish Anand | Jan 21, 2010 | Federal Labor Law, Minimum Wage Law, Random Musings, State Labor Law
Wild Edibles, a Long Island City, N.Y.-based wholesale seafood purveyor that was forced into bankruptcy in July 2009, has settled with a wage-earners’ group that led a successful boycott of the firm’s provisioning by 70 Manhattan restaurants. The boycott...
by Girish Anand | Jan 20, 2010 | IRS
Strapped for cash, the Internal Revenue Service has announced plans to audit 6,000 businesses, both large and small, with a focus on worker misclassification, fringe benefits, reimbursed expenses, and executive compensation. If the IRS discovers personnel listed...
by Girish Anand | Jan 15, 2010 | State Labor Law
First Congress proposed a paid sick leave policy for all the nation’s businesses, but that initiative seems to have stalled behind some minor issues like health care reform and carbon transfers. Now Maine is getting into the act, and the proposal has state...
by Girish Anand | Jan 12, 2010 | Federal Labor Law
Though there’s been no official announcement, the New York Times is reporting that the White House will renominate Craig Becker to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). Obama’s original nomination of Becker was sent back by the U.S. Senate on Dec. 24,...