by Girish Anand | Oct 17, 2011 | State Labor Law
In one of the ironies of so-called "right-sizing," as payrolls decline, workers' compensation costs rise. With fewer employees, companies must pay more to cover the liability, which is suddenly spread thinner. That and other reasons is behind an almost...
by Girish Anand | Oct 13, 2011 | NLRB
A recent decision by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) rejected a company's union decertification petition because of coercive and threatening words spoken by a manger prior to the vote. Both the vote and the speech occurred at a manufacturing plant in...
by Girish Anand | Oct 11, 2011 | USCIS
Earlier this year, the United States Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) sent out 1,000 letters announcing that the recipient companies would be audited for Form I-9 (employment eligibility) audits. To date, with the service announcing it will target another...
by Girish Anand | Oct 10, 2011 | EEOC, Federal Labor Law
In the first week of its 2011-2012 session, the United States Supreme Court heard a case involving a church and its actions in terminating an employee who took disability leave and was asked to resign as a result. When she refused to resign and threatened to sue, she...
by Girish Anand | Oct 7, 2011 | USCIS
The Department of Justice (DOJ) and its Office of Special Counsel for Immigration-Related Unfair Employment Practices is suing a California medical services firm, alleging a pattern of requiring job applicants to provide forms not required for Form I-9 work...
