by Girish Anand | Sep 16, 2012 | DOL
The Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) has been increasing its audits of compliance with the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) since the 2008 financial meltdown, observers report. To justify its increased budget and staffing for EBSA, the...
by Girish Anand | Sep 13, 2012 | NLRB
A panel of judges for the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia has begun hearing arguments on whether the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has the authority to require the posting of a National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) employee rights...
by Girish Anand | Sep 13, 2012 | Random Musings
A nonprofit group has cobbled together information from various sources to put forth an estimate on the cost of the Great Recession that began in 2007 and was epitomized the next year by the colossal collapse of Lehman Brothers. According to the public interest group...
by Girish Anand | Sep 10, 2012 | FMLA
A recent court case has added a new dimension to Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) retaliation lawsuits — awards for lost overtime wages on top of regular pay during the period following termination. In the case of Pagan-Colon v. Walgreens of San Patricio...
by Girish Anand | Sep 7, 2012 | EEOC
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has released for public comment a draft of its Strategic Enforcement Plan (SEP), Comments must be submitted by 5 p.m. ET on Sept. 18, 2012, at...
