by Girish Anand | Apr 12, 2016 | FMLA, State Labor Law
Just a week after San Francisco went all out by guaranteeing 100 percent pay for employees who take family leave for the birth of a child, the state of California is raising its contribution to the program beginning in 2018. When it kicks in, those earning close to...
by Girish Anand | Apr 7, 2016 | DOL, EBSA
For many in the financial services industry, dread became reality yesterday when the Department of Labor (DOL) introduced its much-discussed, much-anticipated fiduciary rule for agents who market retirement plans, setting the standard of service at “best...
by Girish Anand | Apr 6, 2016 | MSHA
Don Blankenship, former CEO of Massey Energy, has been sentenced to 12 months in prison for conspiring to violate federal mine safety laws, becoming the first American executive to be imprisoned for breaking the nation’s safety laws. The sentence, meted out by...
by Girish Anand | Apr 6, 2016 | State Labor Law
San Francisco has piggy-backed on an existing California law allowing parents to take six weeks of 55-percent paid leave for the birth of a child by mandating their employers pay the other 45 percent. Result: Continuation of regular pay for six weeks upon the birth of...
by Girish Anand | Apr 4, 2016 | EEOC
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced the latest edition of its federal sector Digest of Equal Employment Opportunity Law, which is available online at http://www.eeoc.gov/federal/digest/index.cfm. This edition (Fiscal Year 2016, Volume 2)...
