by Girish Anand | Sep 19, 2011 | DOL, Federal Labor Law, IRS, State Labor Law
The Department of Labor (DOL) is launching a program whereby states and the federal government will share information on the misclassification of employees as independent contractors, and the DOL in turn will rat to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). The goal is to...
by Girish Anand | Sep 16, 2011 | EEOC, Federal Labor Law
As part of President Obama's American Jobs Act, the Fair Employment Opportunity Act would add unemployed individuals who are actively seeking work as a protected class under the Civil Rights Act of 1964, giving the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)...
by Girish Anand | Sep 12, 2011 | Federal Labor Law, NLRB
The National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) has sued the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) to rescind its required employee rights poster, which the association says the board lacks the authority to mandate. The NLRB on August 30 published a final rule...
by Girish Anand | Aug 26, 2011 | Federal Labor Law, Minimum Wage Law, State Labor Law
Overriding the Democratic governor's veto, Republicans in the state legislature have abolished the state's minimum wage, which was $7.25 an hour, the same as the federal rate. With no state wage law, New Hampshire is now subject to the federal minimum. The...
by Girish Anand | Aug 25, 2011 | Federal Labor Law, NLRB
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has released its final rule for the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) Employee Rights posting requirement. This will be published in the Federal Register on Aug. 30, 2011. This rule requires employers subject to the...
by Girish Anand | Aug 22, 2011 | EEOC, Federal Labor Law
A U.S. District Judge in San Francisco has set Oct. 28 as the date that former Wal-Mart class-action plaintiffs must file new lawsuits, but the order applies only to those women who previously had filed a complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission...