For two decades, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) has governedmany of the most common issues faced by employers. The ADA landscapeis now changing, however. A law passed in 2008, and a... Read more »
Although it has been more than three years since the Federal Rules of Civil
Procedure were amended to codify parties' obligations to preserve and
produce potentially relevant electronically stored information (ESI), a
recent survey conducted... Read more »
The newly enacted health care reform bill has fueled numerous questions by
employers seeking direction on arguably the most important workplace
decisions they will make in the next few years. Employers need to
understand the... Read more »
In this day and age, practically everyone communicates electronically often
and for a multitude of reasons. This of course, is true in the workplace.
While employees communicate by email for work-related reasons, it is... Read more »
Employers that are rated on the annual Human Rights Campaign Foundation’s Corporate Equality Index should take note of important changes being made to the evaluation criteria beginning with the 2012 Index. Read more »
This update addresses key “immediate” concerns for employers
and their group health plans as a result of changes mandated by the Health
Care Reform Law (i.e., the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of
2010... Read more »
Tough times happen for everyone. They are unavoidable at work and home. As a result of the changes and demands being experienced, the stress from tough times can take a toll on our body,... Read more »
On Saturday, March 27, which was the first day of the congressional Easter
Recess, President Barack Obama announced the recess appointment of highly
controversial SEIU and AFL-CIO lawyer Craig Becker from Washington, D.C.
and practicing... Read more »
At a time when Medicare reimbursements and other sources of revenue are
threatened to be frozen or even reduced, a recent trend has been noticed
that provides for an additional threat to long term... Read more »
An important filing requirement changed on January 1, 2010, for employers
who have employee benefit plans and file the Form 5500. On this date,
employers became required to file their 5500 Form and 5500... Read more »
