The US Supreme Court has held that companionship services employees are exempt from the minimum wage and overtime requirements of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) regardless of whether they are paid... Read more »
Employee group health benefit costs for businesses continued a rapid increase over the past six months, and a majority of employers, regardless of size, paid a lot more to renew, a producer... Read more »
In a ruling that will greatly limit the ability of employees to file pay discrimination lawsuits, on May 29, 2007, the United States Supreme Court held that courts cannot consider claims of... Read more »
Has the target of an internal investigation you have initiated ever been
the person who actually is responsible for investigating discrimination
complaints? Have you ever had a long time employee participate in
that internal investigation? ... Read more »
Web logs, or “blogs,” have gained enormous popularity over the
last few years. From traditional journalism to consumer marketing, few
communications channels have escaped their impact. This is particularly
the case in corporate America. Man... Read more »
On April 2, 2007, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
issued a new Ergonomic Hazard Alert Follow-Up Policy (the Policy) as a
directive to regional and area offices. This is OSHA’s newest
attempt in... Read more »
The document compliance deadline is December 31, 2007, with no hint of
extension. Treasury representatives have made clear that
“savings clauses� will not be an effective
means of compliance. The substantial penalties fo... Read more »
How does your organization react when faced with its own Imus? It's not if policies will be violated by high performing, highly visible employees - it's when. What happens next typically sends... Read more »
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit recently upheld an order
of the National Labor Relations Board ("Board"), finding that an
employer’s uneven enforcement of its business only e-mail policy
violated the National... Read more »
On April 10, 2007, the Internal Revenue Service ("IRS") and the
Department of the Treasury issued final regulations under Internal Revenue
Code Section 409A. Section 409A was added to the Code by the
American Jobs... Read more »
