Unexpected Work Stoppages?Prevent Policy and Payroll Hassles
(9/2) Every employer faces unexpected work stoppages at some point. Most closing are related to emergencies?weather problems, power outages, fires or chemical spills, or a quarantine. All of these situations raise policy questions, especially about compensation.

AT&T Sued for Diabetes-Related Discrimination
(9/2) AT&T will pay a former Texas employee $60,000 to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). The Commission claimed that AT&T violated the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) by failing to hire an applicant as a cable splicer techn...

Critical Steps to Take after Discovering an Embezzlement
(9/2)
By Peter Gojcaj, Beier Howlett - Business Law Practice\n
An employer?s discovery of an employee?s embezzlement can be devastating. However, if proper steps are not taken after discovery of an embezzlement there could be even more devastating consequences. \n

Flip-Flops Top Summer Fashion Faux Pas in the Workplace
(9/1) What?s more common than showing too much skin in the workplace? According to a recent BLR poll, flip-flops now exceed revealing clothes as the most common summer fashion faux pas.

What?s the ?Patient?s Bill of Rights??
(9/1) It?s the name the administration has given to a broad new set of regulations interpreting healthcare reform. And, it includes no-cost-sharing for preventive services, as well as a host of other provisions. Chief among them are so-called patient protections.

Pay Equity Initiatives
(9/1) DOL?s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP), the U.S. Department of Justice, and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission are collaborating on enforcement efforts to end wage discrimination.

Age Bias or Employee Carelessness?
(8/31) An Oklahoma package delivery driver had a ?runaway accident??his truck rolled forward and hit a partially open gate while he was unloading it from the back. His employer terminated him, but allowed him to file a grievance and have a hearing. When the hearing didn?t do him any good, he sued.

Healthcare Reform Update: Health Reform Bars Discrimination in Favor of the Highly Compensated
(8/31) The health care reform law provides that the rules that until now have barred discrimination in favor of the highly compensated by self-insured plans also apply to nongrandfathered, insured group health plans effective for plan years beginning on or after September 23, 2010. This could begin the dem...

EBSA Proposes Updating Procedures for Filing and Processing Prohibited Transaction Exemptions Under ERISA
(8/31) The U. S. Department of Labor\'s Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) announced a proposed regulation to update the procedure for filing and processing applications for exemptions from the prohibited transaction provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA).

Family Leave Practices Survey: Most Employers Offer Child Care Assistance
(8/30) Sixty-two percent of employers report that their organization offers at least one form of assistance for child care to their employees, according to a recent survey of Family Leave practices by BLR. Of those companies, over half offer flextime and/or leaves of absence for the purpose of child care.

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