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OSHAThe Lucky 13.13 Strategies To Improve Safety, Reduce Exposure, And Improve Profits
The new administration's focus at OSHA, and other government agencies, focuses less on compliance and increasingly more on enforcement. That means more inspections, more audits, and more fines. Here are some ways you can help your company stay out of trouble.
Fisher & Phillips, LLP - September 03, 2010 HUMAN RESOURCESPart 2: Are Your Employees Really Important Business Partners? In our last article we took a hard look at the easy-to-say concept that companies "value their employees" or that employees "are our most important asset." Easy to say, yes. But the reality is a bit more difficult – and time consuming. In Part 2 we'll look at this idea in more detail. Fisher & Phillips, LLP - September 03, 2010 IMMIGRATIONH-1B Labor Condition Application Violations Could Cost Your Company MillionsNothing weighs down an employer more than an investigation by the Wage and Hour Division of the U.S. Department of Labor. Just ask the following information technology companies who failed to properly pay their H-1B workers and ended up paying a lot more in back pay and penalties: Fisher & Phillips, LLP - September 03, 2010 FMLAFMLA FAQ - Is a cold or the flu a serious health condition?Q: Can an employee take FMLA leave due to a cold or the flu? Franczek Radelet P.C - September 03, 2010 EMPLOYEE BENEFITSHealth Care Reform -- New Claims and Appeals Requirements.As mentioned in a previous alert, group health plans will be subject to new claims and appeals requirements under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), signed into law on March 23, 2010, as modified by the Health Care and Education Affordability Act of 2010 (“Reconciliation Bill” and combined, “Health Care Act”). In July and August, the Departments of Treasury, Labor, and Health and Human Services issued interim final regulations and other guidance regarding these new requirements. Franczek Radelet P.C - September 03, 2010 HUMAN RESOURCESDiversity...Moving Forward (pdf).As we continue at Ford & Harrison to be on the cutting edge of our practice area, we are also setting the pace for diversity and inclusion. Ford & Harrison LLP - September 03, 2010  DELAWAREEmployment At-Will: Court Rejects At-Will Police Officer's Constitutional Due-Process Claim (pdf).A Wilmington police officer recently failed to make a federal case out of
an alleged error in the procedures the city used to place her on disability
retirement. The court found that she had no legitimate expectation of
continued employment and therefore no property right in her
employment. Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor, LLP - September 03, 2010 NEW YORK2010 New York State Legislative Update.During the 2010 Legislative Term, the New York State Legislature enacted and Governor David A. Paterson signed a number of laws relevant to New York employers. This legislation is summarized below. We also describe other significant bills passed by the Legislature and vetoed by the Governor or considered but not passed by the Legislature. Jackson Lewis LLP - September 03, 2010 ILLINOISIllinois Gets Tough on Wage Theft.Illinois Governor Pat Quinn recently signed Senate Bill 3568 (SB 3568), the most extensive change to the state's wage payment statute in decades. The amendment to the Illinois Wage Payment and Collection Act (IWPCA), which becomes effective January 1, 2011, more clearly defines employees' rights to seek a private right of action; provides a new administrative forum for claims falling below a certain threshold; provides for enhanced civil and criminal penalties; and expands employees' protection from retaliation. "Illinois workers deserve every penny they have earned, on-time and in-full," said Governor Quinn. "This important legislation will help Illinois workers recover unpaid wages faster and will further crack down on wage theft throughout our state." Littler Mendelson, P.C. - September 03, 2010 DELAWARETermination: Delaware Supreme Court Clarifies Requirements for Teacher Terminations (pdf).In a recent decision, the Delaware Supreme Court clarified key
procedural requirements for terminating nontenured teachers. Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor, LLP - September 03, 2010 DELAWARERace Discrimination: Employees Need 'More Than a Feeling'.A recent decision issued by Delaware's federal court underscores the
importance of employer documentation. The court dismissed an
employee's race discrimination lawsuit, relying in part on the
employer's annual reviews and progressive disciplinary procedure to
document fair and consistent treatment of the complaining employee. Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor, LLP - September 03, 2010 Affiliate Law Firm Press Releases Fifty-Eight Jackson Lewis LLP Attorneys Selected for Inclusion in "Best Lawyers in America®" Jackson Lewis LLP (www.jacksonlewis.com), one of the country's largest and fastest-growing workplace law firms, announced today that 58 of its attorneys were recently selected by their professional peers for inclusion in the 2011 edition of The Best Lawyers in America®, the oldest and most respected peer-review publication in the legal profession. Jackson Lewis - September 3, 2010 Jackson Lewis LLP Adds Partner in Jacksonville Jackson Lewis LLP (www.jacksonlewis.com), one of the country's largest and fastest-growing workplace law firms, announced that experienced trial lawyer Adrienne L. Conrad, formerly a Partner at McGuireWoods LLP, has joined the firm's Jacksonville, Fla. office as Partner. Jackson Lewis - September 2, 2010
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