Quarterly Social Media Index
Facebook, Google Plus, LinkedIn, Twitter, YouTube: Who's really using what and how?
New Clarifications and Guidance on W-2 Reporting
The Health Care Reform Act requires employers to report the aggregate cost of employer-provided health coverage on each employee's W-2, beginning with the 2012 tax year (i.e., W-2 forms generally issued in 2013).
Interviewing The Pawn Stars Way
Viewers of the popular television show "Pawn Stars" (The History Channel) know that recently the owner, Rick Harrison, and his father, "the old man," have been interviewing applicants for the night shift. Here is their exchange when the old man sat in on one of the interviews:
Quarterly Employment Litigation Index
The latest ManpowerGroup Quarterly Employment Litigation Index shows that far more employers are seeing an increase (versus a decrease) in claims.
USERRA Expanded to Include Hostile Work Environment Claims
Executive Summary: On November 21, 2011, President Obama signed into law the VOW to Hire Heroes Act of 2011. The new law contains three main provisions: (1) amends and expands the protections under the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA); (2) amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide certain tax credits to tax-exempt companies that hire unemployed veterans; and (3) creates new and expanded education, training, and transition programs for veterans within the federal Departments of Labor and Veterans Affairs. The first provisions of the new law (amendment to USERRA) may make it easier for employees (including former, part-time and probationary employees) to sue their employers for discrimination related to their military status.
The 2012 Employment Law Tool Box
Loaded with tons of tools and tips, including an employment glossary, cheat sheets on each major law, an interview checklist, termination tools, a sample social media policy and much more
What Does The Supreme Court's "GPS Decision" Mean For Private Employers?
The Supreme Court ruled unanimously yesterday that law enforcement must obtain a search warrant before placing a Global Positioning System (GPS) device on a suspect’s vehicle for purposes of tracking the vehicle’s location.
DOL Confirms SOX Whistleblower Protections Do Not Apply Extraterritorially
At a time when the extraterritorial reach of U.S. regulations seems to grow at a rate faster than the economy, U.S. employers breathed a sigh of relief when the U.S. Department of Labor's Administrative Review Board (ARB) confirmed by a 3-2 vote that the whistleblower provision of Title VIII of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) has no extraterritorial application.
U.S. Department of Education Offers Guidance on ADA Amendments
The Department of Education issued a Dear Colleague letter and Frequently Asked Questions document providing guidance for elementary and secondary schools on the requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act (Section 504). The guidance addresses changes to the ADA and Section 504 made by the ADA Amendments Act of 2008 (the Amendments Act), which became effective on
January 1, 2009.
Is It Legal for an Employer to Secretly Track an Employee's Personal Vehicle 24/7 for One Month? Perhaps!
A recent decision by a New York appellate court is one of the first cases to address the surreptitious use of location tracking for employment purposes. The 3-2 split decision highlights the on-going disagreement among judges over the lawful use of Global Positioning Systems (GPS). The New York case is particularly noteworthy because the U.S. Supreme Court in U.S. v. Maynard (argued November 7, 2011) is currently considering virtually the same issue addressed by the New York court, but in the criminal context. Given the increasing use of GPS in the workplace, employers need to understand the legal risks associated with this highly effective management and investigative tool.
