 New Pension Protection Act Offers Planning Opportunities [Sept. 2006] read bulletin
California Court of Appeal Rejects “Narrow Restraint” Exception to the Prohibition on Non-Competition Agreements [Sept. 2006] read bulletin
At-Will Employment Remains Alive in California [Aug. 2006] read bulletin
Health Care Employer Legally Limits "Safe Staffing" Buttons [July 2006] read bulletin
Mandatory Arbitration Agreements Must Exclude Unfair Labor Practice Charges Under the National Labor Relations Act [July 2006] read bulletin
New Sexual Orientation Antidiscrimination Law: What Do Employers Need To Know? [June 2006]
read bulletin
Supreme Court Decision Reminds Employers of Risks of Retaliation Claims [June 2006] read bulletin
Keep Your Investigation Notes Confidential Northern Indiana Public Service Co., 347 NLRB No. 17 (2006).
[June 2006] read bulletin
Recent 9th Circuit Decision May Embolden Unions to Organize Health Care Workers
[May 2006] read bulletin
Washburn v. Columbia Forest Products:
Good News for Employers in Oregon [May 2006]
read bulletin
Free Speech has “Friends” at the California Supreme Court [May 2006] read bulletin
Employees Transferred As Part of a Seamless Sale or Acquisition Do Not Trigger Employer’s Notice Obligations Under the California Warn Act [Jan. 2006] read bulletin
Employees Suing For Civil Penalties Under the “Sue Your Boss” Law Must Comply with Pre-Filing Notice Requirements [Dec. 2005] read bulletin
Washington Employers: It’s Time to Check Compliance with Minimum Wage and Overtime Pay for 2006 [Dec. 2005] read bulletin
Initiative 901 Expands Smoking Ban in Washington State – Employers in the Hospitality Industry Most Affected [Nov. 2005] read bulletin
Federal Court of Appeals Broadly Defines Sexual Harassment, With Serious Implications Regarding Liability for Misbehavior by Disruptive Health Care Practitioners [Sept. 2005] read bulletin
California Supreme Court Expands Protections for Workers Claiming Sexual Harassment and Discrimination [Sept. 2005] read bulletin
Year End Deadline Fast Approaching to Provide Legally Required Sexual Harassment Training for California Supervisors [Aug. 2005] read bulletin
New Bankruptcy Legislation Sets Forth Uniform Rule for Treatment of IRAs in Bankruptcy
[April 2005] read bulletin
Pharmacists Exempt from Overtime Provisions Under FLSA According to First Circuit [March 2005] read bulletin
Congress Tinkers with Definition of “Dependent”; IRS Fixes Technical Glitch [Dec. 2004] read bulletin
Court Invalidates Post-Hire Non-Competition Agreement [Nov. 2004] read bulletin
Sexual Harassment Training for Supervisors: No Longer Optional in California [Nov. 2004] read bulletin
Responding to Harassment Complaints: Prompt Investigation but Ineffective Response Can Be Costly for Employers [Nov. 2004] read bulletin
New Tax Law Requires Prompt Action on Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Plans
[Oct. 2004] read bulletin
Significant Changes to FLSA "White Collar" Exemptions Effective August 23, 2004 [June 2004]
read bulletin
NLRB Reverses Epilepsy Foundation: Non-Union
Employees No Longer Entitled to Representation in an
Investigatory Interview [June
2004] read
bulletin
Significant Changes to FLSA "White Collar"
Exemptions Effective August 23, 2004 [June
2004] read
bulletin
California Court of Appeal Rules Against Certain Expense
Deductions From Employee Compensation Plans [May
2004] read
bulletin
Alaska
Retaliatory Discharge Cases: Now Easier for Plaintiffs
to Prove, and Potentially More Damaging Too
[May 2004] read
bulletin
Investigating Employee Wrongdoing and Workplace Misconduct:
Navigating the Amended Fair Credit and Reporting Act
[Feb. 2004]
read
bulletin
NLRB Clarifies Definition of Supervisor
[Dec. 2003] read
bulletin
Significant New California Employment
Laws
for 2004 [Dec. 2003]
read
bulletin
Terminated California Governor Designates
Employees as Private Attorneys General
[Oct. 2003] read
bulletin
California Employers Gain Yet One
More Reason for Internal Grievance Policies and Procedures
[June 2003] read
bulletin
New Developments Involving Partial-Day Leave Bank Deductions
for Exempt Employees
[Feb. 2003] read
bulletin
Military Leaves and USERRA
[Feb. 2003] read bulletin
California Supreme Court Opens Door
to Enforcement of Out-of-State Non-Competes
[Dec. 2002] read bulletin
New
California Employment Laws for 2003
[Dec. 2002] read bulletin
What Employers Need to
Know About the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 ("Post-Enron
Legislation") [Fall
2002] read bulletin
New Washington State Prohibition
On Mandatory Overtime for Nurses [Spring
2002] read bulletin
New Legislation Expands
Washington's Family Care Act [Spring
2002] read bulletin
New Washington Unemployment Insurance Regulations
Affecting Disabled Employees
[Spring 2002] read bulletin
California Employment Law
Update
[Spring 2002] read bulletin
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Proposed Safe-Harbor Rules for Responding to Social Security No-Match Letters [June 2006]
read bulletin
Plan Now for FY2006 H-1B Visa Caps
[March 2005] read bulletin
Visa Number Retrogression as of Jan. 1, 2005 [Jan. 2005] read bulletin
Changes in the H1-B and L-1 Visa Programs
[Dec. 2004] read bulletin
Implementation of Direct Mail Filing with the Chicago Lockbox [Dec. 2004] read bulletin
FY2005 H-1B Cap is Closed
[Oct. 2004] read
bulletin
FY2005 H-1B Cap: It’s
back and earlier than ever
[Sept. 2004] read
bulletin
Department of State to End
Visa Revalidations in United States [July
2004] read
bulletin
Effective
July 26, 2004, Certificates Required for Certain Nonimmigrant
Health Care Workers
[July 2004]
read
bulletin
U.S. Immigration Service
Implements New Entry-Exit Procedures
[Jan. 2004] read
bulletin
H-1B Cap, Annual Green Card
Lottery, and Changes in Visa Processing at U.S. Consulates
Abroad [Oct. 2003] read
bulletin
Social Security No-Match
Letters [July
2003]
read
bulletin
INS Ceases to Exist as of March 1, 2003
New Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services Replaces
Immigration and Naturalization Service
[Feb. 2003] read more
Homeland Security Act, Alien Registration Requirements,
and Other Recent Immigration Law Changes
[Nov. 2002] read more
HIPAA Security Rules Small Health Plan Compliance Deadline: April 20, 2006 Many Health Plans Remain Out of Compliance! [April 2006]
read bulletin
HIPAA Security Rules Compliance Deadline Fast Approaching! Small group health plans must comply by April 20, 2006 [Feb. 2006] read bulletin
How Your 401(k) Plan Can Help Victims of Hurricane Katrina [Nov. 2005] read bulletin
Employers May Extend Time for Employee Reimbursement from Flexible Spending Accounts [Sept. 2005] read bulletin
Reminder: March 15, 2005 is the Extended Deadline for Deferred Compensation Elections [March 2005] read bulletin
New Tax Law Requires Prompt Action on Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Plans
[Oct. 2004] read bulletin
Paid Family Leave Benefits Available to California
Employees July 1, 2004 [June
2004] read
bulletin
DOL Issues Final Regulations On COBRA Notice Obligations
[June 2004] read
bulletin
Same-Sex Marriage: What Should Employers
Be Thinking About?
[March 2004] read
bulletin
Automatic
Rollover Safe Harbor Guidance: DOL Rolls Out New Proposed
Regulation
[March 2004]
read
bulletin
DOL Proposes Changes to Your COBRA
Notice Obligations
[July 2003] read bulletin
Special HIPAA Alert: October 15
Extension Deadline Looms for Employer-Sponsored Group
Health Plans [Fall
2002] read bulletin
Cafeteria Plans No Longer File Form
5500
[Spring 2002] read
bulletin
Statement Required Upon Exercise of
Qualified Stock Options [Winter
2002] read bulletin
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