$85 million Wal-Mart wage and hour settlement
Court grants final approval in $85 million Wal-Mart wage and hour settlement, as appeals court dismisses objection Over three million Wal-Mart hourly employees who worked in 30 states have received final approval of an $85 million dollar settlement after the Ninth Circuit dismissed an objection to the settlement, which had been preliminarily approved last November [...]
Expert provides five tips for fighting back against FMLA abuse
It’s only a small number of employees who take advantage of family and medical leave—estimates put it between five and 10 percent of the workforce—but because they keep taking leave over and over again, in any and every way they can, the costs add up in terms of the price of temporary help, lost productivity, [...]
Arizona barred from enforcing portions of immigration enforcement law
July 30th, 2010 Published in Blog All eyes were on Arizona as Judge Susan Bolton of the District Court of Arizona ruled on July 28 that the state must not enforce the more controversial provisions of its new immigration enforcement law (SB 1070), granting the Obama administration’s request for a preliminary injunction (United States of [...]
House sneaks in bill giving collective bargaining rights to first responders
July 13th, 2010 Sometimes, playing it sneaky is the right thing to do Earlier this month, the House of Representatives passed the Public Safety Employer-Employee Cooperation Act (PSEECA), which, if enacted, would give firefighters, police officers, and emergency medical personnel with collective bargaining rights in states and localities that do not currently provide them. Currently, [...]
Wage & Hour Division clarifies FMLA definition of “son or daughter” as it applies to employees claiming parental relationships
Due to employer and employee confusion over how the FMLA applies when there is no legal or biological parent-child relationship, the Wage and Hour Deputy Administrator has provided additional clarification on the definition of “son or daughter” in the context of an employee taking FMLA-protected leave for the birth or placement of a child, to [...]
Secretary Clinton’s comment that the DOJ will file suit challenging Arizona’s immigration law angers Governor Brewer, but is it true?
Arizona Governor Jan Brewer (R) was “stunned and angered” to learn during an Ecuadorian television interview with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton that the Obama administration has decided to file suit against the state challenging the legality of Arizona’s new immigration enforcement law (S.B. 1070). In the June 8 interview that began circulating Thursday in [...]
IRS releases deduction limits for HSAs
The Treasury and IRS have released the 2011 inflation-adjusted amounts for health savings accounts under Code Sec. 223(g). After the application of cost-of-living adjustment rules under Code Sec. 223(g), there is no change in the amounts from 2010. Therefore, for calendar year 2011, the annual limitation on deductions under Code Sec. 223(b)(2) for an individual [...]
