Employer’s Liability for Sexual Harassment by Supervisors
Charges of Sexual Harassment Are a Small Business Nightmare – Statistics Bare This Out. Last year, 15,222 charges of sexual harassment were filed with the EEOC and state FEPA’s with which the EEOC has...
View ArticleSalting the Non-Union Contractor
Following World War II, construction union membership comprised over 87 percent of the construction labor force. Since then this percentage has declined to about 17 percent, despite the fact that the...
View ArticleOSHA Ergonomics Program: Final Rule
The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) published its final Ergonomics Program Standard (Rule) in the Federal Register on November 14, 2000. It became effective on January 6,...
View ArticleDivorce in the Work Place—Controlling the Release of Employment Records
Martial discord is a growing problem which adversely affects America’s workplace by taxing employee productivity and requiring employers to produce a vast array of employment information and records....
View ArticleDOL’s New Fair Play Overtime Rules
The new Fair Play Rules amend the overtime regulations of the Fair Labor Standards Act. They become effective August 18, 2004. Under the Fair Play rules, workers earning less than $23,600.00 per...
View ArticleMajor Changes in the Tax Treatment of Nonqualified Deferred Compensation...
On October 22, 2004, President Bush signed the American Jobs Creation Act of 2004. It adds a new Section 409A to the Internal Revenue Code. Code Section 409A makes fundamental changes to the taxation...
View ArticleThe ADA: Alcohol and Drug Abuse in the Workplace
Alcohol and drug abuse are recurrent problems in the workplace, costing the economy billions of dollars annually in lost production, lost wages, medical expense and injury. Thus employers have an...
View ArticleEffective June 1, 2005 — All Employers Must Comply With New FTC Rule on...
The Rule, 16 CFR Part 682, implements Section 216 of the Fair and Accurate Credit Transaction Act of 2003. It is designed to reduce the risk of consumer fraud and related harms, including identity...
View ArticleU.S. Supreme Court Affirms EEOC Position That the ADEA Authorizes...
Prior to March, 2005, there was considerable doubt as to whether a claim of age discrimination could be brought under a disparate-impact theory. The Federal Circuits were split on whether the ADEA...
View ArticleWindshield Placards for Disabled Persons
Charlotte Klingler, et al. v. Director of Revenue, State of Missouri. Fred Switzer (now retired) was lead counsel for plaintiffs in a successful class action suit against the State of Missouri. The...
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