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E-alerts · Labor & Employment

The ACA’s Employer Mandate: How is a “large” employer defined when multiple companies are related?

March 12, 2014

By Kelline R. Linton, Junior Associate.   On February 10, 2014, the IRS and Treasury issued the final regulations on the Employer Shared Responsibility provisions under Section 4980H…

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E-alerts · Labor & Employment

The ACA’s Employer Mandate: What Type of Employees Are Covered?

March 7, 2014

By Kelline R. Linton, Junior Associate.   The Affordable Care Act’s employer mandate requires large businesses with 50 or more full-time employees to offer health insurance to their…

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E-alerts · Government Contract & Compliance

Executive Order increases minimum wage for federal contractors

February 20, 2014

By Kelline R. Linton, Junior Associate.   Last week, President Obama signed an executive order that raised the minimum wage for federal contractors to $10.10 an hour from…

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E-alerts · Labor & Employment

EEOC Releases Stats for 2013, or EEOC by the Numbers

February 12, 2014

By Linda H. Evans, Senior Associate.   Each year the EEOC issues its yearly report on enforcement and litigation. The report is always a good way to assess…

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E-alerts · Government Contract & Compliance · Labor & Employment

High Court defines “changing clothes,” finds putting on safety gear not paid time

January 31, 2014

By Kelline R. Linton, Junior Associate.   In a recent case decided on January 27, the U.S. Supreme Court found that the time employees spent donning and doffing…

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E-alerts · Labor & Employment

When the Weather Closes Business Doors, Are Exempt Employees Left in the Cold?

January 30, 2014

By Linda H. Evans, Senior Associate.   This winter many areas of the country have had more than the usual number of winter storms resulting in closed schools…

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E-alerts · Government Contract & Compliance

Raising the minimum wage for contract workers now…who’s next?

January 29, 2014

By Linda H. Evans, Senior Associate.   As expected, in the President’s State of the Union address on Tuesday night, he announced that he is raising the minimum…

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States’ Minimum Wage Rates Increase in 2013 and 2014

January 26, 2014

By Kelline R. Linton, Junior Associate.   Minimum wage rates in California, Connecticut, New York, and Rhode Island will soon increase due to recent legislation:   California: from…

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E-alerts · Labor & Employment

Even HR Managers Can Bring Overtime Lawsuits

January 23, 2014

By Linda H. Evans, Senior Associate.   A federal judge in Florida certified a nationwide collective action against Lowe’s Home Centers on January 10, 2014.  The odd thing…

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E-alerts · Labor & Employment

NLRB Gives Up the Poster Fight!

January 21, 2014

By Linda H. Evans, Senior Associate.   The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) announced last week that it would not seek U.S. Supreme Court review of a pair…

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