The United States Department of Labor (USDOL) recently launched a national awareness campaign entitled "We Can Help," which is aimed at "promoting...
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HIRE Act Provides Employers with Two New Tax Benefits
The Hiring Incentives to Restore Employment (HIRE) Act, enacted March 18, 2010, provides employers who hire certain previously unemployed or...
Break Time For Nursing Mothers Now Required Under Federal Law
Section 4207 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) entitled “Reasonable Break Time For Nursing Mothers,” amends Section 7 of the...
USDOL Provides Guidance On For-Profit Employer Use of Unpaid Internships
The topic of unpaid internships has taken on renewed importance since Steven Greenhouse's article entitled “The Unpaid Intern, Legal or Not”...
COBRA Subsidy Extended Through May 31, 2010
On April 15, 2010, President Obama signed into law the Continuing Extension Act of 2010 (CEA). The CEA provides yet another extension of the 65%...
Employers Required to Distribute CHIP Notices
The Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009 (CHIPRA), which President Obama signed into law last February, requires...
Supreme Court Upholds “Cat’s Paw” Theory of Employer Liability
Consider the following situation: An employee works for a hospital, during which time he is also a member of the United States Army Reserve. The...
New Jersey Businesses can Sue each other for Sexual Harassment
On January 16, 2010, the New Jersey Appellate Division decided the case of J.T.’s Tire Serv., Inc. v. United Rentals N. Am., Inc., 411 N.J. Super....
Miami-Dade Wage Theft Ordinance Effective 3/1/10
The Miami-Dade County Board of Commissioners recently passed the Miami-Dade Wage Theft Ordinance, which became effective March 1, 2010. The...
COBRA “Stimulus Act” Extended Yet Again
The COBRA subsidy originally provided for under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (the "Stimulus Act") and which was extended until...
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