An amendment to the Fair Labor Standards Act included in the recent Health Care reform law imposes a new requirement on the workplace. Employers must now provide “reasonable” unpaid breaks to nursing mothers in the first year after birth. The health care law adds a new provision to the FLSA, 29 U.S.C. §207(r)(1), which allows [...]
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Evolving Employee Rights in the Age of Web 2.0
Morgan Lewis presented and informative webcast on Web 2.0 from the viewpoint of the company/employee perspective. These are my notes. Panelists: Renee Lawson Carla Oakley Howard Radzely Melinda Riechert James Walsh Companies cannot limit the personal use of these sites. But the line between personal and professional can be very fuzzy. You limit access over [...]
Clothing Drive
This ad induced a huge spit take. I had to wipe off my monitor. Plenty to learn in this video about incentives and unintended outcomes. You can see the obvious HR issues. Bud Light | “Clothing Drive” commercial on YouTube
COBRA Subsisdy Set to be Extended
With the COBRA subsidy having expired, Congress has moved ahead to extend the subsidy. Section 1010 of the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2010 extends the COBRA subsidy program for six more months, moving from a nine month subsidy to a 15 month subsidy. It also extends the eligibility for workers from December 31, 2009 [...]
COBRA Subsidy Expiring
Congress continues to health care reform while the emergency COBRA subsidy is set to expire. To help out the wave of workers laid-off, downsized and outsourced, Congress included a health insurance subsidy as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. The government would pay 65 percent of the COBRA premium for eligible [...]
New Workplace Posters – EEO is the Law
Starting November 21, 2009, you need a new workplace poster: EEO is the Law. There are two new federal workplace laws the Genetic Information Non-Discrimination Act and the ADA Amendments Act. Federal law requires all employers covered by the federal anti-discrimination laws (those with 15 or more employees) to post multilingual notices describing the federal [...]
Workplace Challenges of Influenza (Seasonal and H1N1)
Have you gotten your flu shot yet? I noticed the leaves changing colors in my backyard. That means the annual influenza season is approaching. This year we also get the second round of the Swine Flu. (The pork industry prefers that we use the H1N1 designation instead.) It looks like this second round of H1N1 [...]
What You Should Know About California AB 1825 – Harassment Prevention Training for Supervisors
AB 1825, (California Government Code 12950.1) mandates that employers who do business in California and employ 50 or more employees provide two hours of sexual harassment prevention training to supervisors located in California at least once every two years. Kaplan Eduneering offered a webinar: What You Should Know About California AB 1825 – Harassment Prevention [...]
IRS Issues New Guidance on COBRA Subsidy
The Internal Revenue Service has issued Notice 2009-27 (.pdf), providing new guidance relating to the COBRA subsidy made available under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. Notice 2009-27 provides guidance on the definition of involuntary termination and assistance eligible individual. It also provides more detail on calculating the subsidy and determining the election [...]
Limiting Access to the Courts in a Collective Bargaining Agreement
The United States Supreme Court handed a clear win for employers in 14 Penn Plaza LLC v. Pyett. Members of the Service Employees International Union, were employed to provide security services to a New York City office building owned and managed by 14 Penn Plaza. A provision in the collective bargaining agreement prohibited discrimination, but [...]
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