The Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has announced that
it will begin to investigate workplaces in all 50 states to
identify employers who are hiring undocumented workers.
Specifically on July 1, 2009, ICE launched a comprehensive audit
initiative and issued Notices of Inspection (NOIs) to 652
businesses nationwide. ICE did not issue that many NOIs in all of
2008 ICE reported that the 652 businesses that were presented with
a NOI on July 1 for a Form I-9 audit were apparently selected as a
result of leads and information obtained through other
investigative means....
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On July 7, 2010, the Department of Defense, the General Services Administration, and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration issued an interim rule requiring federal contractors to make certain disclosures regarding first-tier subcontract awards.
As employment of summertime youth workers peaks, it is a good time to review compliance with the myriad federal and state laws and regulations governing this segment of your employee pool.
On Monday, July 26, 2010 – the 20th Anniversary of enactment of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) – the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) issued four Advance Notices of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRMs) under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).
The recent Court of Appeal case of GX Networks Limited v Greenland shows how important it is for employers to have effective capping arrangements in incentive plans and also to use them correctly.
Last week, the Departments of Health and Human Services, Labor, and Treasury issued additional guidance regarding the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act ("PPACA"). This guidance addresses the requirement that group health plans provide certain preventive items and services without cost-sharing.
Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) rulings on what kinds of measures are capable of amounting to repudiatory conduct in the context of a constructive unfair dismissal claim are always instructive.
The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has issued its final safe harbor regulations establishing a time frame within which participant contributions and loan payments will be considered timely deposited to an employee benefit plan.
As the pace and emotional pressures of everyday life impact employees at home and in the workplace, a distressing and tragic trend has been occurring for some time—employees are unable to control their emotions at work, and violence erupts toward managers, co workers, customers or third parties.
Alison Vine, Tax Director at Ernst & Young in Guernsey, explains the advantages of establishing or transferring your pension abroad if you are not staying in the UK. The top rate of income tax in the UK is 50%, contributions into UK pension schemes are qualifying for less and less relief, and the fiscal position of the UK is worrying.
