On Tuesday, two California Congressmen introduced a bill that would require employers to provide up to 5 paid sick days per year. The purpose of the bill, Emergency Influenza Containment Act (HR 3991) is: To ensure that American workers are able to follow, without financial harm, the recommendations of their employer and public health authorities to [...]
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Mandatory Paid Leave Introduced
Posted in Federal Labor Laws, General Labor Law Practices, Uncategorized, tagged Emergency Influenza Containment Act, Mandatory Paid Sick Leave on November 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Senator Kennedy’s Influence on Labor Law
Posted in Federal Labor Laws, General Labor Law Practices, Uncategorized on August 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
One is hard-pressed to find federal labor law legislation enacted since 1962 that doesn’t have Senator Kennedy’s signature or intensive influence. He has been responsible for some of the most impactful laws that define the employee/employer relationship as we know it today. A sampling of his legislative accomplishments include: Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA) [...]
Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) and the H1N1 Virus
Posted in Federal Labor Laws, General Labor Law Practices, Uncategorized, tagged Emplyee absences, Family Medical Leave Act, FMLA, H1N1 on August 25, 2009 | 2 Comments »
With the flu season rapidly approaching and H1N1 back in headline news, most of us are taking precautions to safeguard our families and ourselves from contracting this potentially fatal strain of flu virus. As an HR professional or business owner you must be prepared to comply with FMLA rules, should one of your employees or [...]
July – An active month for Minimum Wage Increases
Posted in Federal Labor Laws, State Labor Laws, Uncategorized, tagged federal minimum wage increase, state minimum wage increase on July 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The month of July brings about minimum wage increases in several states and at the federal level. States with rolling increases that already have the 2009 rate reflected on the current version of the poster include: Illinois, Pennsylvania, Kentucky: Effective July 1 North Carolina, Oklahoma, Idaho, Indiana, Montana: Effective July 24 Effective July, 24, 2009, the [...]
COBRA Changes Under ARRA
Posted in Federal Labor Laws, General Labor Law Practices, Uncategorized, tagged ARRA, COBRA on April 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009 sets forth new mandatory changes for continuing health care coverage under COBRA by temporarily reducing the premium reductions for COBRA and providing additional opportunities to elect COBRA heath care continuation benefits. Under ARRA, eligible individuals pay only 35% of their COBRA premiums. The remaining 65% is [...]
Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA)
Posted in Federal Labor Laws, General Labor Law Practices, Uncategorized, tagged EFCA, Employee Free Choice Act, National Labor Relations Board, NLRB, Unions on March 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Employee Free Choice Act has made its way to Congress. The debate was reopened last week in the US House of Representatives. The bill is designed to return to the original intention of the 1935 National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) to encourage employees to organize and seek union representation. Over the years the law has [...]
Budget Includes Increase for Department of Labor
Posted in Federal Labor Laws, Uncategorized, tagged Beck poster, Federal contractors on February 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The budget outline released today by the Obama Administration includes increased funding for the Department of Labor (DOL). The increase is intended, among other things, to enhance the department’s ability to enforce workplace regulation. According to administration officials: “For the past eight years, the department’s law enforcement agencies have struggled with growing workloads and shrinking [...]
Solis Confirmed as Secretary of Labor
Posted in Federal Labor Laws, Uncategorized, tagged Federal Labor Laws, Hilda Solis, Secretary of Labor on February 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Hilda Solis has been confirmed as the new Secretary of Labor for the Obama Administration. She was sworn in late Tuesday night and will begin her post as Secretary Labor today, February 25th, 2009. Solis will oversee the Department of Labor (DOL), which includes an annual budget of approximately $53 billion and more than 17,000 [...]
Nomination for Labor Secretary Delayed
Posted in Federal Labor Laws, General Labor Law Practices, Uncategorized, tagged Hilda Solis, Labor Secretary, Secretary of Labor on February 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Late last week the Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee announced a delay in the vote for the nomination of Hilda Solis for Secretary of Labor. The delay is not being characterized as a “hold”, but rather intended to give the committee members more time to review the supporting documentation on [...]
Obama Signs First Bill into Law – The Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act
Posted in Federal Labor Laws, Uncategorized, tagged Civil Rights Act of 1964, EEOC, Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act on January 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
President Obama signed the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act into law this afternoon. It is his first official bill signing since taking the Oath of Office on January 20, 2009. The Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act is named after Lilly Ledbetter, who sued her employer for pay discrimination under the 1964 Civil Rights Act. She won the [...]
