employer rights and responsibilities

• New Regulations Affect Employer And Employee Rights And Responsibilities Under The Family And Medical Leave Act.

By Goodwin Procter's Labour & Employment Practice Group The United States Department of Labor (the "DOL") has issued new regulations that will chang...

• Mondaq Business Briefing
• Nbr. 2009, January 2009

• 7 CFR 3403.2 - Definitions.

...Professional Employer Organization is an organization that provides an i... assuming substantial employer rights, responsibilities, and risk, through the establish...

• Code of Federal Regulations - Title 7: Agriculture

• New Regulations Affect Employer And Employee Rights And Responsibilities Under The Family And Medical Leave Act

By Goodwin Procter's Labour & Employment Practice Group The United States Department of Labor (the "DOL") has issued new regulations that will chan...

• Mondaq Business Briefing
• United States Law Articles in English

• Outdoor Workers in Oklahoma at Risk in Extreme Heat

For people whose jobs require them to be outside, nothing has been easy about a month's worth of triple-digit temperatures. The heat has sparked renewed conversations about employer and employee rights and responsibilities when the outdoor work must go on.

• The Journal Record
• July 30, 2011

• Employers Tread Carefully

The Treasury Department will administer the subsidy, providing employers or health plans, if they administer COBRA benefits, with a credit against payroll taxes for the cost of the subsidy, according to Donna Sasson, who heads up the medical benefits department at Petrone Associates in Princeton. A set of guidelines compiled by Sasson suggests employers: * Review records to identify all employees who became entitled to elect COBRA, including those who voluntarily resigned or were involuntarily terminated from employment, since September 1, 2008; * Update COBRA materials to comply with the new requirements; * Determine whether to permit individuals to elect a different health plan option when electing COBRA coverage; * Review severance policies to revisit the issue of any employer COBRA...

... the appropriate individuals of their new rights and responsibilities under ARRA (e.g., use model f...

• Mercer Business
• Vol. 85 Nbr. 6, June 2009

• Employers immune from suit for complying with IRS levy.

...This item addresses an employer's rights and responsibilities when required to comply with ...

• The Tax Adviser
• Vol. 42 Nbr. 11, November 2011

• A Peo Can Be an Opportunity for Agents

Professional employer organizations (PEO) are businesses that allow clients to outsource management of human resources, benefits, payroll, tax administration and workers compensation. According to the National Association of Professional Employer Organizations, an industry trade group, PEOs establish and maintain an employer relationship with employees at the client's worksite and contractually assume certain employer rights, responsibilities and risk. Because of the integral role workers compensation insurance plays in a PEO account, additional challenges track those commonly associated with the product itself. The PEO market is feeling some of the same economic effects as other businesses. Of course, insuring PEOs is another option for retail agents and brokers. If agents don't unders...

• Rough Notes
• Vol. 153 Nbr. 10, October 2010

• Greenberg Traurig Shareholder Robert M. Goldich Appointed Employer Co-Chair of The Employment Rights and Responsibilities Committee of the American Bar Association's Section of Labor & Employment Law.

PHILADELPHIA -- Robert M. Goldich, a shareholder in Greenberg Traurig's Philadelphia office, has been appointed to a two-year term as Employer Co-Chai...

• Business Wire
• August 16, 2010

• Payoffs to Kill Ballot Initiatives Still Ok ; Bill to Make the Practice Illegal Dies in Committee

DENVER - The battle of the ballot initiatives was a bruiser during Colorado's 2008 campaign season. Citizen petitions placed three pro-business, unioninhibiting measures on last November's ballot. In retaliation, organized labor introduced its own petition campaign, which succeeded in placing four amendments on the ballot that extended employee rights and employer responsibilities.

• Gazette, The; Colorado Springs, Colo.
• March 02, 2009

• Commentary: More Veterans Set to Return to Work Soon

There are some 130,000 U.S. military personnel in Iraq alone, according to the Brookings Institute. As U.S. involvement in various global hot spots winds down, more veterans will be returning to their homes and jobs. Employers need to be aware of their obligations to returning veterans. Employer responsibilities are codified in the federal Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act.

• Daily Journal of Commerce
• August 28, 2009