New IRS Audit Policies May Focus on HR Departments
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has announced that it will be focusing attention on issues that involve many HR departments. For some HR professionals this will likely be their first experience with an IRS audit. This article explains these developments and suggests actions that will help HR be prepared to handle IRS inquiries. The issues concern the reporting of, and withholding on, payments to foreign persons and the documentation of those persons’ status.
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Ledbetter Act Prompts EEOC To Give Aggrieved Employees New Chance To Sue In Closed Cases
Some complainants in Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s closed cases that involved wage issues may receive new right-to-sue notices from the agency. The Commission seems to be reviewing these cases in response to the signing of the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act early this year. This is an important development for employers because Congress has provided that individuals may file a civil action within 90 days after the notice of right to sue is given by the EEOC. 29 C.F.R. § 1601.28(e)(1). Thus, a new right-to-sue notice statutorily confers on claimants an additional 90 days to commence suit in cases that would have been barred by the original statute of limitations.
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http://www.mondaq.com/article.asp?articleid=83652&email_access=on&login=true
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E-Verify Becomes Mandatory Employee Check for Federal Contractors
Starting Tuesday, federal contractors and subcontractors will be required to use a federal verification program to check whether their employees are eligible to legally work in the United States.
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http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2009/09/everify_becomes_mandatory_empl.html
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Lowe’s, Taco Bell Settle Sexual Harassment Lawsuits
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission recently announced major settlements of two separate discrimination lawsuits under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, one against Lowe’s Home Improvement Warehouse Inc. and the other, a week later, against Taco Bell Corp.
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http://ohsonline.com/articles/2009/09/05/lowes-and-taco-bell-settle-suits.aspx
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How To Prevent Discrimination In The Workplace
Discrimination is being biased towards someone on the basis of height, hair color, gender, race and so on. To be considered good business, a workplace must be discrimination-free. Preventing discrimination in the workplace favors employees because it improves their morale. Before working on its prevention, let’s first talk about the different forms of discrimination.
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http://www.howtodothings.com/careers/how-to-prevent-discrimination-in-the-workplace
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“A Baker’s Dozen” of Strategies for Hotel Human Resource Managers & Directors
With the ongoing turbulence facing our industry and global economies, the responsibility to find the time to “think” has become even more critical. The regrettable propensity for knee jerk responses is evident if one watches the daily rise and fall of global stock market prices, as companies and industries are substantially devalued for reasons that have little to do with the actual company’s quality or performance.
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http://www.hospitalitynet.org/news/154000320/4043213.html
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PetSmart to Pay $125,000 to settle EEOC Sexual Harassment and Retaliation Lawsuit
The EEOC charged in its lawsuit that female employees were subjected to unwelcome sexual harassment by a store manager who worked first at the company’s Pottstown store and then at its Wyomissing store. The EEOC said that the store manager’s sexually offensive conduct and comments included repeatedly grabbing his genitals while talking to female employees and making explicit sexual comments and sexual innuendoes.
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Form I-9 Compliance & Working with ICE
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), is responsible for investigating compliance with the Form I-9 requirements, as many readers of Murthy’s Corporate Bulletin are aware. The law creating those requirements is known as the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 (IRCA).
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http://www.murthy.com/a_cb0908.html
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COURT RULES FOR DHS IN E-VERIFY LITIGATION
Court Rules Federal Contractors Must Use E-Verify Beginning September 8, 2009
Today, a U.S. District Court issued a long-awaited decision in Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America v. Napolitano; a case in which SHRM, along with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, American Council on International Personnel, HR Policy Association, and Associated Builders and Contractors, Inc., challenged the legality of a Bush Administration Executive Order requiring that federal contractors use E-Verify to check the employment eligibility of all newly hired employees, as well as all current employees directly working on a contract.
Link to the full article below.
http://www.visalaw.com/blog_i9/2009/08/court-rules-for-dhs-in-e-verify.html
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Florida Overtime Wage Claims, Could This Be Happening In Your Company?
Employees work day in and day out according to the demands of their employers. In return, they get wages for their hard work and they sometimes get benefits, but employees don’t always get everything they deserve when it comes to getting paid for the number of hours they have worked. Partly, this can be due to intimidation on the part of the employee – they may feel they can not question the boss. But often, the employee isn’t even aware they have the right to get paid overtime under certain circumstances.
Link to the full article below.
http://www.bestsyndication.com/?q=20090825_overtime_attorney.htm
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