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 Waag
and Co. periodically produces The Strategic EMPLOYER newsletter,
delivered via email, keeping you up-to-date on recent legal
news affecting employers. This newsletter is meant as a working
tool for employers to help them explore areas that may be of
strategic value to their business. The actions that managers
take today will affect the quality of your workforce for years
to come. Such actions may also be judged by juries three or
more years from now. What will be the context in which such
actions will be judged? In order to prevail in such circumstances,
employers need to look to the horizon and recognize the approaching
legal trends.
The
goal of The Strategic Employer is to make you aware of some
of the more important new laws that have recently come out,
as well as what to expect as each year progresses. If recent
history is any indication, we expect that there will be no
shortage of changes to report.
IN
THE DECEMBER
2009 ISSUE:
1.
The Current State of Small Employers in California
2. New California Laws Signed in 2009
2.1 AB 23 (Tie-in to Cal-COBRA)
2.2 SB313 (Workman’s Comp Stop Order fine Increased)
2.3 SB 367 (Amends the Unruh Civil Rights Act)
3. Vetoed State Bills
4. New Developments in Tip-Pooling Policies
5. DOT Says Medical Marijuana Not OK for Drivers
6. FMLA News
6.1 Another Expansion of FMLA for Military Families
6.2 Other FMLA News
7. Reduced Workweeks Okayed for Exempt Employees
8. COBRA Subsidy Extension Possible
9. DOL Investigates California State Employee Furloughs
10. Issues Regarding Work Authorization
10.1 E-Verify Goes into Effect
10.2 No-Match Rule Dropped
10.3 I-9 Enforcement is Up
11. IRS Mileage Rate Lowered for 2010
12. Court Ruling: Lack of Policy Cost Employer Sensitive Data
13. Important U. S. Supreme Court Decisions for Employers
13.1 Reverse Discrimination (Ricci v. DeStefano)
13.2 Discriminatory Motives (Gross v. FBL Financial Services, Inc.)
13.3 Retaliation (Crawford v. Metropolitan Government of Nashville & Davidson
County, Tenn.
14. Michelle’s Law Goes into Effect
15. News Briefs
15.1 Increased State Payroll Taxes
15.2 Federal Minimum Wage Increase
15.3 New Posters Required
15.4 New I-9 Form
15.5 Brinker Case Update
15.6 Cal/OSHA Posting
15.7 Inspections of H-1B Visas
16. Susan Waag to Give Legal Updates for 2010 |
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