By Kim Koratsky
A federal magistrate ordered frozen food delivery company, Schwan's Home Service, to turn over to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) personal information about persons employed as general managers at Schwan's facilities nationwide. This order comes from a subpoena enforcement proceeding before ...
By Edwin S. Hopson
On March 2, 2010, President Obama signed into law H.R. 4691 that extended through March 31, 2010, emergency unemployment benefits and the eligibility period for the COBRA subsidy for certain eligible laid off workers. The original legislation had expired February 28, 2010. The Senate passed the measure by a vote of 78 to 19. ...
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NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is issuing Notices of Inspection (NOIs) to 180 businesses in Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Arkansas and Tennessee. The notices alert business owners that ICE will be inspecting their ...
By Edwin S. Hopson
At the annual AFL-CIO conference in Florida, U.S. Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis hinted that President Obama may recess appoint Craig Becker to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), according to a March 3, 2010, Associated Press report. Last month, Senate Democrats were unable to muster the 60 votes needed to avoid a ...
By Kim Koratsky
By a 70-28 vote, the Senate passed a new jobs bill, sending the bill back to the House for final approval. Democrat leaders promise more jobs bills are on the way. This bill contains two major provisions. First, it would exempt, through December, businesses hiring the unemployed from the 6.2 percent Social Security payroll tax, then ...
By Debra H. Dawahare
Employers are often tempted to learn more than they really want to know about their employees, especially if the employer suspects a fraudulent workers’ compensation claim, illegal drug use, or other behavior that could affect work performance or reflect poorly on the company. Except in extreme and very well controlled ...
By Edwin S. Hopson
The new edition of the Kentucky Unemployment Compensation Handbook authored by Debra H. Dawahare, George J. Miller and Edwin S. Hopson of the law firm of Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs, LLP includes the following updated information:
- Expanded information regarding successor employers
- Expanded information on constructive discharge
By Kim Koratsky
A federal judge in Iowa has ordered the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to pay more than $4.5 Million in attorneys’ fees and expenses to CRST Van Expedited, a Cedar Rapids trucking company. While it is somewhat unusual for a defendant to be awarded fees against a plaintiff, it is quite rare that fees are awarded against ...
By Edwin S. Hopson
Currently, there is controversy over the U.S. Senate’s lack of action in confirming President Obama’s nominees to be members of the five-person National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). Since the end of December, 2007, the NLRB has been operating with only two Members (instead of five). The issue of whether this constitutes ...
By Edwin S. Hopson
On February 11, 2010, just before the Senate’s recess for the Presidents’ Day weekend, the Senate, by unanimous consent, confirmed some 27 of President Obama’s pending presidential appointments. This came after a meeting on February 9 in which the President, according to a Whitehouse press release, “told Senator ...