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News Notes: High Court Issues New Travel Time Ruling
The California Supreme Court recently ruled that an agricultural employer has to compensate farm workers for their travel time to and from work. The workers were required to report to a company parking lot each morning to take their employer’s buses to their worksite. The court noted that employers may provide free transportation to employees without […]
State High Court Won’t Review Salary Basis Case
News Notes: Workers’ Comp Release Bars Harassment Suit
Renae Kohler filed a workers’ comp claim and a harassment lawsuit against her employer, Interstate Brands, based on alleged physical and verbal harassment by her supervisor. Kohler later signed a workers’ comp compromise and release agreement for a $4,000 settlement, which released the employer from “all claims and causes of action” arising from the injury. […]
Pension Plans: Many County Employees May Be Entitled To Higher Benefits
Several counties, and possibly other public employers as well, may soon be paying out a lot more in retirement benefits. The reason is a new decision by the state Supreme Court that said a Southern California county improperly excluded certain cash payments when calculating pensions under the County Employees’ Retirement Law. Retirees File Suit In […]
News Notes: Court Explains Who’s A Joint Employee Under the FMLA
When Air France denied family leave for employee Stephane Moreau, who worked at the San Francisco International Airport, the airline argued it wasn’t covered by state and federal family leave laws because it had fewer than 50 employees within a 75-mile radius of Moreau’s workplace. Moreau countered that Air France was covered because it […]
Small Employers May See Fewer Choices on SHOP in 2014, HHS Says
A reform requirement that all insurers must offer four levels of health coverage to small businesses would be delayed until 2015 under proposed rules scheduled to be published March 11 in the Federal Register. Under the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services proposal, small employers may get one choice of health coverage in 2014. […]
Facility Conundrum: Cut Costs, But Upgrade Workplace to Attract Talent
Rules Could Require Fed Contractors to Hire a Certain Percentage of Disabled
Federal employers and contractors may soon have new disability regulations to follow, two federal agencies have announced. Both the U.S. Department of Labor and the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission have said they will issue new regulations for the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, which prohibits discrimination in hiring and employment practices by the federal government […]
News Notes: Clinton Makes Push For Workplace Child Care
President Clinton’s sweeping $21.7 billion child care initiative includes $500 million in tax incentives to encourage employers to provide more employer-sponsored child care. Under the plan, which is still subject to Congressional approval, employers would get a 25% tax credit for building or expanding child care facilities. Several other bills are pending in Congress which […]