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Manhattan’s swank Del Posto restaurant sued for lost tips

11/05/2010
A group of 27 current and former employees at celebrity chef Mario Batali’s Del Posto restaurant are suing the restaurant because they say managers illegally skimmed tip-pool funds meant for service workers.

The HR I.Q. Test: November ’10

11/05/2010
Test your knowledge of recent trends in employment law, comp & benefits and other HR issues with our monthly mini-quiz …

Confusing paystubs? Brace for a class-action

11/03/2010

How understandable are your employee paystubs? Do you get repeated questions about the same line items? As the following case shows, inconsistent payment methods and ambiguous deduction rules may spark employees to band together and sue.

Aerospace IT provider includes families in celebration

11/02/2010
Between workplace events for employees and their families to recognize National Aerospace Week in September, the staff of Harris Corp., a communications and IT company for the aerospace industry, has been celebrating by teaching science to school children—including their own kids.

What’s the Texas law on voting leave?

11/01/2010
Q. We have had a hard time determining whether we must allow employees to miss work so they can vote? So this isn’t a problem in 2012, what rules must we follow?

What kind of information are we required to give participants in our health insurance plan?

11/01/2010
Q. We just received a letter from an employee who has requested a copy of our medical plan. Are we required to provide this information to her?

Supremes at work: 8 key employment law cases on docket

11/01/2010

Can the federal government require contract employees to disclose their use of illegal drugs? Can states sanction employers that knowingly hire unauthorized aliens? The U.S. Supreme Court will decide these and other issues in its new term, which began in October.

No contract with employees? Feel free to change terms of employment

11/01/2010

Employers that don’t require employees to sign employment contracts are free to change the terms of employment anytime they want. By staying on the job, employees legally accept the new terms and become bound by them. That’s true even if they continue working under protest. Their only remedy would be to quit and sue over the change.

5th Cir. Court of Appeals rejects DOL interpretation of guest worker minimum-wage requirement

11/01/2010
In a sign that some courts are flexing their muscles and resisting attempts by the U.S. Department of Labor to crack down on employers, the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals has rejected an effort to force employers to cover more guest worker costs.

Raises averaging 2.5%, forecast at 3.0% in 2011

11/01/2010
Raises for low performers are averaging 0.7% in 2010, while high performers are pulling in average raises of 3.7%, says a new WorldatWork survey of 2,500 employers. The survey forecasts higher raises in 2011.