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Get ready for a new federally protected class: the unemployed

12/14/2011
Employers may be surprised to learn there is a growing movement to add the unemployed to the list of people who belong to a protected class. If leaders in the U.S. Senate and the EEOC have their way, it may no longer be legal for em­­ployers to show a preference to hire only those who are currently employed.

Asian food vendor in hot water over hiring practices

12/13/2011
The Nishimoto Trading Co., which sells Asian foods to various defense department facilities, has agreed to pay $400,000 in back wages to women who alleged the company illegally refused to hire them. Nishimoto operates a facility in Miramar.

New EEOC advice on using arrest, conviction records

12/13/2011
The EEOC issued an advisory letter last month that gives employers more clarity on their proper use of applicants’ arrest and conviction records during the hiring process.

ICE reports record number of I-9 audits, employer arrests

12/08/2011
This was not the year to get sloppy with your I-9 forms. The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement issued a record 2,393 audit notices to inspect employers’ I-9s this year, a more than 375% increase from audits in 2008.

AT&T settles ADEA suit

12/07/2011

AT&T has settled a suit filed by former workers who took early retirement offers from the company and then asked to be rehired. AT&T claimed early retirement packages made the workers ineligible to return to work.

3% withholding bites the dust; vets get jobs tax credits

12/05/2011
Congress has repealed the dreaded withholding provision under which state and local governments would have been required to withhold 3% of payments made to any payee for goods and services. The provision was slated to go into effect on Jan. 1, 2013.

New Year, new laws covering veteran hiring, whistle-blowing

12/02/2011
Employers will ring in some new laws with the New Year, and those laws will bring challenges and opportunities.

After years of litigation, court orders cops’ promotion

12/02/2011
Federal courts don’t like being turned into proxies for HR departments, but they will act when necessary. That’s how the 6th Circuit recently came to order the immediate promotion of police officers in a discrimination case that has been in the courts for more than a decade and still isn’t finished.

ALABAMA: Payroll law update, July-Dec. 2011

12/01/2011
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GEORGIA: Payroll law update, July-Dec. 2011

12/01/2011
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