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Scott M. Pechaitis; Jackson Lewis LLP;
Legal Alert/Article May 29, 2012, previously published on May 25, 2012 The Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP or the Agency) is soliciting public comments on its proposal to implement standard procedures for supply-and-service federal contractors seeking OFCCP approval to develop functional affirmative action programs (FAAPs). This notice and...
| | NLRB “Quickie Election” Rule Invalid for Lack of Board Quorum, Federal Court Rules
Roger S. Kaplan, Philip B. Rosen, Thomas V. Walsh, Harold R. Weinrich; Jackson Lewis LLP;
Legal Alert/Article May 17, 2012, previously published on May 15, 2012 The National Labor Relations Board “quickie election” rule that went into effect on April 30, 2012, is invalid because only two members of the Board, instead of the three needed to make up a Board quorum, participated in the final vote to pass it, a federal district court has ruled....
| | New York High Court Refuses to Extend Exception to Employment-at-Will Doctrine to Chief Compliance Officer at Securities Firm
Joanne Seltzer; Jackson Lewis LLP;
Legal Alert/Article May 15, 2012, previously published on May 11, 2012 Reaffirming the continuing viability of New York State’s at-will employment doctrine, the New York Court of Appeals has rejected a wrongful discharge cause of action brought by a compliance officer who claimed to have been terminated for questioning the personal stock trades of the...
| | FAR Council Proposes Rule Requiring Federal Service Contractors to Hire Contract Predecessor’s Employees
Eric John Felsberg, Thomas V. Walsh, Leslie A. tout-Tabackman; Jackson Lewis LLP;
Legal Alert/Article May 9, 2012, previously published on May 7, 2012 The Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council (FAR Council) has proposed an amendment to the Federal Acquisition Regulations requiring federal government contractors (including subcontractors) performing services under a contract that succeeds a contract for performance of the same or similar services...
| | New Limits for Health Savings Accounts and Flexible Spending Arrangements in 2013
Andrew Frost, Jay Adams Knight, Joseph J. Lazzarotti, Robert J. Simandl, Monique Warren; Jackson Lewis LLP;
Legal Alert/Article May 4, 2012, previously published on May 2, 2012 The Internal Revenue Service has announced the 2013 inflation-adjusted deduction limits for Health Savings Accounts (“HSAs”). Internal Revenue Service Revenue Procedure 2012-26. HSAs are consumer-driven pre-tax accounts that can be contributed to by, or on behalf of, individuals who are...
| | Public Comment on New I-9 Form
Jackson Lewis LLP;
Legal Alert/Article May 4, 2012, previously published on May 2, 2012 USCIS is seeking public comments on its proposed revised Form I-9 (Employment Eligibility Verification form). All employers in the United States must complete the Form I-9 for all newly hired employees to verify their identity and authorization to work in the United States.
| | AHCA, NCAL Kindred Spirits with Employer Appealing NLRB’s Specialty Healthcare Decision
Roger S. Kaplan, Thomas V. Walsh; Jackson Lewis LLP;
Legal Alert/Article May 2, 2012, previously published on May 1, 2012 On behalf of the American Health Care Association and the National Center for Assisted Living, Jackson Lewis submitted a “friend of the court” brief in support of a nursing home employer’s challenge to the National Labor Relations Board’s new standard for determining...
| | EEOC Issues New Enforcement Guidance on Use of Arrest and Conviction Records in Employment
Jackson Lewis LLP;
Legal Alert/Article April 30, 2012, previously published on April 26, 2012 The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has approved, by a 4-1 vote, a revised Enforcement Guidance on the Consideration of Arrest and Conviction Records in Employment Decisions under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The Guidance is effective immediately. Before disqualifying an...
| | Title VII Prohibits Discrimination against Transgender Workers, EEOC Decides
Ryan H. Nelson, Michelle E. Phillips; Jackson Lewis LLP;
Legal Alert/Article April 27, 2012, previously published on April 26, 2012 Transgender discrimination is discrimination on the basis of “sex” under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) has decided in an historic opinion. Macy v. Holder, Appeal No. 0120120821 (Apr. 20, 2012).
|  | Criminal Background Checks: What Employers Need to Know About Massachusetts’ New CORI Law
Susan M. Corcoran, Richard I. Greenberg, Brian E. Lewis; Jackson Lewis LLP;
Legal Alert/Article April 26, 2012, previously published on April 2012 Massachusetts employers must comply with a wide range of new obligations when the remainder of the Commonwealth’s Criminal Offender Record Information (CORI) reform law takes effect on May 4, 2012. The primary change will be the creation of a state-run “iCORI” database available...
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