Lawmakers Push to Replace TSA Screeners with Private Security
According to an article in The New York Times, lawmakers are pushing to revive a proposal that would allow the 450 or so commercial airports in the United States to use private security companies to handle passenger screening. Currently, screening is handled by Transportation Security Administration employees.
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Contract Security Guard Industry Still has Room for Growth
According to an article in The Security Letter, the trend toward contracting-out in the security guard industry is growing. They report, “At an industry conference recently, some participant felt the industry was becoming ‘mature.’ They felt that business was becoming harder to obtain, exacerbated by the relentless pressure to reduce hours and cut cost.
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What Employers Must Have on Their “To Do” List for the New Year
1. New York Employers—Annual Written Notice of Pay Rate Due By February 1, 2012 for All Employees (Not Just New Hires): Remember that New York employers must provide an annual written notice of pay rate, overtime rate (for non-exempt employees) and regular pay day to all employees in English and in the employee’s primary language by February 1, 2012, and annually thereafter between January 1 and February 1, as required by New York State’s recently enacted Wage Theft Prevention Act (WTPA). The WTPA– which amends New York’s Labor Law Section 195– imposes additional notice and recordkeeping requirements on all New York employers, and severe penalties for wage, notice and recordkeeping violations. Employers must obtain and maintain a signed acknowledgement of receipt of the written notice of pay rate for six years.
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California’s New Wage Disclosure Notice and the Wage Theft Prevention Act of 2011
Today’s regulatory and legislative environment makes staying informed critical. With current information, intelligence, and legal analysis provided by the attorneys of the nation’s foremost employment & labor law firm, the Littler Mendelson Wage and Hour / West ASAP can be essential.
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Read This Before You Generate Another Payroll in Connecticut
Connecticut has become the first state in the nation to mandate paid sick leave exclusively for service workers such as waiters, cashiers, and hairstylists.
DOL Issues Final Rule on Non-displacement of Workers Under Federal Service Contracts
Yesterday, the U.S. Department of Labor issued its long-awaited Final Rule to implement Executive Order 13495, “Nondisplacement of Qualified Workers Under Service Contracts” which was signed by President Obama back in January 2009. EO 13495 requires that in the case of all federal service contracts (covered by the Service Contract Act – SCA) , a successor contractor and its subcontractors must offer those employees employed under the predecessor contract (other than managerial and supervisory employees) a right of first refusal of employment under the successor contract in positions for which they are qualified — if their employment will be otherwise terminated as a result of the award of the successor contract. The Final Rule can be found here: http://federalregister.gov/a/2011-21261
Avoid Penalties—and an Audit—for Misclassified Employees
When you generate your payroll, you have two primary classifications of workers: employees and independent contractors. But who fits into which category? And if you misclassify someone, how can you avoid sanctions?
Thanks to a new program from the IRS, it is now easier to properly classify all of your employees and independent contractors.
NLRB Adopts Controversial Rule To Speed Up Union Elections
Right before the holidays, the National Labor Relations Board adopted a controversial Rule amending its election case procedures that will speed up union elections in what the NLRB has said is an effort “to reduce unnecessary litigation and delays.” The rule was published in the Federal Register on Thursday, December 22, and is due to take effect on April 30, 2012. Links to the final rule are below. The Rule is strongly opposed by business groups, and the GOP led House passed legislation earlier this year to void the Rule after it was proposed for adoption. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce denounced the rule as having “no conceivable purpose but to make it easier for unions to win elections” and has filed a complaint against the NLRB in federal court, seeking to invalidate the final rule and to enjoin the board from enforcing it. Also, Republican members of Congress have said they will challenge the rule pursuant to the Congressional Review Act, which could stop implementation.
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DOL Announces Opening of Comment Period – Proposal to Provide Minimum Wage and Overtime Protections for In-Home Care Workers.
Last Thursday the White House announced that the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division intends to publish a notice of proposed rulemaking that would provide minimum wage and overtime protections for nearly two million workers who provide in-home care services for the elderly and infirm.
Tips to Prevent Ghost Employee Fraud
It may be a natural behavior to trust others, particularly those that we’ve come to know and like. But when one person has access to processes that can be manipulated for financial gain, with no oversight or auditing processes in place, it may breed fraudulent behavior. Here are some tips you can use to prevent ghost employee fraud:
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