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2010 IRS Employment Tax Crackdown Image

2010 IRS Employment Tax Crackdown

Sherrard Lee 'Butch' Hayes & Julie Chen

The "Employment Tax National Research Project" will review and audit the employment tax practices of 6,000 randomly selected businesses across the country from 2010 to 2012. Any business selected for this audit should expect an intense and detailed examination into their tax records, compliance, and reporting practices.

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Male Employees' Sex Harassment Case Settles

Alyson M. Palmer

Lawyers watching a sexual harassment case that tested the limits of acceptable workplace behavior will not get to hear what the full Eleventh U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals thinks of the matter.

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Second Circuit Finds Drug Reps Not Exempt from Overtime Law

Mark Hamblett

Current and former sales representatives for Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp. are not exempt from qualifying for overtime under the Fair Labor Standards Act, the Second Circuit ruled July 6.

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Movers & Shakers

ALM Staff & Law Journal Newsletters

Who's doing what; who's going where.

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CA Supreme Court Clarifies Who Cannot Be Sued by Workers

Mike McKee

For 97 years, neither California legislators nor the courts ever clarified who qualified as an employer under the state Industrial Welfare Commission's (IWC) wage orders. That changed on May 20 when the California Supreme Court decided, in part, who does not qualify.

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What Should Human Resources Be Doing to Prepare for Health Care Reform?

Jean C. Kosela & John S. Lord, Jr.

In the coming months, you should guide HR in preparing for required changes needed to comply with the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA). Here are some things you should already be putting (or have) in place:

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Tenth Circuit Rules on Temporary Workers

Margaret Parnell Hogan & Stephanie L. Hankin

In a case of first impression, the Tenth Circuit recently considered whether positions filled by temporary contract workers are "vacant" for purposes of reassignment as a reasonable accommodation under the ADA.

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New Employee Rights Poster for Federal Contractors

Kevin McCormick

Pursuant to Executive Order 13496, and its implementing regulations 29 CFR, Part 471, federal contractors and subcontractors must notify employees about their rights under the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) as of June 21, 2010. Here are the details.

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Reducing Exposure to Attorneys' Fees

William (Bill) Wortel & Matt Baisley

Although a prevailing plaintiff is entitled to his/her costs and attorneys' fees, a successful defendant is entitled only to its costs (<i>e.g.</i>, filing fees, court reporter fees, etc.) and not an award of attorneys' fees.

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Employer's Review of Text Messages on Company Pager Reasonable

Sarah A. Kelly

In a closely watched case and in a nearly unanimous decision, the U.S. Supreme Court has held that the City of Ontario, CA, Police Department did not violate the Fourth Amendment privacy rights of its employee when it audited text messages he had sent and received on a department-issued paging device.

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