Business owners, leaders and HR professionals have an opportunity to attend the upcoming Labor and Employment Law Briefing presented by a Xenium...
Doing Good Without Getting Punished
From Barran Liebman on August 23, 2012: "After reading the Sixth Circuit's decision in Kroll v. White Lake Ambulance Authority, Case No. 10-2348...
NLRB Interferes with Employers Workplace Investigations
From Barran Liebman on August 7, 2012: "In the latest effort to expand labor law rights, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) ruled that simply...
Form I-9 to Expire on August 31, 2012
From Roy Maurer at the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) on 8/14/12 "The current Employment Eligibility Verification Form, commonly...
The ADA and Extending Courtesy
The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) defines ways in which businesses must better accommodate disabled employees and customers and provides...
Online and Outside the Office
Many employers are taking a closer look at the personal online image of their employees and applicants via social media. 70% of HR professionals...
Update: NLRB Launches Webpage to Educate Employees
A legal update by Amy Angel, Paula Barran, and Valerie Berg of Barran Liebman, details that the NLRB (National Labor Relations Board) attempted to...
Supreme Court Upholds Health Care Reform
From Jeff Robertson of Barran Liebman on June 28, 2012: "Today, Thursday June 28, 2012, the United States Supreme Court issued its long-awaited...
Update: Court Refuses Enforcement of New NLRB Election Rules
In a legal update by John B. Dudrey of Barran Liebman, it is detailed that the United States District Court for the District of Columbia refuses the...
NLRB Posting Rule Blocked
A rule slated to take effect April 30, 2012, that would force most U.S. employers to post a notice of employees’ rights under labor law has been blocked by a federal circuit court on the heels of a federal district court’s determination that the issuing agency lacked authority to approve the rule.
Recent Developments in Employment Law
Dan Grinfas of Buchanan Angeli Altschul & Sullivan LLP released an update in March of 2012 on the recent developments in employment law and legislation.
Payroll Tax Cut Extended to the End of 2012
The IRS issued this statement on February 23, 2012 regarding the Payroll Tax Extension: "WASHINGTON — The Internal Revenue Service today released...
NLRB postpones effective date of rights posting rule to April 30
On December 23, the NLRB made this announcement regarding the rights posting rule: "The National Labor Relations Board has agreed to postpone the...
Payroll Tax Cut Temporarily Extended into 2012
On December 23, 2011, the IRS announced that the payroll tax cuts, enacted at the beginning of 2011, would be temporarily extended into 2012. Read the entire news release
Veterans' Employment Rights Returning from Service
There have been over two million troop deployments since September 11, 2001, nearly 800,000 of which are National Guard and Reserve members.

