Regions Bank Fined $7.5 Million for Illegal Overdraft Charges Acting for the first time under rules intended to protect consumers from illegal bank overdraft charges, the federal government fined Regions Bank $7.5 million for charging overdraft fees without first getting customers’ permission. “We take the issue of overdraft fees very seriously and will be vigilant […]
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A Win for Employers: Court Denies Class Certification of Rest Break Claim Where Plaintiff Alleged Employer Did Not Have a Rest Break Policy A recent federal district court decision denying a motion for class certification of wage-and-hour claims reflects continuing disagreement among courts in California regarding the suitability for class treatment of meal and rest […]
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EEOC Issues Proposed Rule on Application of the ADA to Employer Wellness Programs Proposed Rule Would Permit Incentives, Emphasize Confidentiality WASHINGTON — The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) describing how Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) applies to employer wellness programs that are […]
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Law Firms And PEOs: Perfect Together Cary Edwards, managing partner of Edwards & Caldwell in Hawthorne, NJ, says, “My PEO provides my staff and me with Fortune 500 benefits and services while handling all the employee-related paperwork. It’s a very cost-effective management tool for small and mid-sized firms.” Professional Employer Organizations, or “PEOs” as they […]
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More Regulations Mean More Business For Outsourcers Calvin Coolidge once said the business of America is business. The outsourcing industry embraces that maxim, providing talent and services to handle nuts-and-bolts tasks of operations and employment, freeing up companies to focus on their core missions. The industry has seen steady growth since its origin in the 1980s. It […]
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Hungry Jacks Fined $90,000 After Employee Was Severely Injured at Work Hungry Jacks was fined a whopping $90,000 and additional costs by the Industrial Court after an incident caused a worker to suffer from third-degree burns while performing work tasks at the Edwardstown restaurant. As retold, in June 2012, a young worker of the company […]
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Top 5 Startup Payroll and HR Mistakes Startups are natural rule breakers. You’ve got to ruffle a few feathers and disrupt the status quo if you want to build the next Facebook. But there’s one area where startups definitely don’t want to break the rules: payroll and HR. Startups that don’t comply with payroll and […]
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The White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) released on February 2, 2015 the Fiscal Year 2016 Budget. It includes a specific provision where the IRS will ramp up enforcement efforts to “address noncompliance” including the employer responsibility provisions of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). The Budget proposes hiring over 400 full-time employees to […]
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Federal workplace safety regulators on Monday slapped Ashley Furniture Industries with $1.76 million in penalties after documenting 1,037 worker injuries due to allegedly unsafe conditions or equipment at the company’s Arcadia plant over the past three years. The allegations were categorically denied by Ashley. Investigators from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration said they identified 38 […]
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In another sign that the gloves have come off for the last 2 years of his term, President Obama suggests he can raise taxes by executive action. That’s the same method he used for his controversial immigration ‘reform.’ The Congressional Budget Office says Mr. Obama’s executive immigration action will increase federal deficits by $8.8 billion over the next […]