Please click below to view the latest FOCUS Newsletters January 2008:
Is Your Section 125 Plan Up-To-Date?;
E-Verify Questions and Answers
February 2008Military Family Leave Poster: OSHA Records Another Successful Enforcement Year in FY 2007;
Lockheed Martin to Pay $2.5 Million to Settle Racial Harassment Lawsuit;
FMLA to Include Employees Related to Service Members. March 2008: Judge Grants Final Approval for $6.2 Million Partial Settlement of Historic Union Discrimination Case; Flushing, N.Y., Apartment Complex Agrees to Pay $66,000 to Whistleblower Terminated for Requesting Protective Equipment in Insecticde Clean-Up April 2008: Job Bias Charges Rise 9% in 2007, EEOC Reports; May 2008: Employer Cover-Up Fools DOL, but not the Jury;
U.S. Labor Department Secures more than $688,000 in Overtime Back Wages for 238 Employees at Quest June 2008: Employment Testing and EEO;
Identity Theft July 2008: Tavern on the Green to Pay $2.2 Million for Harassment of Females, Blacks and Hispanics;
Wal-Mart to Pay $250,000 for Disability Bias;
New I-9 Form Available and Should be Used Immediately by Employers;
REMINDER: New Minimum Wage to go into Effect July 24, 2008
September 2008: Appeals Court Reverses Decision that Boeing's Mesa Plant did not Engage in Sexual Harassment;
Tobacco Superstores, Inc. to Pay $425,000 for Race Discrimination Against Blacks
October 2008: New "Red Flag" Requirements for Financial Institutions and Creditors Will Help Fight Identity Theft
November 2008: Medicare Part D Employee Notification Deadline Approaching; Medicare Part D Disclosure to CMS; Mark Your Calendars 2009 Stowe Associates Workshop Schedule
December 2009: LA Weight Loss Settles Nationwide Sex Discrimination Lawsuit with EEOC; Gold'N Plump and The Work Connection Settle Suits by EEOC for Religious Discrimination
March 2009: President Signs Stimulus Bill with Significant COBRA Changes for Employers
April 2009: Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009; U.S. Department of Labor's OSHA proposes more than $1.2 million penalty to St. Louis area Chemical and Repackaging and Distribution Company
June 2009: Safe Harbor Update; REMINDER: New Minimum Wage to go into Effect July 24, 2009; U.S. Department's OSHA proposed more than $46,000 in fines against North Attleboro, Mass., metals plant following chlorine gas leak; USCIS Issues Guidance on Employment Eligibility Verification Form
August 2009: New Law Requires Parity in Coverage for Mental Health
September 2009: Updated I-9 Form; Rampant Sex Harassment Costs Lowe's $1.7 Million in Settlement of EEOC Lawsuit
October 2009: ADA - Compliant Employer Preparedness For the H1N1 Flu Virus
November 2009: New EEO Poster; Insurance Mandate Bad for Businesses
December 2009: Historic Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act Takes Effect; Defense Authorization Act Expands FMLA Rights For Relatives of Veterans and Members of the Arned Forces; Final Rule on USERRA Benefits Under Title IV
January 2010: Changes Regarding COBRA Continuation Coverage Under ARRA
February 2010: Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act (CHIPRA); Outback Steakhouse to Pay $19 Million for Sex Bias against Women in 'Glass Ceiling' Suit by EECO; US Department of Labor's OSHA Fines Printing Company Nearly $160,000 for Workplace Safety and Health Hazards
March 2010: Handling Discrepancies in Employee Social Security Numbers; DOL Electronic Filing System Up and Running; Question of the Month
May 2010: Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA)
