The federal E-Verify rule has been postponed again, until June 30, 2009.
In today's uncertain business environment, organizations find themselves caught in a squeeze: it's more important than ever to support workforce morale and drive productivity -- but budgets are stretched to the limit. The future is uncertain. Many employees are taking on more work as the workforce shrinks. They're increasingly distracted by fears, finances and family challenges.
On January 30, 2009 President Obama signed three executive orders affecting federal contractors and their employees. Two of the three orders affect union rights.
President Barack Obama, in the first such act of his term, has signed into law the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, which will dramatically lengthen the statute of limitations in certain discrimination cases.
Allowance can increase data privacy, security
By Scott Mezistrano, CPP Employers can now fulfill their regulatory requirement to keep undeliverable Forms W-2, such as those that are returned in the mail, by scanning the IRS and employee copies (copies B and C) and shredding the originals, IRS Chief Counsel recently told APA. This is supported by Revenue Procedure 97-22, Guidance on Electronic Records.