The landscape of employment laws evolves quickly, and entrepreneurs and small business owners are often left scrambling to understand new rules and implement new procedures. To reduce the stress, read these legal updates on seven employment law “hot buttons” that should be on the radar screen of every small business:
Tags: Immigration, contractor, employment law, entrepreneur, Business, Small business, employment law labor, right-to-work, exempt, arbitration, workplace safety, Employment, social media
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement recently began cracking down on employers of illegal immigrants, enforcing steep penalties. During its 2011 fiscal year, the ICE audited the hiring records ofnearly 2,500 businesses to verify workers’ status. Businesses that employ unauthorized workers may be fined and blacklisted from receiving government contracts, and owners may be subject to civil and criminal charges.
Tags: Immigration, I9, I-9
The Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD) has issued three new fact sheets on unlawful retaliation under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), and the Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act (MSPA).
Tags: Immigration, Agency Happenings, Employment Wage and Hour Law, Retaliation, Department of Labor
