If you have ever questioned why there are so many regulations pertaining to certification as a minority, woman and/or veteran owned small business or why the applications are so extensive and complicated, here is your answer. Per a June 3rd press release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Missouri, Topeka,
Within the many pages of the 21st Century Cures Act, just passed by Congress and awaiting signature by President Obama, is the Small Business Healthcare Relief Act. This creates a new health benefit plan for small employers called Qualified Small Employer Health
After months of waiting and speculation, the White House later today will release a new rule that could make more than four million Americans eligible for overtime pay. The rule will become effective in December, and will do the following:
Earlier this week, the expansion of the federal Small Business Administration’s (SBA) Women Owned Small Business (WOSB) Program went into effect. See link to federal register notice. The regulatory change, effective May 7, 2013, removes contract award size caps from the WOSB program, as well as the related Economically Disadvantaged Women’s Owned Small Business Program
From an employer’s perspective there are many unanswered questions.
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This post was co-authored by Inna Shelley.
Employers should have counsel review their non-compete agreements in order to ensure that a merger or other restructuring would not affect the successor company’s right to enforce the agreement. On May 24, the Ohio Supreme Court decided Accordia of Ohio, LLC v. Fischel, a case in which
As was illustrated by a House Judiciary Committee Hearing on April 18, immigration enforcement is nowhere near consensus. A bill introduced by Rep. Lamar Smith (R-Texas), HR 2885, would make use of E-Verify mandatory for all employers. Rep. Smith regards the bill as a measure to stop identity theft, especially including theft of children’s identities
On January 20th, the Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) finally released its fall 2011 regulatory agenda on its website. It reveals that OSHA’s top priorities include small business review of an injury and illness prevention program rule, a request for information on revision of OSHA’s permissible chemical exposure limits, and a
The Internal Revenue Service had some activity this past week that employers should keep an eye on. One was a new “Tax Gap” study, which analyzed the 2006 tax year. It found that overall compliance was statistically unchanged from 2001. Initial compliance was slightly better, but within the statistical margin for error, while payment
With jobs the main focus of the Administration and Congress (other than re-election, of course), it is worth identifying why jobs are so hard to come by. We have already mentioned the level of uncertainty in a previous post. Now CBS News has done an excellent job of explaining how small businesses are being