Since its enactment in 2010, the Affordable Care Act (ACA) has generated debate and questions about the law’s impact on third-party staffing arrangements. With the effective date of the ACA’s “pay-or-play” employer mandate just weeks away for...
This one is a real headache.Sam oversees a storage area for the Connecticut Department of Transportation (ConnDOT) and during certain times of the year, his position requires a fairly extensive amount of overtime. For years, Sam has suffered from “cluster headaches,”...
If you read this blog, attend presentations on wage and hour issues, or just shudder every time you read about another overtime or minimum wage lawsuit, you might assume that all employees are covered by the federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and its regulations....
For many employers, the effective date of the Affordable Care Act’s “play-or-pay” mandate is only weeks away. The impending deadline comes amid questions about the future—and perhaps viability—of the law itself. Entering 2015, the ACA faces...
Another NLRB bombshell. The NLRB used to “defer” statutory issues to arbitration. For example, if an employer and union arbitrated the issue of an employee’s discharge for good cause, the NLRB would not then prosecute an unfair labor practice (“ULP”) charge over...
