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Federal Employee Misclassification Protection Legislation Introduced
Late last week, Ohio Senator Sherrod Brown introduced the Employee Misclassification Protection Act (EMPA), which would prevent and penalize workers from misclassifying workers as independent contractors, and provide those workers with the protections and benefits they would have earned. The legislation would amend the Fair Labor Standards Act and the Social Security Act. Employers would [...]
New York, Ohio Deal with Reduction in Force Notice Laws
The New York State Department of Labor has substantially revised its New York State Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (NYS WARN) regulations. The state statute, which took effect February 1, 2009, is more stringent than the federal law in that ninety (90) days’ written notice of a mass layoff, plant closing, covered reduction in [...]