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Please Click HerePosted on February 23, 2011 by Mary Ellen Schill
The Internal Revenue Service office of Federal, State & Local Governments (FSLG) has developed a self-assessment tool as a resource to help governmental entities understand and comply with the complex nature of their federal tax responsibilities. FSLG helps coordinate activities with IRS offices to work with governmental employers to resolve tax problems. FSLG developed […]
Posted on February 15, 2011 by Ruder Ware Alumni
Governor Walker has proposed many changes to the Municipal Employment Relations Act (Section 111.70, Wis. Stats.) as part of the Budget Repair Bill to be considered by the Legislature this week. In the Repair Bill, a number of changes are proposed to state and municipal employee collective bargaining laws. While the exact changes are subject […]
Posted on February 11, 2011 by Ruder Ware Alumni
Part of President Obama’s enforcement agenda has been to direct the Department of Labor (DOL) to vigorously enforce the federal wage and hour laws and, particularly, the laws pertaining to exempt and non-exempt employees under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). Recently, the DOL assessed a huge sum against an employer for incorrectly classifying non […]
Posted on February 9, 2011 by Sara J. Ackermann
Last week, the United States Supreme Court decided the case of Thompson v. North American Stainless, LP. In a unanimous decision (Justice Kagan recusing herself), the Court held that Title VII’s anti-retaliation provision applied to an employee who was terminated after his fiancee filed a complaint against the company. Background North American Stainless (Stainless) fired […]
Posted on January 21, 2011 by Ruder Ware Alumni
With the passage of the Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA) almost guaranteed an impossibility as a result of recent national elections, one might conclude that labor unions didn’t get much bang for their buck for supporting the election of President Barack Obama in 2008. While EFCA may be dead, the underlying goals that prompted the […]
Posted on January 13, 2011 by Derek L. Prestin
On December 31, 2010, the Federal Trade Commission began enforcing the “Red Flags Rule” (the “Rule”), which may be found at 16 C.F.R. 681. However, on December 18, 2010, the Red Flag Program Clarification Act of 2010 was signed into law, which revised the scope of businesses to which the Rule applies. Consequently, the Rule […]
Posted on January 12, 2011 by Ruder Ware Alumni
Did you receive a notice from the IRS this year? Every year the IRS sends millions of letters and notices to taxpayers. There are various reasons the IRS sends notices to taxpayers. For example, the notice may request payment of taxes, notify you of a proposed deficiency of taxes or a change to your account, […]
Posted on January 7, 2011 by Mary Ellen Schill
Tax season for most taxpayers will begin on time, however, the Internal Revenue Service has advised many taxpayers to wait to file to allow the Service some time to reprogram its computers to reflect the 2010 Tax Relief Act’s changes. The taxpayers affected by Congress’s late passage of the Act are advised to wait until […]
Posted on January 6, 2011 by Ruder Ware Alumni
As many observers anticipated, the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”), prior to the expiration of Member Becker ‘s recess appointment on December 31, 2011, successfully promulgated and published a final rule adopting several so-called “quickie election” provisions designed to make union avoidance a more challenging proposition for private-sector employers. The final rule is available to […]
Posted on December 22, 2010 by Mary Ellen Schill
The Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization, and Job Creation Act of 2010 (“2010 Tax Relief Act”) provides a major change in the withholding of Social Security taxes from employees’ wages and provides for the extension of several other benefit related provisions that were set to expire on December 31, 2010. Attorney Melissa Kampmann recently authored […]