Legal Compliance

As a condition of each future contract, federal contractors must agree to use E-Verify to verify the employment eligibility of all persons hired during the contract term and all persons performing work within the United States on the federal contract.

 Religious discrimination charge filings with the EEOC nationwide have risen substantially over the past 15 years, doubling from 1,388 in fiscal year 1992 to a record level of 2,880 in FY 2007.

Although the majority of workers (60 percent) reporting that having a diverse workforce is a top priority for their employer, 47 percent have felt discriminated against at the office.

Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff confirmed that DHS has stepped up its worksite enforcement efforts, in a July 9, 2008, blog entry.

The IRS has issued guidance specifying 2009 inflation-adjusted amounts for health savings accounts (HSAs).

The number of states with prohibitions in private sector worksites, restaurants, and/or bars rose from 8 to 25, and the number of states with no such prohibitions fell from 16 to 8, the report said.

Increase in IRS Mileage Rate Effective July 1, 2008, the standard mileage rate for the use of a car (including vans, pickups, or panel trucks) is 58.5 cents per mile. The rate for January 1, 2008 through June 30, 2008

A federal district court ruled that an employee's Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) claim failed, as his duration of incapacity did not exceed three days.

Workplace bullying can create negative work environments and unhealthy consequences for employees, according to researchers at the “Seventh International Conference on Work, Stress and Health.”

On January 22, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals declined to hear the request of FedEx Ground, an operating unit of FedEx Corp, for interlocutory review of the class certification decision in a Kansas case pending before a US District Court in Indiana. The ruling paves the way for the court to rule on remaining class certification decisions.