On October 23, 2008, the EEOC announced that Nassau County on Long Island will pay $450,000 to settle an age discrimination lawsuit filed on behalf of several police officers in the Marine Bureau. The EEOC alleged in its lawsuit that Nassau County...
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Senate Bill Introduced To Prevent Employers From Misclassifying Employees As Independent Contractors
by Patricia Schaeffer, Vice President-Regulatory AffairsOn September 29, 2008, Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-MA) introduced a new bill (Employee Misclassification Prevention Act, S. 3648) that would amend the Fair Labor Standards Act to clarify that...
by Patricia Schaeffer, Vice President-Regulatory AffairsEEOC Commissioners Stuart Ishimaru and Christine Griffin submitted comments to the Department of Health and Human Services in response to its August 25, 2008 notice of proposed rulemaking...
by Patricia Schaeffer, Vice President-Regulatory AffairsA bill entitled “Protect Citizens and Residents from Unlawful Raids and Detention Act (S. 3594) was introduced September 25 by Sen. Robert Menendez (D-NJ). The purpose of the bill is to provide...
by Patricia Schaeffer, Vice President-Regulatory AffairsThe U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that Blacks and Hispanics disproportionately suffer from serious labor market problems despite gains in average educational...