The National Labor Relations Board ruled yesterday that the simple misclassification of employees as independent contractors does not necessarily violate the National Labor Relations Act. In a split 3-1 decision in Velox Express Inc., the agency found that simply misclassifying workers as independent contractors instead of employees does not interfere with the workers’ rights to…
Read More »NLRB also gave another win to an employer last week in the Bexar County Performing Arts Center Foundation decision. In that case, the NLRB Board overruled an administrative law judge’s finding that the employer could not prohibit workers in the employ of a subcontractor of the employer from distributing protest leaflets to patrons attending the…
Read More »The 2020 contribution rate for the New York Paid Family Leave (NYPFL) program was scheduled to be set by September 1 (Sunday), but had yet to be announced at press time. The contribution rate, which was 0.153% of an employee’s wages for 2019, is the percentage of an employee’s wages that must be paid into…
Read More »In the catalogue of government overreach, or nanny-state actions of late, we’d hasten to submit Oregon at the state level and old favorite San Francisco in the local community category. Just a few weeks ago, Oregon Governor Kate Brown signed into law Senate bill 1019, which provides that beginning in the year 2024, all eggs…
Read More »The Service Employees International Union (SEIU) and their Fight for $15 effort now appear to be targeting roadside service plazas for their latest unionization efforts, and the strategy will be a tough one to defeat. Clearly, the roadside service areas are government-owned, making protests and rallies at the sights more politically potent. On Wednesday, the…
Read More »Despite initiating an upgrade to its data loss prevention plan 8 years ago, the IRS still does not have all systems operational. According to a new report issued this week by the Office of the Treasury Inspector, the agency has taken some steps to prevent the loss of personally identifiable information through email, but “continued…
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Retired New England Patriot ‘blindside’ tackle Matt Light will be the featured speaker at this year’s Hall of Fame Induction Luncheon to conclude the 2019 DDIFO National Conference on October 28 & 29 at Foxwoods Resort & Casino in Mashantucket, Connecticut. Matt Light, who himself has been elected into both the Purdue University Athletic Hall…
Read More »Although they haven’t taken or scheduled any formal actions yet, unionized workers at a supply distributor that services about 900 Starbucks formally authorized a strike last week. The workers, approximately 300 drivers and warehousemen, and members of the Teamsters Union Local 710, are employed at 4 DPI Specialty Foods Inc. facilities in Chicago, Indianapolis, Minneapolis…
Read More »Take a look at the full agenda for the Restaurant Finance and Development Conference and you will notice that Dunkin’ CFO Kate Jaspon will be one of the presenters on the The CFO Forum panel; Nicole Miller Regan, of Piper Jaffrey and a panelist at the DDIFO National Conference in New Orleans last year, will…
Read More »The US Department of Labor (DOL) last week submitted a proposal to the White House Office of management and Budget (OMB) that would alter how employers must calculate overtime for certain employees. Under the Fair Labor Standards Act, overtime-eligible employees must be paid time and a half for any hours over 40 in a workweek.…
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