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Please Click HerePosted on January 28, 2016 by Ruder Ware Alumni
Recent guidance from the Department of Labor has created a stir regarding two or more businesses that could be considered joint employers and thereby held jointly and severally responsible for complying with minimum wage and overtime pay requirements of the federal Fair Labor Standards Act. Under guidance issued by Wage and Hour Division Administrator, Dr. […]
Posted on January 27, 2016 by Ruder Ware Alumni
A recent decision from the Federal Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals has created some question regarding the definition of supervisor under the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA). In a recent, unpublished decision, the Fourth Circuit upheld the finding by the National Labor Relations Board (Board) that certain supervisors of the company did not actually qualify […]
Posted on January 25, 2016 by Ruder Ware Alumni
Staying up-to-date and compliant with new laws, rules, and regulations is an ever increasing cost of doing business. Despite the fact that at the end of 2015 Congress took important steps to provide businesses with long-term certainty by permanently extending the federal Research and Development Tax Credit and the Section 179 expensing deduction, much was […]
Posted on January 11, 2016 by Ruder Ware Alumni
A recent lawsuit filed by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is a reminder that employers have a duty to accommodate an applicant for employment if the applicant identifies the need for accommodations during the application/interview process. The EEOC recently sued McDonalds Corporation for its alleged refusal to interview a deaf job applicant. The applicant indicated […]
Posted on January 11, 2016 by Ruder Ware Alumni
Introduction In the Odyssey, Homer told of the inescapable sailing hazards that confronted Odysseus: the six-headed sea monster, Scylla, on one side of a strait and a whirlpool, Charybdis, on the other. Odysseus chose to avoid losing all to the whirlpool and take his chances with the monster. This was a good choice; Odysseus made […]
Posted on January 7, 2016 by Ruder Ware Alumni
A federal judge for the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin has dismissed a claim by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) that a company’s wellness program violates the American’s with Disabilities Act (“ADA”). The company, which has a manufacturing facility in Baraboo, Wisconsin, offered to its employees the ability to participate […]
Posted on December 30, 2015 by Ruder Ware Alumni
Companies that use anhydrous ammonia as a refrigerant may be regulated by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (“EPA”) Risk Management Plan program under the Clean Air Act and by OSHA’s Process Safety Management program under the Occupational Safety and Health Act. Section 112(r)(1) of the Clean Air Act provides that owners and operators of stationary […]
Posted on December 21, 2015 by Mary Ellen Schill
Falling gasoline prices have finally gotten the attention of the IRS! Late last week the IRS issued the standard mileage rates for determining the deductible cost for operating automobiles for various purposes (business, medical, charitable) beginning January 1, 2016. Details can be found here. Of most interest to employers, the mileage rate for business mileage […]
Posted on December 21, 2015 by Mary Ellen Schill
The Internal Revenue Service has announced the optional standard mileage rates for computing the deductible cost of operating an automobile for business, medical, and moving expenses for 2016, and the reduced rates reflect the decrease in gasoline prices. Effective January 1, 2016, the optional standard mileage rates will decrease to 54 cents per mile for […]
Posted on December 14, 2015
Ruder Ware Law Firm and its attorneys have come together to pledge a collective gift of $150,000 to the Confluence Arts Center. The gift incorporates individual commitments from several attorneys in the firm, as well as a discount in the legal services Ruder Ware has provided the Confluence Project since its inception in 2011. In […]