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Employers will be receiving more employees and applicants returning from military service, and those returning from combat. This week’s Feature from CCH Daily Document Update provides advice for employers and returning veterans from Harry Croft M.D., a former Army doctor and a psychiatrist who has evaluated more than 7,000 veterans for PTSD, and author of the book I Always Sit With My Back to The Wall.

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Feature of the Week

E-Verify, a free web-based program that “verifies” whether an individual is legally permitted to work in the United States, has been promoted by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services as “the best means available to determine the employment eligibility of new employee hires,” and “a smart, simple and effective tool.” However, according to one immigration expert, E-Verify presents employers with the choice of discriminating, or suffering a substantial cost in hiring. This week’s Feature from CCH News offers a commentary from Michael Wildes, a managing Partner at Wildes & Weinberg PC, a prominent immigration law firm.

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Feature of the Week

Understanding the future workforce can be a key element in deciding how to structure the work environment, as well as determining what kind of benefits would give the business a cost-effective result. This week’s Feature from CCH News reports on a study of 16- to 29-year-olds around the world, also called "Millennials;" Millennials are the most diverse group of employees in history, according to one HR experts, and when companies understand the commonalities, they will be better able to manage Millennials in the workplace.

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Feature of the Week

When Governor Abercrombie signed the Hawaii civil unions bill into law, it opened up a host of issues concerning employee benefits, what will be required for employers under state law after January 1, 2012, and what federal laws may require or even trump. Hawaii employers will have to navigate a path among the competing requirements, and this week’s Feature is an analysis from HEC General Counsel Clayton Kamida concerning the likely impact on employer health insurance and other benefit plans, Hawaii Family Leave Law requirements, non-ERISA employer benefits, FMLA and COBRA benefits, taxes, and collective bargaining agreements.

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Child Labor Instructions and Application for Certificate

Child Labor Instructions and Application for Certificate

Child Labor State Administrative Rules August 2003

Child Labor State Administrative Rules August 2003

Child Labor Federal Fact Sheet July 2010

Child Labor Federal Fact Sheet July 2010

IRS Will Launch Random Employment Tax Audits in November, Tax Attorney Warns

GJ Stillson MacDonnell

The Internal Revenue Service will be auditing the employment taxes paid by 5,000 randomly selected for-profit and non-profit employers beginning in November, a Littler Mendelson attorney recently warned. Read more

( Categories : Employment | Enforcement )

Feds Looking to Fill 273,000 Critical Jobs by 2012

Federal Workers

Nearly 273,000 “mission-critical” federal employment opportunities will be available from October 1, 2009 through September 30, 2012 according to the Partnership for Public Service.

The Partnership’s report Where the Jobs Are, identifies the Read more

( Categories : Employment )

IRS Offers 10 Tips on Independent Contractors

The Internal Revenue Service offers the top ten tips businesses should know in hiring independent contractors, as part of its Summertime Tax Tip series.

The IRS says it uses three characteristics in determining whether there is an employment relationship versus an independent contractor: Behavioral Control (who has a r Read more

( Categories : Employment | Independent Contractor )

1 in 6 Public Health Workers (on Mainland) Say They Wouldn’t Work in Flu Emergency

Approximately 1 in 6 public health workers said they would not report to work during a pandemic flu emergency regardless of its severity, according to a survey led by Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health researchers.

Still, this was an improvement from 2005, when more than 40 percent of p Read more

( Categories : Employment )

“No Match” Rule To Be Rescinded by DHS; E-Verify for Federal Contractors Still Supported

Janet Napolitano

Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano has announced support for a regulation that will award federal contracts only to employers who use E-Verify to check employee work authorization, but at the same time said that DH Read more

( Categories : Employment | Immigrant Worker )

DLIR Analysis a Must for Hawaii Companies Using Independent Contractors

DLIRWorker

Employers in Hawaii who use independent contractors are advised to make sure that the Dept. Read more

( Categories : Employment )