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

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

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

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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

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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

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

The Dept. of Defense, General Services Administration, and National Aeronautics and Space Administration have again delayed the requirement for federal contractors to utilize the federal government’s online E-Verify system for employment eligibility verification to Sept. Read more

The General Services Administration, Dept. of Defense, and National Aeronautics and Space Administration have agreed to postpone requiring federal contractors to use the E-Verify system to check employee work authorizations until June 30, 2009. Read more

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After a request by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the federal government has agreed to delay the implementation of a requirement for federal contractors and subcontractors to use the E-Verify program until February 20, 2009. The rule was scheduled to take effect on January 15.
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The number of employees who wanted full time work but could only obtain part time jobs (less than 35 hours per week) has been rising since mid 2006, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reports.
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More than 100,000 employers have signed up to participate in the E-Verify, a federal government program that enables participating employers to verify the employment eligibility of newly-hired employees online, USCIS says.
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According to its recent study, 62 percent of companies say that workplace productivity takes a dip during the holiday season, with most citing workflow snags as the main culprit, reports the Institute for Corporate Productivity.
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