THE TEXAS PERSONNEL ADVISOR NEWSLETTER



February 26, 2009

In this issue:
 

President Signs Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act

Stimulus Bill Provides Federal Subsidy For COBRA Premiums

New I-9 Form Delayed

Executive Order Eliminates Beck Notice Requirement

CVS Pays $2.25 Million To Settle HIPAA Privacy Case

Tips On Preventing Identity Theft  

Valuable New Resource Available For Employers

Bias Against Female Drivers Cost Trucking
Company $2.43 Million
 
 

PRESIDENT SIGNS LILLY LEDBETTER FAIR PAY ACT

On January 29, 2009, President Obama signed the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009 (LLFPA) into law. The legislation (SB 181) restores the EEOC’s longstanding position that pay discrimination is actionable under federal law, regardless of when the discrimination began.  Read more...
 

STIMULUS BILL PROVIDES FEDERAL SUBSIDY FOR COBRA PREMIUMS 

On February 17, 2009, President Obama signed into law an economic stimulus bill that includes significant COBRA changes for employers. The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA), contains a temporary federal government subsidy to cover 65% of the cost of COBRA premiums for employees who were involuntarily terminated between September 1, 2008 and December 31, 2009.  Read more...
 

NEW I-9 FORM DELAYED 

On Friday, January 30, the USCIS announced a 60-day delay in requiring the new I-9 Form. As mentioned in a previous Hot News article, a new version of the I-9 (revision date “Rev. 02/02/09 N”) was scheduled to go into effect on February 2, 2009. However, the USCIS has pushed back the effective date until April 3, 2009.  Read more...
 

EXECUTIVE ORDER ELIMINATES BECK NOTICE REQUIREMENT 

On January 30, 2009, President Obama signed the “Notification of Employee Rights” Executive Order 13496, which specifically revokes a previous Executive Order and eliminates the “Beck” notice requirements. The Beck notice was a requirement under the Bush Administration that ordered federal contractors to post a notice advising employees of certain rights, such as the right not to join a union.  Read more...
 

CVS PAYS 2.25 MILLION TO SETTLE HIPAA
PRIVACY CASE  

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) have announced that CVS, the nation’s largest retail pharmacy chain, will pay the U.S. government a $2.25 million settlement and take corrective action to ensure it does not violate the privacy of its millions of patients when disposing of patient information such as identifying information on pill bottle labels.  Read more...
 

TIPS ON PREVENTING IDENTITY THEFT 

A recent study revealed that identity theft is more widespread than ever, with nearly 10 million American victims losing $48 billion in 2008. The number of victims rose 22% to a record 9.9 million in 2008 from 8.1 million a year earlier, with about one in 23 U.S. adults becoming victims...  Read more...
 

VALUABLE NEW RESOURCE AVAILABLE FOR EMPLOYERS

U.S. Department of Labor's Working Partners for an Alcohol- and Drug-Free Workplace recently added two new useful resources to its Web site to assist employers and others in maintaining a drug-free workplace.  Read more...
 

BIAS AGAINST FEMALE DRIVERS COST TRUCKING
COMPANY 2.43 MILLION 

An interstate trucking firm has agreed to pay $2.43 million and provide other remedial relief to a class of women to settle a discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). The EEOC had charged in the litigation that the company denied a class of qualified female applicants employment as truck drivers or dockworkers since 1997, while men were placed in these positions during the same period.  Read more...

 

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