Employment/Labor (U.S.)

Welcome to the U.S. Employment & Labor community group.  This group addresses all GRC issues that arise for companies that must address employment and labor requirements and risks in the United States. In addition, there are several community groups that address specific aspects of employment as they arise both in the U.S. and globally.

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Guides

OCEG Jurisdiction Survey: Privacy - State Laws Regarding Employee Access to Personnel Records

Standards and Guidelines

U.S. Employment/Labor: Compensation Domain Supplement
U.S. Employment/Labor: Contingent Workforce Domain Supplement
U.S. Employment/Labor: Executive Compensation Domain Supplement
U.S. Employment/Labor: Global Migration Domain Supplement
U.S. Employment/Labor: Harassment Prevention Domain Supplement
U.S. Employment/Labor: Labor Relations Domain Supplement
U.S. Employment/Labor: Termination and RIFs Domain Supplement
U.S. Employment/Labor: Whistleblowing & Retaliation Domain Supplement
U.S. Employment/Labor: Workplace Violence & Disaster Preparedness Domain Supplement
FASB, Proposed Accounting Standards Update: Compensation—Retirement Benefits—Multiemployer Plans (Subtopic 715-80): Disclosure about an Employer’s Participation in a Multiemployer Plan (September 1, 2010)

Jurisdiction Surveys

U.S. Compensation State Juridiction Survey - Holidays and Days of Rest

Articles

Does your Company’s Internet Policy Comply with Labor Law? (2010)
Separation Pay Arrangements Under Section 409A (July 2010)
Dodd-Frank Strengthens Whistleblower Rights, Diminishes Employer Defenses (August 2010)
FASB Proposes Disclosures About an Employer’s Participation in Multiemployer Plans (Deloitte, September 2010)
Employer Liability for an Employee's Bad Acts (2010)
Employees who quit in anticipation of business closure count as “employment losses” under the WARN Act (2011)

Agency Guidances

DOL/WHD, Fact Sheet #13: Employment Relationship Under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) (Rev. July 2009)
USCIS, Interim Guidance on the Department of Labor’s final rule, Labor Certification for the Permanent Employment of Aliens in the U.S.; Reducing the Incentives and Opportunities for Fraud and Abuse and Enhancing Program Integrity (2007)
DOL, Compliance Assistance: Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA) Information
DOL, Interim Procedures for Internal Claims and Appeals under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Technical Release No. 2010-02 (2010)
DOL, State Right-to-work Laws
FLSA Overtime Security Advisor - Occupational Index
DOL, Family and Medical Leave Act Advisor
FLSA, Fact Sheets: Fair Labor Standards Act Amendments of 1996
FLSA, Questions and Answers about the Fair Labor Standards Act - Wages, Pay and Benefits
IRS, Publication 15-A (1/2010), Employer's Supplemental Tax Guide
DOL, Fact Sheet #35: Joint Employment and Independent Contractors under the Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act (Rev. 2008)
DOL, Field Operations Handbook, Chapter 10 - FLSA Coverage - Employment Relationship, Statutory Exclusions, Geographical Limits
DOL, Hiring Workers Under 18
DOL, Fact Sheet #21: Recordkeeping Requirements under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
DOL, Compliance Assistance - Hiring Issues: Testing
DOL, Compliance Assistance - Hiring Issues: Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO)
DOL, Employment Law Guide: Laws, Regulations, and Technical Assistance Services
EEOC, Questions & Answers for Small Employers on Employer Liability for Harassment by Supervisors (Rev. 2010)
EEOC, Sexual Harassment Guidance Documents
Model EEO Programs Must Have An Effective Anti-Harassment Program
DOL - Compliance Assistance, Employee Polygraph Protection Act (EPPA)

Forms

FLSA, Form 226A, Supplemental Data Sheet for Application for Authority to Employ Workers with Disabilities at Special Minimum Wages
FLSA, Instructions for Form WH-226: The Payment of Special Minimum Wages to Workers with Disabilities Under Section 14(c) of the Fair Labor Standards Act
DOL, DBRA Standard Form (SF) 308 - Request For Wage Determination and Response to Request
DOJ, Charge Form for Unfair Immigration-Related Employment Practices

Postings

Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) Poster (Rev January 2009)
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) Minimum Wage Poster (Rev. 2009)
Notice of Employee Rights Concerning Payment of Union Dues Poster
Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act (MSPA) Poster English/Spanish Version
DOL/VETS - Your Rights Under USERRA Poster, Federal (Rev 2008)
OSC, Prohibited Personnel Practices Poster
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 - EEOC Consolidated Poster (Rev. 2009)
Job Safety & Health Protection Poster (English)
Notice to Workers with Disabilities/Special Minimum Wage Poster (Rev 2009)
DOL, Employee Polygraph Protection Act (EPPA) Poster
OSC, Whistleblower Retaliation Poster
OSC, Disclosures, Whistleblowing Poster
Service Contract Act / Walsh-Healey Poster
Notice of Employee Rights Concerning Payment of Union Dues for Contractors Subject to the Railway Labor Act Poster

Research / Studies

Best Practices of Private Sector Employers - EEOC Task Force Report (1997)
CRS Report for Congress - Health Insurance Continuation Coverage Under COBRA (Updated March 29, 2005)
ACFE's 2010 Report to the Nations on Occupational Fraud and Abuse
GAO, Employee Misclassification: Improved Coordination, Outreach, and Targeting Could Better Ensure Detection and Prevention (2009)

Agency Web Sites

DOL/ETA : Foreign Labor Certification, iCERT Portal
DOL/ETA: Foreign Labor Certification
HHS, Office for Civil Rights: Health Information Privacy
DOL, Health Plans & Benefits, Employee Retirement Income Security Act - ERISA
DOL, Questions regarding Affordable Care Act Implementation
DOL, Revised Final Regulations Under the Family and Medical Leave Act
U.S. Department of Labor, Wage and Hour Division
DOL, Veterans' Employment & Training Service (VETS)
DOL, Affirmative Action
U.S. Department of Labor (DOL), Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP)
DOL / EBSA - Affordable Care Act Web Site

National Regulations

INA Regulations - Labor Certification Process for Permanent Employment of Aliens in the United States
DOL / ESBA, Final Interim Rule: Reasonable Contract or Arrangement Under Section 408(b)(2)—Fee Disclosure (July 16, 2010)
29 CFR Part 779.233 - Independent contractors performing work for an enterprise.
Family and Medical Leave Act - What employers are covered by the Act?

White Papers

Strategic Initiatives for the World at Work, Littler Mendelson PC (2005 - 2006)
Preemployment Background Screening Guideline (ASIS, 2009)

National Laws

DOL, Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (FMLA), Public Law 103-3

Books / Publications

Human Resource Executive Online

Other

Transcript: The Role of FCRA in Employee Background Checks and the Collection of Medical Information (2003)

State / Provincial Laws

DOL, Minimum Wage Laws in the States
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