In 2007, the United States Supreme Court ruled that a female employee who was paid less than her male counterparts failed to timely file her discrimination suit because the disparate pay was instigated years before she actually found out about the pay differential. The court, in Ledbetter v. Goodyear, rejected the plaintiff’s argument that the [...]
Archive for April, 2008
Senate Defeats Fair Pay Restoration Act: Ledbetter Reigns
Posted in Discrimination, Harassment or Retaliation, tagged Discrimination, Disparate Treatment, EEOC, Fair Pay Act, harassment, Ledbetter, SOL, statute of limitations on April 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
IRS Pushes Independent Contractor/Employee Issue
Posted in Hiring, Policies & Best Practices, tagged 1040, 8919, classification, employer employee relationship, independent contractor, misclassification, ss-8, taxes on April 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The IRS appears to be taking stronger steps toward ensuring employees are not misclassified as independent contractors. The IRS “considers this a major issue of non-compliance.” The IRS encourages workers that believe they have been misclassified to file a Form SS-8 with the IRS to challenge the determination and to get the IRS to reclassify [...]
