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IRS issues tax tips on early distributions from retirement plans

The IRS wants individuals who took an early distribution to know that there can be a tax impact.

Tags: IRS tax tips, filing taxes, retirement plans and early distribution, tax impact, Internal Revenue Service, early distributions and tax consequences, rollovers

EEOC responds: Employee’s refusal to shake hands with women due to Muslim religious belief

The EEOC advises that accommodation determinations should be fact-specific and not based merely on speculation.

Tags: EEOC, religious accommodation, Muslim employee refuses to shake hands with women, hostile work environment, sex discrimination, EEOC Associate Legal Counsel Peggy Mastroianni

Internet use poses litigation risk for employers, provides litigation tool for attorneys

Employers must figure out what, if anything, they want to do related to employees’ Internet use, according to an employment law attorney.

Tags: Katheleen Ehrhart, Internet law, employers monitoring employees use of the Internet, Internet policies at work, the Internet and workplace discrimination, policing workforce use of Internet, employee privacy and the Internet

DOL issues final H-2A temporary agricultural worker program rule, reverses Bush-era changes

The major change involves offering and paying the minimum wage rate to H-2A agricultural workers.

Tags: H-2A temporary agricultural worker program rule, DOL, reversal of Bush policy, minimum wage to farm workers, United Farm Workers Union

Whistleblowing to media not protected activity under SOX

According to a federal district court ruling,while SOX is intended to protect whistleblowers, only certain types of whistleblowing would be afforded protection.

Tags: SOX, Boeing whistleblowing media case, Tides v Boeing Co, SOX and retaliation, SOX and financial reporting, media disclosures and SOX, protected activities under SOX

OFCCP posts FAQ on Supreme Court`s Ricci decision

In Ricci v DeStefano, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the City of New Haven, Connecticut violated Title VII.

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