On March 18, 2010, President Obama signed the Hiring Incentives to Restore Employment Act (“HIRE”), which provides a number of tax credits designed to stimulate employment, including one for business that hire unemployed workers. Employers of a “qualified employee” are excused from paying the employer’s portion of Social Security taxes on that employee’s wages in 2010. [...]
Recent Developments
- Section 1981 is alive and well
- Jan 27, 2012
- Rights under FMLA may begin before leave itself
- Jan 25, 2012
- FLSA collective action permitted in arbitration
- Jan 23, 2012
- A refresher on Ellerth-Faragher
- Jan 16, 2012