Aug 24, 2011 | Professional Employer Organization
The Consumer Price Index for Denver Boulder Greeley has increased by 3.8%, which means a new minimum wage rate for 2012. The minimum wage rule enacted in 2006 to the Colorado Constitution requires the state’s minimum wage rate to be adjusted each year...
Aug 19, 2011 | Professional Employer Organization
The decision has been made. You have chosen to end the employment relationship between you and one of your employees. You suspect that they have been stealing tips from the cash drawer and pocketing them as their own. You are pretty sure the week’s...
Aug 16, 2011 | Professional Employer Organization
The Department of Labor and Employment has submitted a draft proposed rule to establish fines associated with employee misclassification. If this rule is approved and enacted, an employer who willfully misclassified an employee as an independent contractor will be...
Aug 15, 2011 | Professional Employer Organization
On August 01, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced guidelines regarding health insurance plans and what was required to be covered for preventative services for women. We have summarized a recent newsletter post by BLR here and...
Aug 10, 2011 | Unemployment
Back in March of this year, the Maine Unemployment Insurance Commission overturned a lower ruling and awarded unemployment benefits to an employee that was fired for illegally downloading 800 music files onto her work computer. The Portland Press Herald reported that...
