by e-LawLines | Apr 30, 2014 | Employment Law, Small Business Law, Taxation
In U.S. v. Quality Stores, Inc., No. 12-1408, (U.S. 3/25/14), the Supreme Court determined that payments made to employees pursuant to an involuntary termination would be subject to Federal Insurance Contributions Act (FICA) taxes. Quality Stores, as a result of an...
by e-LawLines | Mar 4, 2014 | Corporate Law, Employment Law, Small Business Law, Taxation
The Department of the Treasury and Internal Revenue Service, on Feb. 10, 2014, issued final regulations regarding the employer shared responsibility provisions under the Affordable Care Act (ACA). The employer shared responsibility provisions generally require an...
by e-LawLines | Feb 24, 2014 | Employment Law
On Feb. 11, 2014, the Missouri Court of Appeals upheld a denial of unemployment benefits with respect to an employee who violated her employer’s no-fault attendance policy in large part because of ongoing car troubles. Under the employer’s attendance...
by e-LawLines | Feb 12, 2014 | Employment Law, Litigation
A former employee of Bi-State Development Agency of Missouri–Illinois Metropolitan District sued her employer for alleged supervisor sexual harassment in violation of Title VII. The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a summary judgment in favor of the employer....
by e-LawLines | Jan 21, 2014 | Corporate Law, Employment Law, Small Business Law, Taxation
There are a variety of issues and considerations for individuals and employers, both large and small, regarding the Affordable Care Act (“ACA”), or Obamacare, going into 2014. These include the implementation of the individual mandate, Small Business...
by e-LawLines | Jan 7, 2014 | Employment Law, Litigation
While the idiom “wipe the slate clean” is popular at the beginning of a new year, it constituted a legal breach of employment agreements when the former employee installed Eraser 6, a data-wiping software, on his computer. In this federal court case, there...
