Labor & Employment Developments Blog

The Hiring Incentive to Restore Employment Act (HIRE Act), also referred to as the Jobs Bill, provides tax credits to businesses that hire unemployed workers. The bill grants employers an exemption for their Social Security (FICA) payroll contribution for every new employee hired after February 3, 2010, and before January 1, 2011.

The Ohio Supreme Court delivered a major victory for employers this week by upholding the constitutionality of Ohio's intentional tort statute. 

As most everyone has heard due to the 24-hour news cycle, the House passed healthcare reform.  Specifically, the House passed the U.S. Senate’s Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (H.R. 3590) and the Health Care and Education Affordability Reconciliation Act of 2010 (H.R. 4872), a bill intended to fix certain aspects of the Senate’s original bill. 

So you just got comfortable with your blog, LinkedIn, and Twitter.  What about location based social media?  Part game and part micro blog, these websites allow you to check in throughout your day with your location and related comments while earning various online honors and prizes. 

There has been a lot of news coverage lately of Rep. Eric Massa’s resignation and apparently related allegations of harassment of male staffers. 

David Meerman Scott at The Huffington Post suggests that the U.S. Department of Defense new social media policy is superior to that of many companies.