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Preparing for a Visit From 'Mr. OSHA': Response Protocols for Employers
My friend Tom was working a construction job one summer when an Occupational Safety & Health Administration compliance officer pulled up at the worksite. A co-worker remarked, "Mr. OSHA's here? Hey, Tom, I know that dude. He came to the last job I worked."Immigration lawyers outraged by DOL audit bulletin
Immigration lawyers from all over the country are up in arms over an announcement by the Department of Labor that aims to clarify the rules that can trigger audits of immigration labor applications. The DOL issued the "guidance bulletin" only weeks after announcing it was auditing certain applications filed by New York's Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy, the nation's largest immigration law firm. Kathleen Campbell Walker, president of the American Immigration Lawyers Association, which has more than 11,000 members, said the bulletin did little to clarify attorneys' crucial role of providing advice during a complicated legal process.Large firms pay many Texas associates bigger bonuses
Many associates are richer due to bonus money. Large firms in Texas paid bonuses roughly equivalent to what they paid associates for 2006 work. The generous bonuses are in addition to salary raises that many big firms gave associates in 2007 as the Texas base salary for first-year associates increased to $160,000. "We felt like some of the associates ... were working excess hours, and we felt we should provide a special bonus to them," says Stanley Mayo, managing partner of Patton Boggs' Dallas office.Responding to Public Health Crises
Businesses have responded when the nation has faced public health emergencies resulting from recent natural disasters, and they will be called upon to prepare for the next series of disasters and to deal with the emergence of a new potentially virulent influenza strain. It is vital for executives to understand the legal framework that will surround their companies during an emergency.Trending Stories
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