Employer Guidelines for Background Checks
 If you are thinking of hiring a new employee, you may be interested in conducting a background check. Before initiating a background check, it's important for you to know the laws and guidelines to follow.
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Sexual Harassment — Know the Basics
 Sexual harassment is a form of sex discrimination that violates Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Most employers know that it is illegal to make hiring or work-related decisions based on a person’s sex. However, it is also vitally important to understand how harassment in the workplace can lead to violating Title VII.
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Transportation Benefits - the Latest Guidelines
 Are you considering providing transportation benefits to your employees? These qualified transportation fringe benefits are excluded from an employee's gross income for income tax purposes and from an employee's wages for payroll tax purposes. The following are the latest federal guidelines.
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Confidentiality and Non-Competition Agreements: Protecting Your Club
 Did you know that your club has trade secrets? Many companies assume that only exotic information like the formula for Coca Cola constitutes a trade secret. However, the concept is much larger. Your member lists, business practices, business plans, and much of the information which you use to run your club—all are trade secrets. Keeping that information confidential and away from your competitors or the public is important.
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FMLA Military Leave Rights Expanded
 Effective Oct. 28, 2009, the Family & Medical Leave Act provides extended benefits to military families. The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 (H.R. 2647) expands FMLA active duty leave to cover service members of the regular Armed Forces during deployment to a foreign country.
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U.S. Department of Labor Publishes Supplemental FAQs about the 2009 Form 5500
 The U.S. Labor Department has published supplemental FAQs to Schedule C of the 2009 Form 5500 Annual Return/Report of Employee Benefit Plan. The FAQs are intended to provide guidance on questions from plans and service providers on requirements for reporting service provider fees and other kinds of compensation on the Schedule.
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