Business Organization, Labor & Employment Law, Education Law

Five Years in the Making - IRS Releases Findings from Colleges and Universities Compliance Project

by Tyrone Thomas | Mintz Levin - Employment, Labor & Benefits on 5/13/2013

The IRS announced it is nearing completion of a five year long compliance project involving tax-exempt colleges and universities. The project, which began with questionnaires to 400 randomly-selected institutions, focused on...more

Recent PAC Rulings Find University And Park District In Violation Of Open Meetings Act

by Amy Kosanovich Dickerson | Franczek Radelet P.C. on 5/8/2013

In a recent decision, the Public Access Counselor (PAC) ruled that Western Illinois University Board of Trustees violated the Open Meetings Act (OMA) when it voted to terminate a faculty member in closed session. According to...more

Regulatory Focus on Colleges and Universities Is Increasing

by Marla K. Conley | Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis LLP on 5/8/2013

In the last two weeks, both the IRS and Congressional officials announced major milestones in the increasing regulatory focus on colleges and universities. First, the IRS emphasized misreported taxable income and...more

Massachusetts Governor Patrick Signs Law Mandating Fingerprint-Based Background Check

by Murphy, Hesse, Toomey & Lehane, LLP on 1/28/2013

On January 10, 2013, Governor Patrick signed “An Act Relative to Background Checks” (H.4307) into law. This law implements a wide reaching requirement for mandatory state and national fingerprint-based criminal background...more

Education Update, No. 1, January 2013: Heads Up For Schools With TIAA CREF 403(b) Plan Documents

by Callan G. Carter | Fisher & Phillips LLP on 1/4/2013

We try to alert our clients when we begin to see a trend developing. One trend our benefits attorneys have been addressing for private school clients is the fact that their third-party plan auditors have found that schools...more

Do's and Don'ts of Company Social Media Policies

by Joseph Minioza on 9/20/2012

This article addresses the purpose of social media policies for employers in California and provdes tips and recommendations for how to formulate an effective policy for their employees....more

EEOC Commissioner Chai Feldblum on Proactive EEO Compliance

by Thomas Econometrics on 3/27/2012

On March 16, 2012, EEOC Commissioner Chai Feldblum joined The Proactive Employer Podcast to share information about the Agency's outreach and education programs aimed at assisting the employer community with EEO...more

The Players: Why Founders Need Protection Too

by Jotham S. Stein on 1/16/2012

In today’s corporate environment few are invincible. Even founders get fired. Founders are the men and women who follow their dreams, build companies from the ground up, often forgoing paychecks for months or years on end....more

Irrational or Rational? To a meaningless degree

by karen mattonen on 5/6/2011

Do people use Education as an excuse; they are too lazy to write a better job ad, understand the job they are recruiting for; reduce the number of resumes they have to look at? What is more important, sheepskin or proven...more

5 Top Tips for Effective Managers to Ensure Compliance in 2011

by Richard Milner on 2/3/2011

The ever changing area of employment law shows no sign of slowing down in 2011 with a number of legislative changes coming into force. Here are our top 5 tips to protect your business in relation to the forthcoming...more

What Discretion Does a Board of Education Have in Issuing Alternative Work Schedules on Snow Days?

by Dinsmore & Shohl LLP on 2/1/2011

Already this year, many of Boards of Education in West Virginia have been faced with a number of school cancelations and delays as a result of inclement weather. A common question from school administrators is: What...more

The Extraordinary Internship Experience

by John Culbertson on 12/17/2010

Most everyone can recall a bad internship experience. You might have been the intern being mentored and getting a hands-on learning experience. Or perhaps you were the one doing the mentoring and managing. Either way, it left...more

Foreign Corrupt Practices Act: Charities, Colleges and Other Nonprofits: The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Really Apply To You

by Venable LLP on 11/10/2010

FCPA: A Brief History: Product of Watergate: Investigation revealed payments to foreign officials to obtain/retain business; Books and record keeping requirement; Internal procedures requirement evolved over time; Civil...more