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New Legislation Curbs Impact Of Stock Options On Overtime Pay
"This article is about the legislation signed by President Clinton on May 18, 2000, amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 the FLSA so that employers do not have to include an employee's profit from an employee stock option in regular pay rates for the purpose of calculating overtime...
Tags: Stock Option, Legislation, Overtime, Stock, Pillsbury Winthrop, Stock Options & Grants, Stock Options, Benefits, Regulations, Investment, Human Resources, Government, Finance
White papers 2000-06-22
Comparative Study of Workplace Policy and Practices Contributing to Disability Nondiscrimination
To assess the impact of disability nondiscrimination legislation on employer practices in the United States and the United Kingdom. Study Design: U.S. and U.K. human resource professionals were surveyed about their experience with implementation of the legislation. Both U.S. and U.K. employers are responding to their respective legislation by making...
Tags: U.S., Legislation, Workplace, Health Care, U.K., Disability, Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA), Recruitment & Selection, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Human Resources, Gender And Diversity, Workforce Management, Enterprise Software, Software
White papers 2004-01-16
Work Choices Reform Legislation
In December 2005, the Federal Parliament passed the Work Choices legislation, creating a new industrial relations landscape. The legislation is both expansive and complex. Some of the more significant changes include: simplifying the Australian Workplace Agreement system; removal of constitutional corporations from the state systems; setting of new minimum wages...
Tags: Legislation, Mercer Human Resource Consulting, Payroll Solutions
White papers
The Influence Of Government Laws And Regulations On Mail Volumes
Governments often react rather than anticipate changes in society. In the past two decades rapid advancements in technology have driven governments to respond with legislation that validates or promotes new behavior with regard to internal and external communication between governmental agencies, private enterprises and constituents. This paper will examine the...
Tags: Legislation, Pitney Bowes Inc., Government, Regulations, Online Communications
White papers 2007-02-01
RedPrairie's 2008 Survey On Recall Legislation
In the wake of the multitude of recent product recalls, several pieces of legislation have been proposed to better regulate recalls. Earlier this year, the Senate and House passed legislation to beef up the Consumer Product Safety Commission, toughen penalties for violating safety laws, ban lead in children's products, and...
Tags: Legislation, RedPrairie, Recall, Survey, Food & Beverage, Government, Retail, Manufacturing
White papers 2008-04-01
Atlas America Inc. Q4 2008 Earnings Call Transcript
Question-and-Answer Session Operator Operator Instructions Your first question comes from Leon G. Cooperman - Omega Advisors, Inc. Leon G. Cooperman - Omega Advisors, Inc. Two questions. One, could you review the significance if any of President Obama’s tax plan as it regards intangible drilling costs and the significance to...
Tags: Legislation, Capital Management, Call Transcript, Earnings, Natural Gas, Atlas America Inc., Taxes, Balance Sheets, Free Trade, Telecom & Utilities, Personal Finance, Financial Planning, Finance, Financial Statements, Financial Accounting, Seeking Alpha
Earnings calls 2009-03-03
MAXIMUS, Inc. F2Q09 (Qtr End 03/31/09) Earnings Call Transcript
Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Thank you, ladies and gentlemen. At this time, we will be conducting a question-and-answer session. Operator Instructions Our first question today comes from Anurag Rana with KeyBanc Capital Markets. Adam Winn - KeyBanc Capital Markets This is Adam Winn for Anurag. A couple of question for you...
Tags: Legislation, Call Transcript, Consulting, Earnings, Maximus Inc., Outsourcing, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Seeking Alpha
Earnings calls 2009-05-07
Lucky Number 12? Biogenerics Legislation Trudges Forward
Biogenerics legislation is slowly, painfully making its way through Congress, and everyone's hackles are raised about exclusivity. The Senate voted on a bill providing 12 years, but Waxman is pushing for five years in the house. by Trista Morrison
Tags: Legislation, Trista Morrison
Blog posts 2009-07-16
Current Reform Legislation May Just Be Round One
Reimbursement changes are likely beyond what is included in the reform legislation. by Ken Terry
Tags: Legislation, Reimbursement Change, Ken Terry
Blog posts 2009-10-12
Changing the Rules of the Finance Game
Treasury head Tim Geithner wants to change the way Wall St. does business by creating a 'super regulator' to oversee failing insurance companies, banks and financial firms. Nancy Cordes reports.
Tags: Timothy Geithner, MoneyWatch, Insurance, Financial Services, Financial Accounting, Financial Planning, Regulations, Business Operations, Corporate Insurance, Finance, Government, Game, Regulator, Wall Street, Congress, Legislation, Business, Private, Corporation, Company, Stock, Derivative
Videos 2009-03-26
Jacked Up Interest Rates
The banking industry collects more than $15 billion a year in credit card penalty fees, a tenth of its revenue. President Obama wants new legislation to protect consumers. Anthony Mason reports.
Tags: Credit Card, Interest Rate, MoneyWatch, Banking Industry, Sales Channel, Financial Services, Sales, Anthony Mason, President Obama, Legislation, Consumers, Penalty, Fees
Videos 2009-04-23
Credit Card Changes: Bad News for Responsible Customers?
Congress could finish work on the Credit Card Bill of Rights today -- bringing some big changes to the industry. But not all of them will benefit the consumer.
Tags: Credit Card, MoneyWatch, Sales Channel, Financial Services, Sales, Credit Card Industry, Legislation, Consumer, Rate Hike, Congress
Videos 2009-05-20
Sarbanes-Oxley: Compliance With Corporate Governance and Industry Legislation With Protocom SecureLogin
The purpose of this document is to evaluate the impact of the U.S. Public Company Accounting Reform and Investor Protection Act of 2002 also known as the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. It provides an overview of the legislation, specifically related to IT security and gives an outline of the solutions that address...
Tags: Business Operations, Compliance, Corporate Governance, Corporate Law, Finance, Financial Accounting, Government, Human Resources, Legislation, Policies And Procedures, Protocom Development Systems, Regulations, Regulatory Compliance, Sarbanes-Oxley, Sarbanes-Oxley Act
White papers 2005-03-01
Trust But Verify: Compliance in a Regulated World
Regulations are usually imposed by government or by industry group in response to someone tipping the balance. The correct amount of legislation re-creates the needed balance while over legislation can tip it in the other direction. The federal government has also recognized the need to address "consumer mischief." The U.S....
Tags: Legislation, Compliance, Balance, Identity Theft, Government, Federal Government, Security
White papers 2005-01-24
Landmark Accounting Reform Legislation Signed into Law
High-profile business failures culminating in a media fixation on Enron called into question the effectiveness of the profession's self-regulatory process as well as the effectiveness of the audit to uphold the public trust in the capital markets. Legislation to address shortcomings in financial reporting was progressing in Congress and the...
Tags: Legislation, AICPA, Sarbanes-Oxley, Regulatory Compliance, Financial Services, Financial Planning, Financial Accounting, Regulations, Investment, Government, Finance, Human Resources, Policies And Procedures
White papers 2003-01-01
The First Summer After Enron, Or Honey, Who Shrank Our Retirement Account Balance?
This article takes a look at a number of issues that are of particular importance to fiduciaries who administer 401k plans and to the employers that maintain those plans, including timely 401k deferrals and Enron-inspired legislation on blackout periods. It remains to be seen how helpful the first post- Enron...
Tags: Legislation, 401(k) Plan, Enron Corp., 401(k), Retirement Plans, Investment, Human Resources, Benefits, Finance
White papers 2002-10-01
What Is The "Growing Smarter" Legislation All About?
On August 21, Acts 67 and 68 of 2000 took effect arising out of the action of the Pennsylvania House and Senate and signature by Governor Ridge on June 22, 2000. These two Acts have been referred to as the "Growing Smarter" or "Land Use Reform" legislation. The Acts have...
Tags: Legislation, Real Estate, Business Operations
White papers 2003-01-01
Practical Tips For Fielding Michigan's New Tax Foreclosure Legislations
With the passage of 1999 PA 123, the Legislature dramatically reshaped the future of the forfeiture, foreclosure, and sale of properties for delinquent taxes under the General Property Tax Act, GPTA. The title industry is still grappling with the effects of 1999 PA 123, and questions abound whether the new...
Tags: Legislation, Title Industry, Taxes, Free Trade, Financial Planning, Finance
White papers 2003-07-01
Big Outsourcing Market For Security Management Services Under Proposed "Consumer Privacy Protection Act Of 2003"
For few years, the European Union has had a Data Protection Directive that imposes certain obligations on those who collect, store, manipulate, maintain, update, forward, and disclose personally identifiable information PII of consumers. Existing U.S. federal legislation assuring privacy of such information is broad and extensive, but not generally applicable...
Tags: Legislation, Personally Identifiable Information, Security Management, Outsourcing, Business Services, Security, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting
White papers 2003-01-01
The Catch-22 of Check-21
This article provides an insight into the effects of Check 21 legislation and provides information on how to be prepared for it. When this legislation, goes into effect, and every bank in the country must be prepared to receive and process image replacement documents IRD as if they were regular...
Tags: Legislation, IBM Corp., Check 21, Financial Services
White papers 2004-05-18
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