March, 2010
Independent contractors being aimed at by IRS
In the next 3 years the IRS has announced that they plan in advance to perform 6,000 random audits of any businesses that use independent contractors. With record numbers of Americans out of work and more than half the states borrowing from the federal government to pay unemployment claims, the motivation driving the crackdown ...
WalMart medical marijuana policy sees former employee’s career gone to pot
In November of last year, WalMart fired an employee for failing a routine drug test. Under most circumstances, this would be a fairly routine action - a Society for Human Resource Management 2006 report found that 84% of employers drug test before hiring, and another 58% require testing after workplace accidents. However, the case of ...
