Small business owners will be glad to note that a federal appeals court on Tuesday temporarily blocked the National Labor Relations Board from requiring millions of businesses to put up posters informing workers of their right to form a union. The rule requiring most private employers to display the posters was supposed to take effect on [...]

A bill touted as a  job-creation bill that would increase the minimum wage and require mandatory paid sick leave, along with other regulations, was introduced in the Senate. The legislation was proposed on March 29, 2012 by Senator Tom Harkin (D-Iowa)  who is  chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee. The wide-ranging [...]

Some Tennessee employers have been offered some payroll tax filing relief by the IRS. Specifically, employers in Bradley, Claiborne, DeKalb, Hamilton, Jackson, McMinn, Monroe, Overton and Polk counties which were declared federal disaster areas after severe weather in late February allows the IRS to postpone certain deadlines for taxpayers who reside or have a business in the [...]