No VETS-4212 Filing Requirement for Federal Contractors Who Earn HIRE Vets Medallion Award

In a recent decision, a California Court of Appeal upheld a trial court’s finding that an arbitration agreement was unconscionable. The appellate court also upheld the lower court’s refusal to sever the nonoffensive parts of the agreement from the unconscionable provisions. In finding that the agreement was “permeated with unconscionability,” the court pointed to the agreement’s “systemic lack of mutuality” in favor of the employer without justification.

On March 23, President Barack Obama signed into law the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), the first of two interrelated bills that together will embody Congress’s comprehensive health care reform legislation. The second piece of the legislative package is H.R. 4872, entitled the “Health Care and Education Affordability Reconciliation Act of 2010.” The Senate will take up that bill as early March 24.

Conducting business in the Virgin Islands poses unique challenges not often encountered in the states, but also unique opportunities. This 20-part blog series will offer tips for doing business in the U.S. Virgin Islands, covering a broad array of topics affecting employers. Part five of this series addresses workplace rules, orders, and instructions.