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Labor, Employment and Benefits: Alert - February 6, 2012

The U.S. Supreme Court recently denied an employer’s request for review of a decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, which held that tipped employees spending more than 20 percent of their time performing related but non-tipped duties must be paid the full minimum wage for that time, without the tip credit.

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Construction: Alert - January 30, 2012

For almost 50 years, lessors have had the ability to limit their liability for liens that arose from improvements to the leasehold made by a lessee. However, in the most recent legislative session, the Florida Legislature enacted revisions to Florida Statute § 713.10 that provide a potential pitfall for lessors by inserting a provision that may allow a contractor to lien the lessor's interest even where there is a recorded document advising of the limitation of liens.

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NEW FAR RULE ON COMPLIANCE PROGRAMS AND ETHICS
 

Construction, Accounting, and Taxation

January 30, 2009
 
Christopher Myers- Northern Virginia

Contractors performing any work for the federal government should be aware of the new Federal Acquisition Requisition (FAR) provisions and clauses that require government contractors to establish and implement compliance programs and make mandatory disclosures of certain violations of criminal law, violations of the civil False Claims Act, and significant overpayments. This article discusses the final rule, changes to the December 2007 rule and new requirements. Please click on the below link to view the article.

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Reprinted with permission. New Rule on Compliance Programs and Ethics, Christopher A. Myers and Allison Feierabend, Construction, Accounting, and Taxation, Vol. 19 No. 1 Copyright © 2009 ThomsonReuters. All rights reserved.

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