Monthly Archives: September 2012
SEVERANCE PAY IS NOT SUBJECT TO FICA If your members earn the right to collect severance pay, you might want to remind the employer that it should not withhold FICA tax from the check. If they ask why, direct them … Continue reading
HOW PAY REFORM SCREWED SES EMPLOYEES As we have said before, it looks like all the usual suspects (also known as the private profit-obsessed beltway consulting firms—or beltway bandits if you prefer the regional slang) are actively trying to drum … Continue reading
WHAT IS THAT SMELL? That can be not just an idle question, but also the first sign that employees need union help. There is a near endless source of scents in modern offices, e.g., perfumes, paint, flooring, ink, dust, furniture … Continue reading