By: Lizbeth West, Esq.
What is it? OSHA Form 300A is a form that summarizes the total number of job-related injuries and illnesses that occurred during 2013. The form must be posted no later than February 1, 2014 and must remain posted through April 30, 2014.
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An employee of a Bay Areas executive recruiting firm who left to start his own firm was sentenced to one year in prison after being found guilty of trade secret theft and unauthorized computer access crimes. David Nosal was a former managing director at Korn/Ferry International and left in 2004 to start his own firm. He was accused of having his former coworkers download customer lists and other secret information that he used in his new business venture.
A jury found Mr. Nosal guilty of computer fraud and unauthorized downloading of trade secrets last April. In addition to the sentence of one year in prison, Mr. Nosal was ordered to pay a $60,000 fine and perform 400 hours of community service after his release. A future hearing will be held to determine the amount of restitution he must pay to his former employer as a result of these crimes.
The Nosal case is an important reminder of the severity of trade secret misappropriation and the potential for criminal liabilities in addition to those remedies sought by a victim of trade secret theft in a civil court. For more on the sentencing of Mr. Nosal, click here.
On January 6, 2014, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) announced that it has decided not to seek Supreme Court review of two U.S. Court of Appeals decisions invalidating the NLRB’s Notice Posting Rule, which would have required most private sector employers to post a notice of employee rights in the workplace.
However, in its announcement the NLRB stated that it remains committed to "ensuring that workers, businesses and labor organizations are informed of their rights and obligations under the National Labor Relations Act" and noted that the now-invalidated workplace poster is still available on its web site if employers wish to “voluntarily” disseminate it to their workforce.
Effective Jan. 1, 2014, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) will recognize automatic gratuities, a percentage automatically added to a restaurant bill, as a service charge, rather than a tip. The IRS ruling on automatic gratuities isn’t new. This was the result of a June 2012 tax ruling that was delayed to give restaurants and related businesses more time to comply.
