| Unemployment Insurance -- Financing -- Setting Taxes |
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| The federal-state unemployment insurance program is financed primarily by taxes collected from employers whose employees are protected by the program (and therefore entitled to collect benefits). Typically, these taxes are calculated as a percentage of the employer's payroll. The percentage, as well as the amount of the payroll taxed, however, may vary. More... |
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| Employee Polygraph Protection Act of 1988 |
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| In 1988, Congress passed the Employee Polygraph Protection Act to prevent employers from subjecting applicants and employees to lie detector or polygraph tests. Under the Act, the term "lie detector" includes a: More... |
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| OSHA Recordkeeping Requirements |
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| The Employment and Training Administration |
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| The Employment and Training Administration (ETA) is an agency of the U.S. Department of Labor. The ETA states that its mission is to "contribute to the more efficient functioning of the U.S. labor market by providing high quality job training, employment, labor market information, and income maintenance services primarily through state and local workforce development systems." More... |
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| Covenants Not to Compete |
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| Employers in highly competitive industries often require their employees to sign covenants not to compete, or non-compete clauses, when they are hired. Usually such covenants provide that if the employee leaves his or her employment, he or she will not go to work for a competitor within a certain period of time. Some agreements also require that an employee will not contact the employer's clients upon his or her termination or that the employee will not go into his or her own business to compete with the employer. More... |
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