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APPLIES TO All Employers with OR Employees EFFECTIVE As Indicated QUESTIONS? Contact HR On-Call (888) 378-2456 Oregon’s 2021 legislative session closed in June, passing a number of bills impacting several areas of employment practices. Key highlights include: HB 2935: Anti-Discrimination Based on Hair. Effective January 1, 2022, Oregon’s CROWN Act expands anti-discrimination laws to cover […]
APPLIES TO All Employers with OR Employees EFFECTIVE June 23, 2021 QUESTIONS? Contact HR On-Call (888) 378-2456 In Charlton v. Ed Staub and Sons Petroleum, Inc. and Quicksilver Contracting Company, the Oregon Court of Appeal recently stated that aiding and abetting employment discrimination extends beyond employers and employees to third parties, such as customers. There, […]
APPLIES TO All Employers with PA Employees EFFECTIVE September 7, 2021 QUESTIONS? Contact HR On-Call (888) 378-2456 Last year, the Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry (DLI) published a final rule that was set to increase the salary threshold for the executive, administrative, and professional (EAP) exemption. The rule gradually increased the threshold on October […]
APPLIES TO All Employers with PA Employees EFFECTIVE July 21, 2021 QUESTIONS? Contact HR On-Call (888) 378-2456 In In re: Amazon.com, Inc., et al., the Pennsylvania Supreme Court recently stated that time employees spend undergoing security screening must be compensated. This ruling came in response to questions certified to the state supreme court by the […]
APPLIES TO All Employers with TX Employees EFFECTIVE September 1, 2021 QUESTIONS? Contact HR On-Call (888) 378-2456 Texas recently passed a couple of bills expanding protections for victims of sexual harassment in the workplace. Note that the new rules are exclusive to sexual harassment claims, and do not apply to discrimination on any other protected […]
APPLIES TO All Employers with WA Employees EFFECTIVE January 1, 2022 QUESTIONS? Contact HR On-Call (888) 378-2456 The recently enacted WA Cares Fund creates mandatory long-term care insurance for workers. Workers, not employers, fund the program through payroll deductions equal to $0.58 per $100 of earnings. Employers must start facilitating these payroll deductions as of […]
APPLIES TO Varies EFFECTIVE Varies QUESTIONS? Contact HR On-Call (888) 378-2456 This Short List addresses the following topics: DHHS and DOJ Warn COVID Long-Haulers May be Protected Under ADA Tax Credits Available for COVID-19 Vaccines Under ARPA U.S. DOL Joint Employer Rule Rescinded California: NEW Healthcare Worker COVID-19 Vaccine Requirements! San Francisco, CA: NEW COVID-19 Vaccination […]
APPLIES TO Certain Healthcare and Healthcare Support Employers EFFECTIVE June 21, 2021 QUESTIONS? Contact HR On-Call (888) 378-2456 The Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA) recently issued an emergency temporary standard (ETS) for employers whose employees provide healthcare services or healthcare support services (e.g., hospitals, nursing homes, assisted living facilities, emergency responders, home healthcare workers, […]
APPLIES TO All Employers subject to the ADA in CT, NY, VT EFFECTIVE June 9, 2021 QUESTIONS? Contact HR On-Call (888) 378-2456 In Bey v. City of New York, the Second Circuit Court of Appeal stated that because OSHA regulations require a clean-shaven face when wearing a self-contained breathing apparatus (i.e., respirator), the firefighter plaintiffs […]
APPLIES TO All Employers with Transportation Employees in AL, FL, GA EFFECTIVE June 22, 2021 QUESTIONS? Contact HR On-Call (888) 378-2456 In Hamrick v. Partsfleet, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeal reviewed whether final-mile delivery drivers—drivers who make local deliveries of goods and materials that have been shipped from out-of-state to a local warehouse—are in […]