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APPLIES TO All Employers with NY Employees EFFECTIVE March 31, 2021 QUESTIONS? Contact HR On-Call (888) 378-2456 Effective immediately, the New York Marihuana [sic] Regulation and Taxation Act legalized the recreational use of marijuana in the state. Employers are prohibited from discriminating against employees based on the legal use or possession of marijuana while off […]
APPLIES TO All Employers with NYC Employees EFFECTIVE July 29, 2021 QUESTIONS? Contact HR On-Call (888) 378-2456 The New York City Fair Chance Act (FCA) was recently expanded to provide additional protections to applicants and employees with respect to criminal background searches. Currently, the ban-the-box law prohibits criminal history inquiries prior to a conditional offer […]
APPLIES TO All Employers with OR Employees EFFECTIVE March 3, 2021 QUESTIONS? Contact HR On-Call (888) 378-2456 In Rohrer v. Oswego Cove, LLC, the Oregon Court of Appeal said that where alleged protected activity does not have an adequate statutory remedy under the state’s whistleblower law, an employee may bring a common-law wrongful discharge claim. […]
APPLIES TO All Employers with VA Employees EFFECTIVE July 1, 2021 QUESTIONS? Contact HR On-Call (888) 378-2456 Beginning July 1, 2021, HB 2063, the Virginia Overtime Wage Act (VOWA), will create new state overtime wage requirements for employers that differ from the federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). Although the same basic federal regular rate […]
APPLIES TO Varies EFFECTIVE Varies QUESTIONS? Contact HR On-Call (888) 378-2456 This Short List addresses the following topics: EEO-1 Reporting for 2019 and 2020 Opens April 26, 2021 Form I-9 Extension Granted for Remote Workplaces CDC Encourages Employers to Offer Paid Leave for Vaccine Recovery California: Public Entities May Still Be Subject to Civil Penalties in […]
APPLIES TO All Employers with 26+ CA Employees EFFECTIVE March 29, 2021 QUESTIONS? Contact HR On-Call (888) 378-2456 Recently enacted SB 95 relaunched California’s statewide emergency paid sick leave (EPSL). Even though the bill is effective as of March 29th, it is retroactive back to January 1, 2021. Employers with more than 25 employees are […]
APPLIES TO Employers with fewer than 500 employees EFFECTIVE March 11, 2021 QUESTIONS? Contact HR On-Call (888) 378-2456 Congress recently enacted the American Rescue Plan Act, extending the tax credits for the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) paid leave provisions. Although FFCRA leave is still not required, if employers want to voluntarily take advantage […]
APPLIES TO All Employers EFFECTIVE As Indicated QUESTIONS? Contact HR On-Call (888) 378-2456 The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) is still working through opinion letters issued during the Trump Administration. Most recently, on February 19, 2021, the DOL withdrew a couple of opinions, including: FLSA2019-6 | Further clarification of a “retail or service establishment” for […]
APPLIES TO All Employers with IL, IN, and WI Employees EFFECTIVE February 3, 2021 QUESTIONS? Contact HR On-Call (888) 378-2456 In White v. United Airlines, Inc., the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeal stated that employers must provide paid leave for USERRA leave to the extent similar nonmilitary leave is paid by the employer. The Uniformed […]
APPLIES TO Employers with AK, AZ, CA, HI, ID, MT, NV, OR, WA, Guam, and the Northern Mariana Islands Interstate Transportation Employees EFFECTIVE February 2, 2021 QUESTIONS? Contact HR On-Call (888) 378-2456 In Ward v. United Airlines, Inc., the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeal stated that wage statement requirements under Labor Code § 226 are […]