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APPLIES TO Varies EFFECTIVE Varies QUESTIONS? Contact HR On-Call (888) 378-2456 This Short List addresses the following topics: OFCCP Releases new FAQs on Independent Contractors, Compliance Evaluations, and AAP Ninth Circuit: ERISA Claims May be Arbitrated California: PAGA-only Claims May Not Seek Unpaid Wages Petaluma, CA: Minimum Wage Increases on January 1, 2020 Colorado: Courts Are […]
APPLIES TO All Employers Subject to the FLSA EFFECTIVE January 1, 2020 QUESTIONS? Contact HR On-Call (888) 378-2456 The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) recently issued the final rule updating the salary requirements for overtime exempt classifications. For executive, administrative, professional, and computer professional exemptions, the salary threshold will increase from $455 to $684 per […]
APPLIES TO All Employers Subject to FMLA EFFECTIVE August 8, 2019 QUESTIONS? Contact HR On-Call (888) 378-2456 The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) recently announced a new opinion letter from the Department’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD) on whether or not leave may be taken under the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) in order […]
APPLIES TO All Employers Subject to the ACA EFFECTIVE July 12, 2019 QUESTIONS? Contact HR On-Call (888) 378-2456 In Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. President of the United States, the Third Circuit Court of Appeal stated that the Trump administration’s rules expanding employer exemptions to the contraceptive mandate for religious or moral objections were not enforceable. […]
APPLIES TO All Employers with AR, IA, MN, MO, NE, ND, and SD Employees EFFECTIVE July 15, 2019 QUESTIONS? Contact HR On-Call (888) 378-2456 In Shockley v. PrimeLending, the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeal reminded employers that arbitration agreements must be enforceable contracts. There, the employer’s mandatory arbitration agreement and delegation clause existed only in […]
APPLIES TO All Employers with CA Employees EFFECTIVE June 28, 2019 QUESTIONS? Contact HR On-Call (888) 378-2456 In Rodriguez v. Nike Retail Servs., Inc., the Ninth Circuit refused to apply the de minimis rule to time employees spent participating in security checks after clocking out, even though the time spent could have been less than […]
APPLIES TO All Employers with CA Employees EFFECTIVE August 30, 2019 QUESTIONS? Contact HR On-Call (888) 378-2456 On August 30, 2019, Governor Newsom signed SB 778 which extends the current harassment training deadline for employers from January 1, 2020 to January 1, 2021. This basically gives employers an extra year to train supervisors and employees […]
APPLIES TO All Employers with CA Employees EFFECTIVE August 29, 2019 QUESTIONS? Contact HR On-Call (888) 378-2456 In Oto, LLC v. Kho, the California Supreme Court again pushed back on arbitration agreements in employment. The U.S. Supreme Court historically has said that states cannot discriminate against arbitration as a forum for resolving disputes or in […]
APPLIES TO All Employers with CA Employees EFFECTIVE January 1, 2020 QUESTIONS? Contact HR On-Call (888) 378-2456 In 2018, in Dynamex Operations West, Inc. v. Superior Court (Lee), the California Supreme Court set forth an ABC test for determining when an individual is an independent contractor rather than an employee for wage and hour-related claims. […]
APPLIES TO All Employers with CO Employees EFFECTIVE June 27, 2019 QUESTIONS? Contact HR On-Call (888) 378-2456 In Nieto v. Clark’s Market, Inc., the Colorado Court of Appeal stated that the employer and employee’s agreement determines how accrued vacation time is handled at termination. Specifically, the state Wage Claim Act, which states in part that […]