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APPLIES TO All Employers with OR Employees EFFECTIVE January 1, 2020 QUESTIONS? Contact HR On-Call (888) 378-2456 HB 2992 makes noncompete agreements unenforceable unless the employer provides an employee with a signed copy of the agreement within 30 days after the employee’s date of termination. Presumably, “after the date of … termination” does not include […]
APPLIES TO All Public Agencies in WA EFFECTIVE July 27, 2019 QUESTIONS? Contact HR On-Call (888) 378-2456 The Washington State Civil Rights Act was recently amended through citizen Initiative 1000, the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Act (I-1000). I-1000 adds protected categories, defines “preferential treatment” based on protected categories, and expressly permits public agencies to undertake […]
APPLIES TO Certain Employers with WA Employees, as indicated EFFECTIVE July 28, 2019 QUESTIONS? Contact HR On-Call (888) 378-2456 House Bill 1696 again expands Washington’s existing equal pay legislation, the Equal Pay and Opportunities Act (EPOA). New amendments to the EPOA include (1) prohibiting employers from inquiring into job applicants’ prior salary history, and (2) […]
APPLIES TO All Employers with WA Employees and Independent Contractors EFFECTIVE January 1, 2020 QUESTIONS? Contact HR On-Call (888) 378-2456 Since 2016, a number of states have amended non-compete statutes to provide greater employee protections. Washington has followed this trend as of May 8, 2019, passing HB 1450 which establishes a minimum compensation threshold for […]
APPLIES TO Employers of WA Employees in the Hospitality and Adult Film Industries EFFECTIVE As indicated QUESTIONS? Contact HR On-Call (888) 378-2456 SB 5258 amends the Washington Law Against Discrimination to add the following requirements applicable to hotel, motel, retail, security guard entity, or property services contractor employers whose workers spend a majority of their […]
APPLIES TO Varies EFFECTIVE Varies QUESTIONS? Contact HR On-Call (888) 378-2456 This Short List addresses the following topics: U.S. Supreme Court: Title VII Claims to the EEOC are Merely Procedural and Not Jurisdictional to Courts U.S. Supreme Court: State Wage and Hour Rules Don’t Apply to Workers on the Outer Continental Shelf DOL Issued Updated Poster […]
APPLIES TO All Employers subject to EEO-1 Reporting EFFECTIVE May 1, 2019 QUESTIONS? Contact HR On-Call (888) 378-2456 The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) recently issued reinstatement of EEO-1 expanded data collection requirements and posted notice on its website that EEO-1 filers are required to submit Component 2 data for calendar years 2017 AND 2018 […]
APPLIES TO All Employers EFFECTIVE April 24, 2019 QUESTIONS? Contact HR On-Call (888) 378-2456 In Lamps Plus, Inc. v. Varela, the U.S. Supreme Court recently stated that arbitration agreements must state an express agreement to arbitrate class claims between the parties; otherwise, claims brought on a class basis can be compelled to individual arbitration. There, […]
APPLIES TO All Employers Subject to the NLRA EFFECTIVE April 15, 2019 QUESTIONS? Contact HR On-Call (888) 378-2456 The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) recently released an Advice Memorandum dated August 7, 2018, addressing policies prohibiting employees from publicly disparaging the employer. Specifically, a policy that prohibits employees from “engaging in conduct that could adversely […]
APPLIES TO All Employers with Employees in LA, MS, and TX EFFECTIVE April 19, 2019 QUESTIONS? Contact HR On-Call (888) 378-2456 In O’Daniel v. Industrial Service Solutions, the 5th Circuit Court of Appeal reaffirmed its position that sexual orientation is not a protected class under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, including heterosexual orientation. […]