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APPLIES TO All Employers with Employees Subject to FMLA and FLSA EFFECTIVE March 14, 2019 QUESTIONS? Contact HR On-Call (888) 378-2456 On March 14, 2019, the United States Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division (WHD) issued two new opinion letters. The first letter addresses whether or not employers may extend or delay designating paid […]
APPLIES TO All Employers with Employees in CT, NY, VT EFFECTIVE March 6, 2019 QUESTIONS? Contact HR On-Call (888) 378-2456 In Fox v. Costco Wholesale Corp., the Second Circuit Court of Appeals stated that hostile work environment claims may be brought under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). There, an employee who had Tourette’s Syndrome […]
APPLIES TO All Employers with AL, FL, GA employees EFFECTIVE March 21, 2019 QUESTIONS? Contact HR On-Call (888) 378-2456 When making a discrimination claim under federal law, an employee must show she was treated differently than a “similarly situated” individual. In Lewis v. Union City, the Eleventh Circuit en banc defined what it means to […]
APPLIES TO All Employers with GA Employees EFFECTIVE March 5, 2019 QUESTIONS? Contact HR On-Call (888) 378-2456 The Georgia Restrictive Covenants Act (GRCA) prohibits noncompete agreements with employees unless they “customarily and regularly” solicit customers or make sales, or are a “key employee.” In Blair v. Pantera Enters., Inc., the Georgia Court of Appeals provided […]
APPLIES TO All Employers with KY Employees EFFECTIVE March 25, 2019 QUESTIONS? Contact HR On-Call (888) 378-2456 In September 2018, the Kentucky Supreme Court stated that mandatory arbitration agreements violate state law. Recently, the Kentucky legislature enacted SB 7 to change that ruling. The Bill specifically states that employers may require an employee or applicant […]
APPLIES TO All Employers with MD Employees EFFECTIVE June 1, 2019 QUESTIONS? Contact HR On-Call (888) 378-2456 The Maryland legislature recently overrode Governor Hogan’s veto of a minimum wage bill that will increase minimum wage to $15 per hour by 2025, and by 2026 for employers with 14 or less employees. HB 166/SB 280 raises […]
APPLIES TO All Employers with NH Employees EFFECTIVE March 7, 2019 QUESTIONS? Contact HR On-Call (888) 378-2456 The New Hampshire Supreme Court recently stated that a workers’ compensation carrier could not deny an employee’s request for reimbursement of medical marijuana to treat a work-related injury. In the Appeal of Andrew Panaggio, an employee suffered a […]
APPLIES TO All Employers with NJ Employees EFFECTIVE March 18, 2019 QUESTIONS? Contact HR On-Call (888) 378-2456 Recently enacted Senate Bill 121 prohibits nondisclosure agreements from concealing claims of discrimination, harassment, and retaliation. Interestingly, such terms are not enforceable against current or former employees, but they are enforceable against the employer, unless the employee discloses […]
APPLIES TO All Employers with NJ Employees Who Perform Public Works for NJ EFFECTIVE March 31, 2019 QUESTIONS? Contact HR On-Call (888) 378-2456 A recent revision made by the New Jersey Department of Labor (NJ DOL) clarified Equal Pay Act data reporting requirements. According to the NJ DOL, employers that provide services to public works […]
APPLIES TO All Employers with NJ Employees EFFECTIVE March 27, 2019 QUESTIONS? Contact HR On-Call (888) 378-2456 In Wild v. Carriage Funeral Holdings, Inc., the New Jersey Court of Appeal stated that although the Compassionate Use Medical Marijuana Act does not prohibit discrimination for use of medical marijuana, the Law Against Discrimination (LAD) may. There, […]