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APPLIES TO Varies EFFECTIVE Varies QUESTIONS? Contact HR On-Call (888) 378-2456 This Short List addresses the following topics: IRS Reduces Family HSA Contribution Limit for 2018 Federal Spending Bill Prevents Employers from Skimming Employee Tips California: New Workplace Safety Rules for Hotel Housekeepers Colorado: Supreme Court Clarifies Statute of Limitations on Wage Claims New York: Guidance […]
APPLIES TO All Employers EFFECTIVE February 28, 2018 QUESTIONS? Contact HR On-Call (888) 378-2456 On February 28, 2018, the IRS issued the 2018 Form W-4, which includes the updated tax table information. Although employees are not required to complete a new Form W-4 each year, it is considered a best practice. This year is particularly […]
APPLIES TO All Employers EFFECTIVE February 26, 2018 QUESTIONS? Contact HR On-Call (888) 378-2456 Keeping up with the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) can be a challenge. A mere two months after its December 2017 ruling in Hy-Brand Industrial Contractors, Ltd., which determined a joint-employer relationship by looking at an employer’s actual control over employees, […]
APPLIES TO All Employers EFFECTIVE February 21, 2018 QUESTIONS? Contact HR On-Call (888) 378-2456 Recently, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously stated that a “whistleblower” under the Dodd-Frank Act is someone who reports suspected securities law violations to the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). The Dodd-Frank Act is a federal law intended to prevent abusive financial […]
APPLIES TO All Employers with CT, NY, and VT Employees EFFECTIVE February 26, 2018 QUESTIONS? Contact HR On-Call (888) 378-2456 The Second Circuit Court of Appeals joins the Seventh Circuit in stating that Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits sexual orientation discrimination. Historically, the circuit courts have not included sexual orientation […]
APPLIES TO All Employers of MD, NC, SC, VA, and WV Employees EFFECTIVE January 25, 2018 QUESTIONS? Contact HR On-Call (888) 378-2456 The FLSA requires employees to be paid for all hours worked, and permits employers and employees to agree on the number of hours worked when the employee lives on the employer’s premises, provided that […]
APPLIES TO All Employers with IL, IN, WI Employees EFFECTIVE February 13, 2018 QUESTIONS? Contact HR On-Call (888) 378-2456 In Miriam Grussgott v. Milwaukee Jewish Day School, Inc., the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeal used a “totality of circumstances” approach to determine that a Hebrew teacher’s position was ministerial in nature, rendering her ineligible to […]
APPLIES TO All Employers with CA Employees EFFECTIVE January 1, 2018 QUESTIONS? Contact HR On-Call (888) 378-2456 On February 13, 2018, the California Attorney General and Labor Commissioner issued documents intended to assist California employers in complying with AB 450. Already in effect as of January 1, 2018, the Immigrant Worker Protection Act requires California […]
APPLIES TO All Employers with CA Employees EFFECTIVE March 5, 2018 QUESTIONS? Contact HR On-Call (888) 378-2456 In Alvarado v. Dart Container Corp., the California Supreme Court stated that when calculating the per-hour value of a flat, non-production bonus for purposes of overtime, the total compensation must be divided by the number of non-overtime hours […]
APPLIES TO All Employers of ME Employees EFFECTIVE February 1, 2018 QUESTIONS? Contact HR On-Call (888) 378-2456 Maine citizens voted to legalize recreational marijuana use in 2016. While recreational use of marijuana is permitted, the law allows employers to prohibit the consumption, possession, trade, display, transportation, sale, or growing of marijuana in the workplace, and […]