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APPLIES TO All Employers of 500+ CA Employees EFFECTIVE July 1, 2019 QUESTIONS? Contact HR On-Call (888) 378-2456 UPDATE (10/23/17) – Although passed by the California State Legislature, this law was not signed by Governor Brown and therefore did not go into effect. Look for additional updates on this topic. While the Trump Administration has […]
APPLIES TO All Employers with CT Employees EFFECTIVE August 17, 2017 QUESTIONS? Contact HR On-Call (888) 378-2456 In Williams v. General Nutrition Centers, Inc., the Connecticut Supreme Court recently stated that employers must calculate overtime for a fluctuating work week (“FWW”) schedule based on state, rather than federal, overtime rules. There, GNC followed federal rules […]
APPLIES TO All Employers with FL Employees EFFECTIVE September 14, 2017 QUESTIONS? Contact HR On-Call (888) 378-2456 In Florida, non-compete agreements are used to protect an employer’s “legitimate business interests.” The Florida Supreme Court recently stated that referral sources may be considered a legitimate business interest. In both White v. Mederi Caretenders Visiting Services of […]
APPLIES TO All Employers with 18 or More RI Employees EFFECTIVE July 1, 2018 QUESTIONS? Contact HR On-Call (888) 378-2456 Rhode Island joins a small but slowly expanding number of states requiring employers to provide their workforce with paid sick leave (“PSL”). Effective July 1, 2018, the Health and Safe Families and Workplace Act (the […]
APPLIES TO Varies EFFECTIVE Varies QUESTIONS? Contact HR On-Call (888) 378-2456 This Short List addresses the following topics: U.S Federal Contractor Updates Alabama: City of Birmingham Approves Nondiscrimination Ordinance California: Cal/OSHA Says Federal OSHA Reporting Requirements do not Apply to CA Employers Illinois: Amendments to the Illinois Human Rights Act Codify Religious Garb Protections Kentucky: Supreme […]
APPLIES TO All Employers with DACA Employees EFFECTIVE September 5, 2017 QUESTIONS? Contact HR On-Call (888) 378-2456 On September 5, 2017, the U.S. Attorney General announced that the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (“DACA”) program will be phased out if Congress does not enact protections in the next six months for those who participated in […]
APPLIES TO All Employers of 100+ Employees EFFECTIVE August 29, 2017 QUESTIONS? Contact HR On-Call (888) 378-2456 Last year, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) announced that it would revise the EEO-1 form large employers must use to report demographic data about the workforce. These changes manifested in the revision of “Component 2” of […]
APPLIES TO All Employers with DE, NJ, PA, and Virgin Islands Employees EFFECTIVE August 4, 2017 QUESTIONS? Contact HR On-Call (888) 378-2456 The Third Circuit Court of Appeal recently joined other courts in stating that employers must obey the notice requirements required under the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (“WARN”) Act when a layoff is […]
APPLIES TO All Employers with LA, MS, TX Employees EFFECTIVE August 7, 2017 QUESTIONS? Contact HR On-Call (888) 378-2456 In a recent decision, the Fifth Circuit reaffirmed its positions that mandatory class action waivers do not violate Section 7 of the National Labor Relations Act (“NLRA”). In Convergys Corp. v. NLRB, the Fifth Circuit stated […]
APPLIES TO All Employers with CA Employees EFFECTIVE August 3 and 21, 2017 QUESTIONS? Contact HR On-Call (888) 378-2456 Two recent state Court of Appeal cases permit arbitration of certain wage and hour claims, including representative actions under the Private Attorney Generals Act (“PAGA”) and an administrative wage claim filed before the Department of Labor […]