A global health alarm on the outbreak of a disease or virus raises issues for employers and employees as to the appropriate workplace responses. The mosquito-borne Zika virus has the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the World Health Organization (WHO) declaring public health emergencies and putting employers’ attention on how to respond.

Proposed changes to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s (EEOC) EEO-1 report would have employers with at least 100 employees submitting all employees’ W-2 earnings data and actual hours worked beginning with the 2017 EEO-1 reporting cycle.

The U.S. Department of Labor has published proposed regulations implementing Executive Order 13706, requiring federal contractors and subcontractors to give their workers the ability to earn up to seven days (56 hours) of paid sick leave each year.

You should have received an email with program information from ADP TotalSource that you can share with your part-time and full-time employees at any time  you see fit. TotalSource will communicate this information to your employees directly later in April.

New California regulations, effective April 1, 2016, declare that employers have an affirmative duty to create a workplace environment that is free from employment practices prohibited by the California Fair Employment and Housing Act and that employers have an affirmative duty to take reasonable steps to prevent and promptly correct discriminatory and harassing conduct.

The Time Off for School Related Activities policy was recently updated to conform to an amendment effective this year.  

On March 2, 2016, Governor Kate Brown signed into law Senate Bill 1532 that establishes a 3- tiered system for determination of minimum wage based on geographical location of the employer.

The Virginia state poster has been updated to add new employer reporting requirements for all work-related hospitalizations, amputations and losses of an eye.

The Wyoming state poster has been updated to include information on reporting serious injuries under "Workers' Rights" and what Employers must do within 24 hours of all serious injuries during the reporting process.