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Kentucky Allows Medicinal Use of Cannabis

Kentucky has enacted legislation (Senate Bill 47) that will allow adults to use medicinal cannabis for certain medical conditions beginning in 2025. The law also addresses employers’ rights regarding medicinal cannabis.

Kentucky expands leave entitlement for adoptive parents

Kentucky has enacted legislation (House Bill 210) that amends and expands a state law that requires employers to provide leave to employees who adopt a child.

Kentucky to require COVID-19 plan

Kentucky has enacted legislation (House Bill 1) that would require employers to create and post a plan for COVID-19 if they wish to provide in-person services. House Bill 1 was set to take effect immediately after the legislature overrode a veto by the governor, but a court temporarily blocked the implementation of the law while a legal challenge from the governor is heard.

Kentucky employers must be represented by counsel in unemployment compensation hearings

Non-lawyers may no longer represent employers in unemployment compensation hearings in Kentucky, the Kentucky Court of Appeals has ruled. Nichols v. Kentucky Unemployment Commission, et al., No. 2017-CA-001156-MR, 2019 Ky. App. LEXIS 73 (Ky Ct. App. Apr. 26, 2019).

Kentucky Adopts Pregnant Workers Act

Kentucky employers must provide reasonable accommodations to employees who are limited due to pregnancy, childbirth, and related medical conditions, unless it would impose an undue hardship on the employer to do so.

New Occupational License Tax for the County of Perry, Kentucky

Effective January 1, 2017, the county of Perry, Kentucky enacted a new 1.00% Occupation License Tax (OLT). The TotalSource code is #1769 and this tax is on all wages and compensation paid or payable in the county for work done or services rendered by both residents and non-residents in Perry County.

State Poster- The Kentucky Safety and Health Protection

Kentucky Safety and Health Protection was revised to include new employer reporting requirements for all work-related hospitalizations, amputations and losses of an eye.

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Compliance-Corner-, State-Compliance-Update, Washington-

On Nov. 8, 2022, Tukwila, Washington voters approved Measure No. 1, which establishes a minimum wage for the city for hospitality and transportation employees of a “covered employer.” “Covered employer” means an employer that either: (1) employs at least 15 employees ...

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New Hampshire has enacted legislation, which creates a voluntary Family and Medical Leave Insurance wage replacement program for employers. To participate in the Paid Family and Medical Leave (NH PFML) Insurance Plan, employers can contract with the state's selected provider (MetLife) or their ...

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Compliance-Corner-, State-Compliance-Update, Nebraska-

On Nov. 7, 2022, Nebraska voters approved a ballot initiative to increase the state minimum wage. Initiative 433 was approved on a 58 percent to 42 percent vote.

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Compliance-Corner-, State-Compliance-Update, Colorado

Colorado’s state-run retirement program, called Colorado SecureSavings, is set to launch in early 2023. Employers with five or more employees must either facilitate the program or offer a qualifying retirement plan to employees.

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Compliance-Corner-, State-Compliance-Update, California

California has enacted legislation (Senate Bill 523) that will prohibit employers with five or more employees from discriminating against applicants and employees because of their reproductive health decision making. This change takes effect Jan. 1, 2023.

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Compliance-Corner-, State-Compliance-Update, Washington,-D.C.

On Nov. 7, 2022, voters in Washington D.C. voted overwhelmingly to phase out by 2027 the tipped employee credit that employers are currently allowed to take when paying its tipped employees. Measure 82 was approved by over 71 percent of the voters.

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Compliance-Corner-, State-Compliance-Update, Utah-

Utah has amended its mobile workforce taxation rules, which create a taxation exemption for certain employees who work a limited time in the state annually. The amendments also modify the employer’s withholding obligations and penalties associated with that obligation.

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Rhode Island has enacted legislation that mandates a special enrollment into health care coverage based on pregnancy.

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Compliance-Corner-, State-Compliance-Update, Nevada-

On Nov. 8, 2022, voters in Nevada voted to amend the State Constitution provisions regarding the minimum wage.

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Compliance-Corner-, State-Compliance-Update, Massachusetts

This notice Is to remind you to please complete your Health Insurance Responsibility Disclosure (HIRD) form filing online via MassTaxConnect before Dec. 15, 2022. Massachusetts law requires certain employers to file an annual HIRD form, which contains information about employer-sponsored ...

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Compliance-Corner-, State-Compliance-Update, California

California has enacted legislation (Senate Bill 1044) that will prohibit, with limited exceptions, an employer from taking adverse action against an employee for refusing to report to, or leaving, work during emergency conditions. Senate Bill 1044 takes effect Jan. 1, 2023.

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On Nov. 8, 2022, Inglewood, California voters approved a ballot measure that increases the minimum wage for healthcare workers.

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