April 2024

State Updates

 

Massachusetts Strengthens Protections for Pregnant Workers

11/16/17

In an amendment to the Massachusetts Fair Employment Practices Act, the state of Massachusetts has expressly included pregnancy as a protected characteristic and expands accommodation requirements for pregnant employees. The amended law goes into effect April 1, 2018.

Tuesday, November 14, 2017/Author: Andaika Jean-Noel/Number of views (7047)/Comments (0)/
Categories: Massachusetts
Tags: Compliance CornerCompliance updateState Compliance Update11/16/17

San Francisco Passes Lactation in the Workplace Ordinance

11/16/17

San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee signed the “Lactation in the Workplace Ordinance”, increasing protections for nursing mothers working in the geographic boundaries of San Francisco.
Tuesday, November 14, 2017/Author: Andaika Jean-Noel/Number of views (7430)/Comments (0)/
Categories: California
Tags: Compliance CornerCompliance updateState Compliance Update11/16/17

Discharging Employees for Refusing to Share Tips is Prohibited in Minnesota

11/16/17

The Supreme Court of Minnesota, in Burt v. Rackner, Inc., has ruled that discharging an employee for refusing to share tips is illegal under the Minnesota Fair Labor Standards Act (MFLSA).

Tuesday, November 14, 2017/Author: Andaika Jean-Noel/Number of views (8394)/Comments (0)/
Categories: Minnesota
Tags: Compliance CornerCompliance updateState Compliance Update11/16/17

Ninth Circuit Rejects U.S. Department of Labor’s Interpretation of “Dual Jobs” for Tipped Employees

11/02/17

Finding it wholly inconsistent with the statute and the regulation it purports to interpret, the Ninth Circuit, in Marsh v. J. Alexander’s, LLC, held invalid the United States Department of Labor’s “80/20” tip credit rule, or “20% Rule,” which limits the availability of the tip credit when tipped employees spend more than 20% of their time performing non-tip generating duties.
Tuesday, October 31, 2017/Author: Andaika Jean-Noel/Number of views (9664)/Comments (0)/
Categories: Bulletin NewsCompliance Corner Federal Compliance Update
Tags: Compliance CornerCompliance updateState Compliance Update11/02/17

December 1st is the Deadline for Electronic Submission of Injury and Illness Records to OSHA

11/02/17

December 1, 2017 is the proposed deadline for affected employers to electronically submit injury and illness records to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). OSHA may still change the requirements in the final rule; however, affected employers should prepare to meet the proposed deadline. OSHA has set up a website, called the Injury Tracking Application (ITA), for affected employers to electronically submit their data.
Tuesday, October 31, 2017/Author: Andaika Jean-Noel/Number of views (8398)/Comments (0)/
Categories: Bulletin NewsCompliance Corner
Tags: Compliance CornerCompliance updateState Compliance Update11/02/17

State-wide Ban on Salary History Inquires Enacted in California

11/02/17

California continues its expansion of equal pay protections with the enactment of Assembly Bill 168, which prohibits employers from seeking, considering, and relying on an applicant’s salary history when determining whether to offer employment to an applicant or what salary to offer. 
Tuesday, October 31, 2017/Author: Andaika Jean-Noel/Number of views (6393)/Comments (0)/
Categories: California
Tags: Compliance CornerCompliance updateState Compliance Update11/02/17

California Provides Protections for Immigrant Employees

11/02/17

California became the first state to explicitly affirm the rights of immigrant workers through the passage of a provision that imposes an affirmative obligation on California employers to provide employees notification that the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency has determined they are lacking work authorization. 
Tuesday, October 31, 2017/Author: Andaika Jean-Noel/Number of views (6459)/Comments (0)/
Categories: California
Tags: Compliance CornerCompliance updateState Compliance Update11/02/17

Amendment Regulation Governing Payment of Wages to Home Health Aides Issued in New York

11/02/17

The New York State Department of Labor recently amended its Minimum Wage Order for Miscellaneous Industries and Occupations to state that bona fide meal periods and sleep times may be excluded from hours worked by home care aides who work a shift of 24 hours or more consistent with federal Fair Labor Standards Act regulations.
Tuesday, October 31, 2017/Author: Andaika Jean-Noel/Number of views (5625)/Comments (0)/
Categories: New York
Tags: Compliance CornerState Compliance Update11/02/17

Vermont Expands Anti-Discrimination Laws to Cover Pregnant Employees

10/19/17

Effective January 1, 2018, Vermont employers will be required to provide reasonable accommodations to employees for their pregnancy related conditions.
Monday, October 16, 2017/Author: Andaika Jean-Noel/Number of views (9634)/Comments (0)/
Categories: Vermont
Tags: Compliance CornerCompliance updateState Compliance Update10/19/17

Nevada Mandates Leave and Reasonable Accommodations for Domestic Violence Victims

10/19/17

Beginning January 1, 2018, an employee who has been employed with his/her employer for at least 90 days and is a victim of an act of domestic violence or whose family or household member is a victim of an act of domestic violence, will be entitled to leave and reasonable accommodations. 
Monday, October 16, 2017/Author: Andaika Jean-Noel/Number of views (9295)/Comments (0)/
Categories: Nevada
Tags: Compliance CornerCompliance updateState Compliance Update10/19/17
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