Amendments to Philadelphia’s “Ban the Box” legislation, the Fair Criminal Records Screening Standards, were signed into law. 

The Oregon State Poster has been updated due to changes in the Family Leave Act notice.

The Michigan State Poster has been updated based on minimum wage increases.

The Washington Unemployment Insurance Poster has been reformatted to simplify steps to apply for unemployment benefits.

The purpose of this report is to provide a summary of some of the major laws that may impact a client's operations and to help clients plan and prepare for these new compliance challenges.

Maine law requires employers to annually provide their employees with notice of the employer’s sexual harassment policy.

In Massachusetts, the law requires employers to adopt a written policy against sexual harassment.

We would like to remind New Jersey clients of their obligation to annually distribute to their New Jersey employees, via written or electronic means, the required notice under the Conscientious Employee Protection Act (CEPA) in both English and Spanish. 

NJ law requires NJ employers with 50 or more employees to “conspicuously post” and distribute a notification stating employees’ rights to be free from gender inequity or bias in pay, compensation, benefits or other terms or conditions.

A New York City Ordinance which becomes effective January 1, 2016 will require most New York City employers with at least 20 full-time employees in the city of New York to offer full-time employees the opportunity to purchase pre-tax qualified transportation fringe benefits.