Compliance Corner
Tuesday, April 18, 2017
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Maine
Maine passed An Act to Delay the Implementation of Certain Portions of the Marijuana Legalization Act, delaying the effective date of most of the state’s recreational marijuana law until February 1, 2018. Among the provisions delayed are the anti-discrimination provisions, which prohibit employers from taking action against employees who consume marijuana “outside the employer’s property.”
Tuesday, April 18, 2017
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Compliance Corner
We previously announced the beginning of a comprehensive compliance webcast series covering a wide range of topics that impact your company. Follow the link above for additional information, including instructions to register for our first webcast on April 28, 2017; President Trump – The First 100 Days and Beyond.
Tuesday, April 4, 2017
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Compliance Corner
As a service to clients, we are pleased to announce that in the near future we will be rolling out a comprehensive compliance webcast series covering a wide range of topics that impact your Company.
Follow the link above for additional information including instructions to register for our first webcast on April 28, 2017; President Trump – The first 100 days and Beyond.
Tuesday, April 4, 2017
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Compliance Corner
On March 27, 2017, President Donald Trump officially completed the revocation of the Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces Executive Order. Government contractors are no longer required to report violations of certain federal employment laws when bidding on contracts worth $500,000 or more and are no longer required to comply with the provision’s paycheck transparency rules.
Tuesday, April 4, 2017
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Compliance Corner
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has begun mailing notices to employers the agency believes may have been Applicable Large Employers or ALEs in 2015. These notices, Letter 5699, essentially notify possible ALEs that the IRS has not received their filing for reporting year 2016, and it requests that the recipient notify the agency of the reason it did not fulfill its filing obligation. If you have received IRS Letter 5699, we may be able to help you.
Tuesday, April 4, 2017
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Oregon
A Multnomah County Circuit Judge has ruled that, contrary to the Oregon Bureau of Labor and Industries’ (BOLI) recent interpretation of the overtime rules, employees working in mills, factories, and manufacturing establishments are entitled only to the greater of daily or weekly overtime pay in a workweek, not both. This means, for now, you can continue paying affected employees the greater of the daily or weekly overtime owed.
Tuesday, February 14, 2017
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California
In a 5-2 opinion, the majority of the California Supreme Court ruled, in the matter of Augustus, et al. v. ABM Security Services, Inc., that California law requires that employees on a rest break be completely off duty. They must be “relieve[d] . . . of all work-related duties and employer control during 10-minute rest periods.” In other words, “A rest period, in short, must be a period of rest.”
Tuesday, February 14, 2017
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California
Los Angeles is the latest in a growing list of jurisdictions to adopt an ordinance restricting employers from asking a job applicant about his or her criminal history during the application process. Please review the state law summary section of our Background Checks Toolkit for more information.
Tuesday, January 31, 2017
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State Compliance Update
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s final rule on Walking-Working Surfaces aims to reduce work-related injuries resulting from slips, trips, and falls. It incorporates advances in technology, industry best practices, and national consensus standards to provide effective and cost-efficient worker protection. The final rule provides employers greater flexibility in choosing a fall protection system to protect workers. It revised and added new provisions that address rope descent systems, ladder safety, and worker training. OSHA also aligned, as much as possible, the general industry fall protection requirements with those for construction to ease compliance for employers who work in both sectors.
Tuesday, January 17, 2017
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Compliance Corner
A recording of our January 18, 2017 Form I-9 webcast is now available. The webcast provides an overview of changes to the new Form I-9 as well as overall I-9 compliance pointers.