Compliance Corner

The City of Emeryville, California has announced that the minimum wage for the city will increase.

Houston, Texas Mayor Sylvester Turner announced in a press release that he signed an Executive Order that will raise the minimum wage for Houston airport workers to $15 per hour by 2023.

The Oregon Department of Revenue (DOR) has released guidance for out-of-state and nonresident employers.

New York state and New York City have amended their Human Rights laws to add employment protections for domestic workers. The state’s protections went into effect on December 31, 2021, and the City’s protections will take effect on March 12, 2022.

The New Hampshire Supreme Court has ruled that an employee may be entitled to use medical marijuana as an accommodation under the New Hampshire Law Against Discrimination (NHLAD).

The City of Los Angeles has announced that beginning July 1, 2022, the minimum wage will increase by $1.04 from $15.00 per hour to $16.04 per hour for all employers.  The increase is applicable to employees who work at least two hours within the geographic boundaries of the City.

New resources, including pay codes and policies, are available through My TotalSource® to assist you in tracking and paying out California Supplemental Paid Sick leave. Please note that the hours and earnings codes, as well as the time off policies from the 2021 California COVID-19 Supplemental, Paid Sick Leave are no longer valid. Those codes and policies should NOT be used to report 2022 supplemental paid sick leave for employees coded to California.

We are reaching out to make you aware of important updates that were recently shared by Washington State legislature impacting collection of premiums for the WA Cares Fund.

On Jan. 27, 2022, Washington state Governor Jay Inslee signed into law two bills, House Bill 1732 and House Bill 1733, which became effective at signing. These new bills will delay and make significant changes to the WA Cares Fund.