State Alerts
Wednesday, February 28, 2018
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Maryland
The Maryland Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation has now released guidance for the Maryland Healthy Working Families Act. The Act took effect on February 11, 2018.
Wednesday, February 28, 2018
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Maine
A provision of Maine’s recreational marijuana law prohibits employers from testing for marijuana for pre-employment purposes and affects employers with employees who are subject to federal drug and alcohol testing regulations, as well as employers who are exempt from complying with Maine’s drug testing law.
Wednesday, February 28, 2018
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Missouri
The Kansas City, Missouri, City Council recently passed restrictions on employers’ inquiries into, and use of, criminal record information. The ordinance becomes effective on June 9, 2018, and it applies to private employers with six or more employees.
Wednesday, February 28, 2018
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New Mexico
Effective March 1, 2018, the minimum wage rate for Santa Fe, New Mexico will increase.
Wednesday, February 28, 2018
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New York
Starting on July 18, 2018, New York City employers will be required to provide temporary schedule changes to employees for “personal events.”
Wednesday, February 28, 2018
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New York
New York City has agreed to a temporary stay of enforcement of the deduction portion of the Fair Workweek Law.
Wednesday, February 28, 2018
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Resource (State Alerts)
The 2017 EEO-1 Survey is now open, and covered employers must file their 2017 Employer Information Report (EEO-1) by March 31, 2018. This report changes the way employers report certain types of employees, requiring employers with employees who “regularly report” to client sites to identify these employees on an appropriate EEO-1 report using the address of the client site rather than the employer’s personal address.
Monday, January 29, 2018
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Resource (News)
Have you told your employees about the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC)? Twenty-nine states actively want employers to notify employees, but 4 states require employers to communicate the EITC information during W-2 distribution! Click on the above link to see if your employees are in any of these states!
Thursday, January 25, 2018
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Illinois
Employers using timeclocks that use employee finger or hand scanning technology to clock in and out may have heard about a recent surge of class action litigation asserting that such technologies are covered by the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (“BIPA” or the “Act”). Many lawsuits have been filed against employers operating in Illinois.
Thursday, January 25, 2018
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Illinois
To provide hospitality workers greater protections against sexual harassment and assault, the Chicago City Council has passed the “Hands Off Pants On” Ordinance. The Ordinance requires all hotels in the City to adopt a panic button system and an anti-sexual harassment policy.