Last May, OSHA issued a final rule amending its Recording and Reporting Occupational Injuries and Illnesses regulation (29 CFR 1904). The final rule requires certain employers to electronically report injury and illness data to OSHA and to inform employees of their right to report work-related injuries and illnesses free from retaliation. The anti-retaliation provisions of the Read more
Virginia has made two important posting changes that require employers to post the revised Virginia All-On-One Labor Law Poster. The changes affect the Virginia Occupational Safety & Health (VOSH) posting and the State-mandated federal Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) posting. VOSH Virginia has adopted work-related injury and illness reporting regulations that mirror federal Occupational Safety Read more
Pregnant employees in West Virginia may find it easier to perform their jobs. West Virginia has enacted the Pregnant Workers’ Fairness Act (PWFA) prohibiting discrimination in employment based on pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions. The law also requires employers to make reasonable accommodations for limitations related to pregnancy and childbirth. Although not defined in Read more
Employers in the City of Los Angeles had more than a year to prepare for the City’s minimum wage hike that went into effect at the beginning of this month, but relatively little time to prepare for the mandatory paid sick leave benefits that also began to accrue to their employees since the beginning of Read more
Passed in 2015, the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act requires federal agencies to increase penalties for violations of the laws they enforce to maintain their deterrent effect. The Act requires agencies to adopt “catch up” penalties to account for lost time, in some cases decades, since the last adjustments were made and Read more
Colorado has enacted a new Pregnancy Accommodation Law prohibiting discrimination in employment based on pregnancy, childbirth, and related health conditions. The law also requires employers to provide reasonable accommodations to job applicants and employees affected by pregnancy-related conditions. An employer is not required to provide accommodations that would impose an undue hardship on the employer’s Read more
By now, California employers have heard that several California localities will implement minimum wage rates that exceed state minimum wage rates effective July 1, 2016. Compliance Poster Company has all of the mandatory Minimum Wage posters in the required formats and languages. Click on a city/county below to order the poster for your community. CA Read more
MINIMUM WAGE Our blog readers will recall from an earlier blog post that Oregon has adopted a new regional minimum wage system that increases state minimum wage rates in a series of installments beginning July 1, 2016, based on the region in which the employer is located. Initially, in the urban area of Portland and Read more
On July 1, 2016, Pasadena will be one of several Southern California cities to implement a minimum wage requirement. Pasadena’s new Minimum Wage Ordinance requires employers to pay employees no less than the minimum wage described in Municipal Code 5.02.015 for each hour worked within the geographic boundaries of the City. The Ordinance is effective Read more
South Carolina employers are required by law to post official labor law notices in the workplace. (SC Code of Laws Ann. 41-1-10) Periodically, the South Carolina Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation updates these notices to reflect existing and new provisions of law and policy that affect the rights and responsibilities of employers and employees. Read more
