January tends to get all the attention, but many state and municipal labor law changes go into effect in late June or early July. In some cases, employers are required to update mandatory workplace posters so that employees are informed of changes to the law. CPC wants to help you avoid last-minute summer stress. Starting Read more
After a period of uncertainty surrounding employer obligations, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has announced that it will collect EEO-1 pay data information for the calendar years of 2018 and 2017. Covered employers will be required to submit this information by September 30, 2019. In addition to EEO-1 pay data, referred to as Component Read more
May 6 to May 10 marks OSHA’s 2019 National Safety Stand-Down to Prevent Falls in Construction. This now-annual event was initially launched on Workers’ Memorial Day in 2012 as a means to address fall protection in the construction industry, but OSHA encourages employers in all industries to participate. Falls are one of the most common Read more
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On April 23, 2019, Tennessee Governor Bill Lee signed H.B. 2016 into law. The bill, which came into effect immediately upon signature, amends the Tennessee Healthy Workplace Act to address private employers as well as state or local government entities. The new law extends the protections created by the Tennessee workplace bullying prevention law, originally Read more
On April 12, 2019, Maine’s first female Governor Janet Mills signed Senate Bill 90, or “An Act Regarding Pay Equality,” into law. The new law, which goes into effect 90 days after the current legislative session ends, seeks to end wage inequality in the state by prohibiting employers from taking salary history into account when Read more
The Colorado Division of Labor Standards and Statistics recently announced that it is seeking input from the public on the Colorado Minimum Wage Order. These rules, which are revised annually to reflect the state minimum wage increase, regulate wage and hour requirements including hours of work, overtime pay, break periods, and acceptable deductions from wages. Read more
2019 Provincial Minimum Wage Updates 2019 New Brunswick Minimum Wage Peel ‘N Post™ 2019 Newfoundland & Labrador All-On-One™ Labour Law Poster Minimum Wage Updates Effective April 1, 2019, the minimum wage increased in four provinces: Province Minimum Wage Rate Poster Update Method New Brunswick $11.50 New Brunswick 2019 Minimum Wage Peel ‘N Post™ Newfoundland & Read more
It’s time for some employment standards spring cleaning! Effective April 1, 2019, the provincial minimum wage has increased in four Canadian provinces: New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island. Employers in these provinces should be sure that payroll policies for minimum wage workers have been updated and that employees have been Read more
Three years after employers began preparing to raise salary thresholds for employees to qualify as exempt from overtime pay requirements, the time may have finally arrived. On March 22, 2019, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) published the “Defining and Delimiting the Exemptions for Executive, Administrative, Professional, Outside Sales and Computer Employees” Proposed Rule in Read more
