New CT mandatory-to-post Paid Sick Leave poster – law is effective January 1, 2012. Connecticut employers employing 50 or more individuals in the state in any one (1) quarter in the previous year must post the new poster at the workplace where it is easy to view. Under the law, an “employer” is any person, Read more
Illinois recently passed a workers’ compensation bill that makes several changes to the state workers’ compensation system. One important change involves employees’ medical provider choices in the event of injury. Under the old law, an injured worker was entitled to two choices of medical providers. Under the new law, if an employer has a preferred Read more
Vermont Department of Labor has announced an increase in the minimum wage for 2012. The state has also released its updated Minimum Wage Notice. Effective January 1, 2012, the minimum wage rate will increase 31 cents to $8.46 per hour. For tipped employees, the basic wage rate will increase 15 cents to $4.10 per hour Read more
New Jersey has adopted new rules that require employers to conspicuously post a new notice of the employer’s obligation to maintain and report certain employment-related records. The new notice is called, “Employer Obligation to Maintain and Report Records”. What is Covered The following laws are covered on the new recordkeeping rules notice: Wage Payment Law Read more
California has ended their 2011 legislative session. Governor Jerry Brown has signed many bills into law that may impact California employers in 2012 and beyond. These enacted bills vary in content and scope. Listed below are some important highlights and how they may affect employers. Gender Identity and Expression and Discrimination Based on Genetic Information: Read more
Colorado Department of Labor and Employment has proposed an increase in the minimum wage rate going into effect January 1, 2012. The proposal increases the minimum wage rate 28 cents to $7.64 per hour, and $4.62 per hour for tipped employees. The state’s Minimum Wage labor law poster is updated each year. The notice provides Read more
Starting January 1, 2012, Oregon’s minimum wage rate will increase 30 cents to $8.80 per hour. Employers may not use the tips of tipped employees as credit toward the minimum wage rate. The state’s Minimum Wage labor law posters are updated each year. These notices provide a summary of Oregon’s laws relating to minimum wage, Read more
Workers in Arizona, Florida, Montana and San Francisco, California will see larger paychecks because minimum wage rates are increasing effective January 1, 2012. It’s time to replace your outdated labor law posters with the new 2012 versions. In 2006, Arizona’s voters enacted the “Raise the Minimum Wage for Working Arizonans Act”. This Act established an Read more
The Nevada Equal Rights Commission (NERC) issued a revised Discrimination is Illegal labor law poster. The revised labor law poster adds “gender identity or expression” to the list of characteristics protected from discrimination. Three bills signed into law this year add the new protected category in employment (AB 211), businesses offering services to the public Read more
Effective January 1, 2012, Ohio’s minimum wage rate will increase to $7.70 per hour for non-tipped employees and $3.85 per hour for tipped employees, plus tips. Ohio’s current minimum wage is $7.40 per hour for non-tipped employees and $3.70 for tipped employees, plus tips. On January 1, 2012, the minimum wage increase will apply to Read more
