Louisiana law requires employers with 20 or more full-time or part-time employees to post an Earned Income Credit (EIC) Notice to Employees informing employees of the annual federal Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) eligibility requirements. (R.S. §1018.2) Earned Income Tax Credits are reductions in federal income tax liability for which an employee may be eligible if Read more
Posted on June 15, 2015 by Viridiana Huerta, Research & Compliance The Massachusetts Office of the Attorney General requires all Massachusetts employers to post the new Earned Sick Time posting, which covers employee rights to earned sick time. The Earned Sick Time Law was approved by voters on November 4, 2014, and will be effective July 1, 2015. Read more
The Attorney General’s Office of Massachusetts has recently released an updated Fair Employment posting that includes information on two new laws. All employers with six or more employees are protected under the Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 151B and are required to replace any outdated postings. As previously mentioned in our blog, the Massachusetts Domestic Workers’ Read more
All Maryland employers are required to post the updated 2015 Equal Pay for Equal Work workplace notice. The Maryland Equal Pay for Equal Work law requires an employer to provide equal pay to men and women who work in the same establishment and perform work of comparable character. The Equal Pay for Equal Work does Read more
More states are passing laws that require employers to provide reasonable accommodations for workers whose ability to perform their job functions is limited by pregnancy, childbirth, and related conditions. It’s a labor law trend that in all likelihood will continue to spread to more jurisdictions. Since employers may face serious consequences for failure to provide Read more
Louisiana law requires employers to each year post a notice to employees of the federal Earned Income Tax Credit. (LRS §1018.2) Earned Income Tax Credits (EITC) are reductions in federal income tax liability for which an employee may be eligible if the employee meets certain requirements. The Louisiana Workforce Commission (LWC) issues the form of Read more
The Arkansas Department of Labor has released an updated Notice to Employer and Employee. The posting includes an updated child labor section that reflects a recent amendment to the Arkansas Code (AR HB 1116) allowing 17-year-olds to work a greater number of hours per day and per week and overnight hours any day of the Read more
In the last three years, Puerto Rico enacted two laws that extended protections against employment discrimination available under Act No. 100 of June 30, 1959 to employees based on their military status, sexual orientation, and gender identity. In May 29, 2013, Puerto Rico’s government passed Law 22. This law makes it illegal to discriminate on Read more
The state of New York increased the general minimum wage rate in a series of three annual increments starting in 2013; as a result, a Wage Board was appointed to investigate and recommend any changes to service employees’ minimum wage. On February 24, 2015, the Acting Commissioner of the New York Department of Labor adopted Read more
Pennsylvania’s Department of Labor has recently revised its workers’ compensation notice posting. By law, all Pennsylvania employers are required to post this notice (LIBC-500) in a prominent and easily accessible location in the workplace. The posting includes the name, address and telephone number of the insurer or other appropriate party to contact regarding workers’ compensation Read more
