South Carolina employers are now required to post two updated labor law notices as a result of the recent passage of two amendments of law. The new text provisions are found on the state’s “Labor Law Abstract” and “Safety and Health Protection on the Job” postings. Labor Law Abstract update: E-Verify Procedures Under South Carolina Read more
Maryland has updated its “Health Insurance Coverage” posting. The notice has been revised to reflect that an employee and other family members may be eligible under Maryland law to continue coverage under a former employer’s health insurance policy if the employee quits or was terminated from the employment for a reason other than for cause. Read more
Overtime Rules for Out-of-State Residents Working in California California-based employers are frequently confused about the wage and hour laws that apply when it comes to their non-resident employees that work temporarily in California. Whether it concerns skilled employees or agricultural workers, the question of whether California’s overtime law should apply to non-residents for work performed Read more
Colorado has released a revised “Employment Security Act” Notice. The updated Unemployment Insurance Notice provides the new website address and instructions to file for unemployment insurance benefits online. There are also two new telephone numbers to file for unemployment insurance benefits. According to the Division, this is required update. Formatting changes were also made to Read more
Three more Canadian provinces, Alberta, Nova Scotia and Manitoba, recently announced increases in their minimum wage rates beginning this fall, bringing them in line with a number of other provinces which have announced plans to increase their minimum wage rates this fiscal year or that have already done so. Alberta Alberta’s general minimum wage will Read more
In April, Kansas Governor Sam Brownback signed into law a comprehensive workers’ compensation reform bill after a nearly yearlong process during which business and labor groups reached a deal that gained unanimous passage in the Legislature. The Substitute for House Bill 2134, which is described as the first significant reform to Kansas workers’ compensation laws Read more
Florida’s Governor, Rick Scott, signed an important Executive Order outlining use of the E-Verify System for the public and private employers in the state. As you may know federal law requires employers to employ only individuals eligible to work in the United States and the Department of Homeland Security’s E-Verify System allows employers too quickly Read more
The Florida Minimum Wage will increase by 6 cents effective June 1, 2011. Florida law requires that the Agency for Workforce Innovation calculate an adjusted minimum wage rate each year. The annual calculation is based on the percentage change in the federal Consumer Price Index for urban wage earners and clerical workers in the South Read more
British Columbia and Quebec will both see increases their minimum wage rates beginning May 1, 2011. British Columbia (BC), which went from having Canada’s highest minimum wage in 2001 to having the lowest minimum wage by 2009, will finally see a gradual increase in its minimum wage rate starting May 1, 2011, when it will Read more
District of Columbia’s new “The Right to Breastfeed” poster must be posted by all employers, public and private. Specifically, DC’s Final Rule (§ 4-518.2) requires that employers conspicuously post and maintain in the workplace a notice containing the Office of Human Rights’ information regarding employers’ and employee’s rights and obligations under the employment guidelines adopted Read more
