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
Three more states, Illinois, Hawaii, and Delaware, have passed new laws that recognize civil unions. These new laws extend all the same legal rights, benefits, protections, and responsibilities of spouses in a marriage to partners of a civil union. Many of those benefits and protections arise under labor and employment laws. Therefore, Illinois, Hawaii, and Delaware Read more
Transgender status has been added to Colorado’s Anti-Discrimination poster as a class against whom discrimination is prohibited. Specifically, following “sexual orientation”, the term “incl. transgender status” has been added under each of the covered topics: Employment, Housing, and Public Accommodation. In addition, the names of the Division of Civil Rights’ Director, Executive Director, and Governor Read more
Maryland’s Unemployment Insurance notice to Employees (DLLR/OUI 328 Employees Rights Under Maryland’s Unemployment Insurance Law) contains important new contact information, as well as other changes. Changes to Maryland Unemployment Insurance The notice now identifies the correct office and street/mailing address for complaints of discrimination in the unemployment insurance process. Persons seeking assistance should address related Read more
Virginia has made two important, required poster changes to the state’s CLI (Credit for Low income Individuals) notice. Details of the changes and additional important information are below regarding the Credit for Low income Individual eligibility and iFile system. Virginia CLI and iFile Changes The website link for state CLI information has been updated and now Read more
The Louisiana Workforce Commission has updated its list of state-mandated labor law posters with the release of the new 2011 Earned Income Credit (EIC) poster. Some of the important changes to the EIC notice Increase in Income Eligibility Limits Louisiana’s 2011 EIC notice reflects increases in the income levels for EIC eligibility in 2011. The Read more
Governor Paterson Signs Into Law The Wage Theft Prevention Act Governor Paterson signed into law a comprehensive bill, S 8380/A 11726, the Wage Theft Prevention Act. The bill addresses employer failure to pay mandatory minimum wages and overtime due to employees, thereby requiring annual notifications of wages, expanding notifications, strengthening available remedies for wage law Read more
Updated Fact Sheets for Injured Workers Now Available From the California DWC The California Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) has created a series of updated fact sheets for injured workers. The fact sheets are available in “text only” versions on their website. The text only versions make it possible for claim administrators to incorporate updated Read more
The District of Columbia has issued new final regulations for the District’s Family and Medical Leave Act (DC FMLA, D.C. Official Code 32-501 et seq.), effective November 19, 2010. While many provisions of the rules are not new and were included in the Act and in prior regulations, there is new material of which employers Read more
Illinois Governor to Sign Civil Unions Bill Giving Same-sex Couples Additional Benefits & Protections During the Illinois legislature’s fall 2010 veto session, lawmakers passed the historic “Illinois Religious Freedom Protection and Civil Union Act” (IL S 1716). The bill defines “civil union” as a legal relationship between 2 persons of either the same or opposite Read more
