Some Illinois employers may not aware that as of January 1, 2016, they are required to post an official Illinois Human Trafficking Poster in their place of business (775 ILCS 50/5). The signage requirement applies to venues and industries that are frequently exposed to human trafficking. This includes: Restaurants that sell alcoholic beverages; Adult entertainment Read more
All Virginia employers are required to post the official Virginia Occupational Safety and Health (VOSH) Job Safety and Health Protection notice to inform employees of their rights and responsibilities concerning health and safety in the workplace. The Job Safety and Health Protection notice has been revised to reflect current illness and injury reporting requirements under Virginia Read more
New Jersey employers are highly encouraged to adopt well-defined anti-discrimination and anti-harassment policies if they want to protect themselves from discrimination and harassment claims. A New Jersey Supreme Court has recently decided in Dunkley v. S. Coraluzzo Petroleum Transporters that employers may assert an affirmative defense if they maintained an anti-discrimination and anti-harassment policy, and Read more
The Maryland Department of Labor Licensing and Regulation (DLLR) has revised the state’s mandatory Equal Pay for Equal Work posting to reflect the current state of the law regarding employer recordkeeping requirements under Maryland’s Equal Pay Act. The Equal Pay Act requires employers to pay equal wages to male and female employees who work in Read more
To promote equal treatment of individuals, specifically individuals whose gender and self-image do not accord with the legal sex assigned to them at birth, the New York City Council passed the Transgender Rights Bill in 2002. The goal of the law was to expand the scope of the gender-based protections guaranteed under the New York Read more
Birmingham, Alabama will soon be the first city in Alabama to implement a minimum wage rate. Last August the Birmingham City Council passed an Ordinance establishing a minimum wage rate of $8.50 per hour starting in 2016 and increasing to $10.10 per hour in 2017. After that, minimum wage increases will be tied to changes Read more
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
On October 21, 2015, the Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioners approved Ordinance 15-25 also known as “Hillsborough County Wage Recovery Ordinance.” The Ordinance, which went into effect January 1, 2016, applies to any individual or independent contractor performing work in Hillsborough County, or any individual who performs work that benefits an employer located within Read more
In recent years there has been a growing interest in law making that would require employers to give employees advance notice of their work schedules, pay them for reporting to work as scheduled and for time they are “on call”, and give them the right to request schedule changes without fear of retaliation. Already California, Read more
Efforts to increase the minimum wage rates continue in several states and municipalities across the nation. Kentucky and New Jersey are just two states with introduced bills that if passed will increase the minimum wage rate. Kentucky’s current minimum wage is $7.25 per hour and has been the same since 2009. Under Kentucky’s Bill H 278, Read more
