Recently Connecticut’s governor signed into law the “Act Creating Parity between Paid Sick Leave Benefits and Other Employer-Provided Benefits”, effective January 1, 2015. Public Act 14-128 amends the existing Connecticut Paid Sick Leave law in a couple of significant ways. First, under existing law, each employer must provide paid sick leave annually to each of Read more
Employers should periodically conduct internal audits of their Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) policies and practices to ensure they are legally compliant. It is especially important now because the US Department of Labor FMLA enforcement branch has renewed its emphasis on conducting on-site FMLA compliance investigations. Three essential components of an internal audit are: Read more
Portions of Canada’s Anti-Spam Law (CASL) are now in effect, then on January 15, 2015 additional sections related to the unsolicited installation of computer programs or software come into force. Organizations operating in Canada that use electronic channels to promote or market products and services must comply with CASL; this includes charities and non-profits. To Read more
The Maryland Minimum Wage Act of 2014 entitles employees to greater legal protection and imposes new obligations on employers. Most notably, under the act the state’s minimum wage rate will increase over the next several years and eventually reach $10.10 per hour on July 1, 2018. Currently, the state minimum wage rate is $7.25 per Read more
Governor Lincoln Chafee recently signed legislation raising the state’s minimum wage. The minimum wage rate will increase by one dollar from the current $8.00 per hour to $9.00 per hour effective January 1, 2015. So far there are four additional states with minimum wage increases effective January 1, 2015. They are Hawaii, Massachusetts, Vermont and Read more
The District of Columbia has updated two mandatory workplace postings: District of Columbia Minimum Wage Poster Accrued Sick and Safe Leave Act District of Columbia Minimum Wage Poster Earlier this year, the District of Columbia’s Minimum Wage Revision Act was amended to provide for increases in the District’s hourly minimum wage rate beginning July 1, Read more
History – In 2002, legislation was enacted to extend disability compensation to cover persons who take time off from work to care for a seriously ill child, spouse, parent, or registered domestic partner, or to bond with a new child. Senate Bill 1661 established Paid Family Leave (PFL) to be administered by the California State Read more
All private employers in the City of Newark, NJ are required to provide employees with up to five days paid sick time off under the City’s new Paid Sick Leave law and to post the City of Newark Paid Sick Leave Ordinance Poster. Who is eligible for paid sick leave? Employees who work in the Read more
On April 9, 2011 the New York Wage Theft Prevention Act (WTPA) took effect. Provisions of the law require employers to give written notice of wage rates to each new hire and to ALL employees annually by February 1 each year. The annual notice portion of the law was not well received by employers because Read more
Human Trafficking Help Under new Law effective July 1, 2014, New Mexico employers are required to post the new state Notice on Human Trafficking Poster. The bilingual Notice on Human Trafficking Poster contains toll-free state and national telephone and text reporting numbers, assurance of caller anonymity and confidentiality, and a forced labor advisory. Who must Read more
