Employers are required by Connecticut workplace law, Section 31-48d to give employees notice if they use electronic monitoring in their organization, prior to actually doing so. Under the law, an employer is any person, firm or corporation, including the state and any political subdivision of the state which has employees. Electronic monitoring in Connecticut consists Read more
Colorado is the latest state to enact a law that prohibits employers from performing a credit history or credit check for hiring or other employment purposes. The Employment Opportunity Act (Senate Bill 18) applies to private sector employers with four or more employees. It prohibits employers from using “consumer credit information” in making employment decisions. Read more
The District of Columbia has updated two of its workplace postings with a new office location for the Department of Employment Services (DOES). The District’s “Minimum Wage” and “Accrued Sick and Safe Leave Act” postings include a new DOES Office of Wage-Hour street address. Employers are not required to update their labor law posters for Read more
Tomorrow Wednesday May 1st Quebec’s Minimum Wage for general wage earners rises by 25 cents to $10.15 per hour. This increase was recently approved by the Cabinet and makes Quebec one of the many Canadian provinces that have a wage rate above $10.00 per hour. Compliance Poster Company keeps Canadian customers in compliance with its Read more
Wisconsin’s Department of Workforce Development, Equal Rights Division makes updates to the Fair Employment law poster. The changes are minor and do not require customers to update their Wisconsin All-On-One™ posters. In Wisconsin it is unlawful to discriminate against employees and job applicants based on the protected classes. The Equal Rights Division changed “Military Service Read more
The Kansas Workers’ Compensation labor law posting has been updated to reflect a change in reporting deadlines for accidents and injuries that occur on or after April 25, 2013. Senate Bill 187 shortens the time periods for employees to give notice to their employers of an accident or injury in order to be eligible for Read more
Progress is being made in the fight against employee misclassification, most recently in the District of Columbia. Employee misclassification is the practice of labeling workers as independent contractors, rather than employees. Misclassification is unfair to law-abiding employers that pay unemployment insurance taxes and provide workers’ compensation coverage for their employees. They also face a competitive Read more
New Mexico takes a big step forward in achieving wage equality for women with the recent passage of the Fair Pay for Women Act. Effective June 14, 2013, getting equal pay may be easier for New Mexico workers of either sex. That’s because the law protects both women and men from wage discrimination. Wage Discrimination Read more
Georgia’s Department of Labor has released an updated Unemployment Insurance Benefits poster which has mandatory-To-Post changes. The Unemployment Insurance poster must be posted where employees can easily view it and is one of the state postings included on Compliance Poster Company’s Georgia state and federal All-On-One™ labor law poster. CPC has revolutionized the labor law Read more
Michigan’s legislature has been active so far this legislative session. Of interest are the general labor-related bills. In particular, there is much discussion about the bills to raise Michigan’s minimum wage. Currently Michigan’s minimum wage is $7.40 per hour, but a couple of the minimum wage bills would increase the wage rate and bring it Read more
