Labor Law Updates

Washington State Department of Labor & Industries’ (L&I) recently released updates to two of its labor law postings, “Your Rights as a Worker” and “Job Safety & Health”. Important changes reflecting employees’ rights under the state’s Domestic Partnership Law, protections against human trafficking, and a clarification of the rule requiring reporting of work-related hospitalizations are Read more

Compliance Poster Company Announces California Workers’ Compensation Update in time for October 8, 2010 Deadline MONROVIA, Ca – California Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) has amended regulations pursuant to 8 CCR § 9767.3, et seq., to include the Medical Provider Network (MPN) application process, treatment and change of physician within an MPN, the employer notification Read more

Flushing Hospital nurse gets $15 Million award in Sexual Harassment Lawsuit: Author:Nicole Bode Publication: Daily News Staff Writer Date: February 23rd, 2009, 12:18 am A Queens jury awarded a nurse a record $15 million after finding that hospital bosses allowed a doctor with a history of sex harassment to abuse female staffers for eight years. Read more

Il H 4658: Employee Credit Privacy ActThis bill creates the Employee Credit Privacy Act. It prohibits employers, exempting public employers, insurers, financial institutions or debt collectors, from using a person’s credit report or credit history as a basis for employment, discharge, or compensation. Specifically, the bill provides that an employer may not “[f]ail or refuse Read more

The New York State Department of Labor requires a Summary of Wage Order Rates and Allowances be posted next to the Minimum Wage poster. Industry Wage Order Rates and Allowances apply to specific industries and govern wages, hours and conditions and limitations for that industry. Current Wage Order Rates and Allowances, and any required regulations Read more

Effective July 15, 2010 a new Nebraska law provides for protection of workers in construction, trucking and delivery services from misclassification as sub-contractors for the purposes of tax with-holding, unemployment insurance and workers’ compensation insurance benefits. The new law requires contractors to post a notice in English and Spanish at the job site or place Read more

Wisconsin Senate Bill 181 was amended, some sections were also newly created, in 2009 with the amended/new sections to be effective 7/5/2010. It now applies to all restaurants, and adds Sports arenas, prisons, mental health institutions, hotels & motels. The law exempts tobacco retail shops and cigar bars under certain conditions, and also preempts local Read more

Supreme Court Upholds Public Employer’s Search of Employee’s Personal Text Messages: The U.S. Supreme Court recently held that a government employer’s search of an employee’s text messages stored on an employer-issued pager was reasonable and did not violate the employee’s privacy rights. In City of Ontario v. Quon, 2010 U.S. LEXIS 4972 (U.S. June 17, Read more

DOL clarifies FMLA “son or daughter” caregiver leave: On June 22, 2010, the U.S. Department of Labor (“DOL”) issued Administrator’s Interpretation No. 2010-3 clarifying the circumstances under which a person stands “in loco parentis” to a child for purposes of taking leave under the Family and Medical Leave Act (“FMLA”) (29 U.S.C. § 2601 et. Read more

New Tennessee “No Handgun” Law An individual, corporation, business entity, or local, state or federal government entity or agent of is authorized to prohibit the possession of weapons by any person who is at a meeting conducted by or on property owned, operated, or managed under the control of the individual, corporation, business entity or Read more