The Arkansas Minimum Wage Increase Initiative Is On Its Way – This fall, Arkansas voters will have the choice to increase the state minimum wage to $11.00 per hour by 2021. The Arkansas Secretary of State announced on August 16 that petitioners had raised more than 84,000 valid signatures in support of adding the measure Read more
Effective August 30, 2018! California Prop 65 Regulations Require New “Safe Harbor” Warning Signs Companies that do business in the state of California are required to provide a warning before exposing any person to chemicals known to cause cancer or birth defects and other reproductive harm. California Prop 65 Consumer Product Exposure Warning Sign Read more
On May 9, 2018, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio signed several laws addressing sexual harassment in the workplace. The laws, also known as “Stop Sexual Harassment in New York City Act,” amend the New York City Human Rights Law. The New York City Human Rights Law bans employment discrimination, harassment, and retaliation on Read more
What is Prop 65? California’s Proposition 65 (“Prop 65”), officially known as the Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act, requires businesses to warn the public before knowingly and intentionally exposing them to chemicals “known to the State of California” to cause cancer, birth defects or other reproductive harm. The state maintains a list of Read more
Effective Immediately! Mandatory Notice for All Employers Nevada Rules To Be Observed By Employers Peel ‘N Post™ Nevada All-On-One Labor Law Poster™ What’s new? The Rules To Be Observed By Employers posting has been updated with a new exemption from overtime requirements. What’s changed? The Rules To Be Observed By Employers posting provides information on Read more
It may seem like it was only yesterday that employers were required to update Nevada employment posters (time flies: it was actually two months ago), but it’s that time again: Nevada has updated the mandatory Rules To Be Observed By Employers notice to employees with information about overtime exemption requirements for domestic workers. Nevada passed Read more
Updated Notice Required – Effective Immediately! Texas OIEC Ombudsman Program Notice Peel ‘N Post™ Texas All-On-One™ Labor Law Poster What’s new? The Texas OIEC Ombudsman Program Notice has been significantly redesigned, and has new size requirements. What’s changed? The Office of Injured Employee Counsel (OIEC) has released a new version of the Ombudsman Program Notice. Read more
Effective Immediately! Employment Protections for Victims of Crime Notice of Employee Rights Vermont Employment Protections for Victims of Crime Peel ‘N Post™ Vermont All-On-One Labor Law Poster™ What’s new? Vermont has enacted a new Crime Victim Leave Law. The required Employment Protections for Victims of Crime workplace posting explains key provisions of the law: Who Read more
All Texas employers participating in the workers’ compensation system must post notice of the Office of Injured Employee Counsel (OIEC) Ombudsman Program. The notice must be displayed in the personnel office, if the employer has a personnel office, and in the workplace where each employee is likely to see the notice on a regular basis. Read more
Two years after the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) passed regulations intended to improve tracking of workplace injuries and illnesses, the federal agency has proposed to amend their own rule in order to limit the information that employers are required to submit. If the rule is approved, employers will no longer be required to Read more
