Labor Law Updates

Keeping you current on the ever changing labor laws

British Columbia Employee Leaves  Peel ‘N Post  Update   Expanded employee leaves: Pregnancy leave Parental leave Compassionate care leave New employee leaves: Child disappearance leave Death of child leave What’s new? Recent amendments to the British Columbia Employment Standards Act expand employees’ pregnancy leave, parental leave and compassionate care leave entitlements and establish two new Read more

British Columbia employee leaves

This year, British Columbia enacted the Employment Standards Amendment Act, 2018 (ESA).  The new law expands employees’ pregnancy, parental and compassionate care leave rights and establishes two new leave entitlements.  The expanded leave protections better reflect the self and family care-giving needs of BC’s working families. The law also allows employees to take advantage of Read more

Employee Employer compliance assistance

Last week, U.S. Secretary of Labor Alexander Acosta announced the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) new Office of Compliance Initiatives (OCI).  The new agency is tasked with expanding and developing innovative approaches to compliance assistance, including more effective use of online resources to promote a better understanding of federal labor laws and regulations.  Providing employers Read more

Oklahoma Law Prohibits Discrimination Poster Peel 'N Post

Oklahoma Law Prohibits Discrimination in Employment  Peel ‘N Post  Update   New contact information for the Office of Oklahoma Attorney General, Office of Civil rights Enforcement. What’s changed? The Oklahoma Law Prohibits Discrimination in Employment notice has been revised to more concisely state the protected categories and the employment practices covered by Oklahoma’s law against Read more

Earned Sick Leave

On August 16, 2018, San Antonio became the second city in the state of Texas to pass a paid sick leave ordinance. Earlier this year, Austin passed a similar law. The San Antonio Earned Paid Sick Time Ordinance will require employers to provide employees with the ability to accrue and use earned paid sick time Read more

Maine Child Labor Laws Allow More Tasks for Teen Employees

In the midst of low unemployment and an ongoing labor shortage, Maine employers have been granted some partial relief in the form of revised rules governing teen workers. The new rules, which are already in effect, will allow employers to place more responsibility – including driving, cooking, and welding – in the hands of employees Read more

salaryhistory

This January, Hawaii will join a growing number of states that prohibit employers from using a job applicant’s current or prior salary history information to determine what compensation to offer the applicant.  Hawaii’s law will prohibit employers from asking job applicants directly about their salary history, searching publicly available records for an applicant’s salary history, Read more

Effective Immediately! Oregon Employee Work Schedules Poster   Specialty poster for large  employers in the retail, hospitality, and food services industries     What’s changed? The Oregon Predictive Scheduling Law covers employers in the retail, hospitality, or food services industries who employ 500 or more employees worldwide; and their employees who perform work in a retail, hospitality, or Read more

New Jersey

On August 10, 2018, the New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development signed the Memorandum of Understanding with the United States Department of Labor (USDOL). For the next three years, both agencies will work together to prevent and reduce the classification of independent contractors. According to the New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Read more

Oregon Predictive Work Scheduling Law for Employees

The Oregon Predictive Work Scheduling Law Poster  (also referred to as the Oregon Employee Work Schedules Poster) has been updated with revised information regarding who is covered by the law and more precise requirements for advance notice of schedule changes. The poster was revised to comply with regulations approved by the Oregon Bureau of Labor Read more