Employers operating in South Carolina are now required to post the new Employment Discrimination notice supplied by the Human Affairs Commission to fulfill the South Carolina Pregnancy Accommodations Act poster requirement. The Pregnancy Accommodations Act is a new law already in effect which requires employers to provide reasonable accommodations to job applicants and employees who Read more
During the 2018 legislative session, Maine lawmakers overrode Governor LePage’s veto to ensure passage of a new law intended to protect some of the state’s most vulnerable workers: victims of human trafficking who are forced into providing labor with threats, abuse, and manipulation. Although most of the the new law focuses on the ability to Read more
On April 10, 2018, Governor Andrew Cuomo signed the New York State Budget Bill, which includes a mandate for employers designed to prevent sexual harassment in the workplace. Under the mandate, New York employers will be required to provide sexual harassment training to all workers. Employers without anti-harassment policies should start designing and implementing them Read more
Months after some may have given up on it, the Louisiana Workforce Commission has finally released the Louisiana Earned Income Credit notice for 2018. This mandatory posting, which is updated yearly and usually released at the beginning of the year, informs employees of the potential availability of the federal Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) and Read more
The Denver Anti-Discrimination Office (DADO) has revised the City and County of Denver Anti-Discrimination Poster with information about employer obligations to obey federal as well as municipal law, and additional details on DADO’s role in enforcing the law. This represents the first change to this poster since it was created a decade ago. Colorado employers Read more
Our blog readers may recall that last November, New York City Mayor signed Int. 1313-A, amending the Earned Sick Time Act. The amendments, which took effect May 5, 2017, allow employees to use safe and sick leave for the care and treatment of themselves or a family member and to seek assistance or take other Read more
While everyone’s been on then lookout for those big July 1 changes, Georgia – a state which has not updated any of its mandatory labor law notices since 2016 – slipped in under the radar with a summer surprise. With a revision date of 06/18, the Georgia Department of Labor has updated the Unemployment Insurance Read more
July 1 is almost here! Although January tends to get all the hype when it comes to the minimum wage, there are quite a few locations that schedule their minimum wage updates for the six-month mark of the year. Nevada is one of two states that requires employers to post updated minimum wage notices on Read more
Kentucky’s Division of Wages and Hours has recently updated the mandatory Child Labor Laws and Wage Discrimination postings. Both postings must be displayed in a conspicuous location or area where notices to employees are customarily displayed. Employers covered by Chapter 339 of the Kentucky Revised Statutes must display the Child Labor Laws posting. Employers covered Read more
Raising the Minimum Wage Rate at the Local Level The federal minimum wage rate has been $7.25 an hour since 2009 despite the rising costs of living in the years since. In response, many state and city governments have taken responsibility for raising minimum wage rates to better meet the needs of workers and their Read more
