Tennessee’s 2014 legislative session has ended with a couple of bills that require mention. Employers need to know about the “Employee Online Privacy Act of 2014” and the “Healthy Workplace Act”. Tennessee Employee Online Privacy Act of 2014 This law becomes effective January 1, 2015 and essentially stipulates what an employer can and cannot request Read more
Minnesota’s minimum wage law covers full-time and part-time employees, there are a few exceptions. Under the law, employers must pay employees the minimum wage for all hours worked. Did you know… hours worked include training time, waiting time, rest periods of less than 20 minutes and any other time an employee must be at work. Read more
Massachusetts 2014 legislative session runs well into 2015, but there is an important bill Governor Patrick has already signed which requires mention. The most notable bill signed thus far is an increase in the state’s minimum wage. Senate Bill 2195, An Act Restoring the Minimum Wage and Providing Unemployment Insurance, raises the minimum wage to Read more
Recently Connecticut’s governor signed into law the “Act Creating Parity between Paid Sick Leave Benefits and Other Employer-Provided Benefits”, effective January 1, 2015. Public Act 14-128 amends the existing Connecticut Paid Sick Leave law in a couple of significant ways. First, under existing law, each employer must provide paid sick leave annually to each of Read more
Portions of Canada’s Anti-Spam Law (CASL) are now in effect, then on January 15, 2015 additional sections related to the unsolicited installation of computer programs or software come into force. Organizations operating in Canada that use electronic channels to promote or market products and services must comply with CASL; this includes charities and non-profits. To Read more
On April 9, 2011 the New York Wage Theft Prevention Act (WTPA) took effect. Provisions of the law require employers to give written notice of wage rates to each new hire and to ALL employees annually by February 1 each year. The annual notice portion of the law was not well received by employers because Read more
Statistics show there was a period of decline in teen summer employment rates in the early to mid 2000’s. Was the decline due to more teens concentrating on academics or the result of a weakened labor market due to recessionary times? Probably a little of both, but according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics May Read more
Removing barriers to employment for people with criminal records has been a topic highly debated and actively legislated. Twelve states and over 60 cities and counties currently embrace “Banning the Box”, which removes one question from hiring-related forms – the query about past criminal history. Back in 1998 Hawaii got the movement started by being Read more
California has been a pioneer leading the nation in heat illness prevention standards. As a pioneer, it is important to make necessary updates with regard to worker safety. That’s just what’s on the horizon as California’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH) sends it proposal for updates to the Standards Board. With a heat Read more
As you may already know June is National Safety Month, so it comes as no surprise that Cal/OSHA is targeting construction sites for safety rules compliance. Specifically, Cal/OSHA is targeting construction sites in Northern California or more precisely San Francisco because of recent fatal accidents in the region. As discussed in a prior blog, it Read more
