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The Department of Labor (DOL) issued an opinion letter on August 8, 2019 in response to whether or not an employee may take leave under the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) to attend a Committee on Special Education (CSE) meeting to discuss their child’s...

The federal government's Form I-9, used by HR departments across the country to verify workers' employment eligibility, is expiring at the end of the month on 8/31/2019.In March 2019, the USCIS published a Notice in the Federal Register proposing an...

The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has recently issued three new opinion letters that address common questions under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).  While the opinion letters address specific situations that are not applicable to every business, they do provide...

Virginia has a new law that went into effect July 1, 2019, regarding employee access to personnel records.  The Virginia law is a first of its kind, but more and more states are adopting such statutes.  Laws requiring access to personnel documents vary by...

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has announced their web-based portal for the submission of the Component 2 EEO-1 reports for 2017 and 2018 will be active by July 15, 2019 via the Component 2 EEO-1 Online Filing System. The EEOC has...

With the signature of Governor Ned Lamont, Connecticut has become the 7thstate to mandate paid family leave, joining California, Massachusetts, New York, New Jersey, Rhode Island, Washington and the District of Columbia. Although the new law only directly...

On June 13, 2019, the departments of Health and Human Services, Labor and Treasury jointly issued a final rule that will allow employers of all sizes to provide tax-free reimbursements to employees who purchase individual health insurance coverage.  Prior...

The Department of Labor (DOL) plans to issue a request for Information regarding the FMLA.  In it, the DOL will solicit comments on ways to improve its regulations under the FMLA to: (a) better protect and suit the needs of workers; and (b) reduce...

The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) released an Advice Memorandum on May 14, 2019, almost a month after it was originally issued,  stating Uber drivers are independent contractors and not employees.  This classification will mean they have no right...

The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) announced it has issued a new opinion letter that addresses compliance issues related to the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).This letter responds to a request on behalf of a particular virtual marketplace company (VMC)....

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced on May 2, 2019 that it has opted to collect Component 2 data for 2017 in addition to 2018.  On April 25, 2019, the district court ordered the EEOC to collect a second year of pay data from select...

Covered employers will only have until September 30, 2019 to report pay data as part of their annual EEO-1 filing. On April 25, 2019, a federal judge ordered the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) to collect pay data from the 2018 calendar year...

The Department of Labor (DOL) issued an opinion letter on August 8, 2019 in response to whether or not an employee may take leave under the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) to attend a Committee on Special Education (CSE) meeting to discuss their child’s...

The federal government's Form I-9, used by HR departments across the country to verify workers' employment eligibility, is expiring at the end of the month on 8/31/2019.In March 2019, the USCIS published a Notice in the Federal Register proposing an...

The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has recently issued three new opinion letters that address common questions under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).  While the opinion letters address specific situations that are not applicable to every business, they do provide...

Virginia has a new law that went into effect July 1, 2019, regarding employee access to personnel records.  The Virginia law is a first of its kind, but more and more states are adopting such statutes.  Laws requiring access to personnel documents vary by...

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has announced their web-based portal for the submission of the Component 2 EEO-1 reports for 2017 and 2018 will be active by July 15, 2019 via the Component 2 EEO-1 Online Filing System. The EEOC has...

With the signature of Governor Ned Lamont, Connecticut has become the 7thstate to mandate paid family leave, joining California, Massachusetts, New York, New Jersey, Rhode Island, Washington and the District of Columbia. Although the new law only directly...

On June 13, 2019, the departments of Health and Human Services, Labor and Treasury jointly issued a final rule that will allow employers of all sizes to provide tax-free reimbursements to employees who purchase individual health insurance coverage.  Prior...

The Department of Labor (DOL) plans to issue a request for Information regarding the FMLA.  In it, the DOL will solicit comments on ways to improve its regulations under the FMLA to: (a) better protect and suit the needs of workers; and (b) reduce...

The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) released an Advice Memorandum on May 14, 2019, almost a month after it was originally issued,  stating Uber drivers are independent contractors and not employees.  This classification will mean they have no right...

The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) announced it has issued a new opinion letter that addresses compliance issues related to the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).This letter responds to a request on behalf of a particular virtual marketplace company (VMC)....

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced on May 2, 2019 that it has opted to collect Component 2 data for 2017 in addition to 2018.  On April 25, 2019, the district court ordered the EEOC to collect a second year of pay data from select...

Covered employers will only have until September 30, 2019 to report pay data as part of their annual EEO-1 filing. On April 25, 2019, a federal judge ordered the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) to collect pay data from the 2018 calendar year...