California legislators approved a landmark bill on September 11, 2019 which requires companies like Uber and Lyft to treat contract workers as employees. The bill was signed into law on September 18, 2019 by Governor Newsom and will go into effect January 1,...
On September 24, 2019, the U.S. Department of Labor announced a final rule expected to impact 1.3 million American workers.In the final rule, the Department is:Raising the “minimum salary level” from the currently enforced level of $455 per week to $684 per week for...
The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) recently sent a final rule on which perks must be included in workers’ regular rate of pay to the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB).The details of the final proposal have yet to be made available to the public. An...
A reminder that EEO-1 filers must submit Component 2 data for calendar year 2017, in addition to data for calendar year 2018, by September 30, 2019.Businesses with at least 100 employees and federal contractors with at least 50 employees and a contract with the...
Employers in Illinois and New Jersey willno longer be allowed to ask job applicants about salary history noruse salary history to determine how much to pay a new employee.On July 25, New Jersey Lieutenant Gov. Sheila Oliver signed Bill A1094 into law which prohibits...
As employers seek greater inclusion in the workplace, they have struggled with how to report non-binary gender on the EEO-1 form, which does not include such an option. TheU.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has recently answered, in an FAQ, how they...
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 state....
