Only a week after signing legislation to increase the California minimum wage, Governor Jerry Brown signed another law that increases pay during family medical leave.
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San Francisco Paid Parental Leave Law Approved
Good Morning San Francisco! No, this isn’t a failed attempt at a Full House throw-back-Thursday on a Wednesday. This is the hot new happening in San Francisco! On Thursday, March 31st, 2016 the city’s board of supervisors unanimously approved legislation requiring businesses to provide employees with six weeks of fully paid parental leave. This makes the […]
Happy Friday ! April 1st, 2016 is here and this is no Joke! We now have an expired I-9. The I-9 which was issued in 2013 has officially hit its expiration date of March 31, 2016. Now, what? Have you heard there is a new I-9 with around 9 pages of instructions?
When I talk about personal liability in the workplace, sometimes people doubt my warnings are valid. Many laws are written to include penalties for not only the Big Boss leadership (owners), but also individual workers. “Following orders” is no excuse for breaking the law. Sometimes the violation in question may seem a little ambiguous as […]
President Obama praised Vermont and Gov. Peter Shumlin for making paid sick leave a reality for working Vermonters.
The new FLSA overtime exemptions are the source of anxiety for many employers who are waiting on edge for the release of the Final Rule. We were supposed to get this new guidance in late 2015, but were told at the last minute we would likely see the release in late 2016. So, what has […]
*** JUNE 7, 2017 THIS ADMINISTRATORS INTERP LETTER WAS REMOVED BY DOL. *** Joint employment exists when a person is employed by two or more employers such that the employers are responsible, both individually and jointly, for compliance with a statute. This has been a point of pretty serious confusion for many employers across the […]
HR News, Human Resources, New York
Really?? & C'MON Man!: International Yoga Guru Found Guilty of Sexual Harassment
Hey HR Compliance Warriors! This is really one for the Idiot Book. Famous international yoga guru Bikram Choudhury and his yoga college must pay at least $924,000 in damages for sexually harassing his former legal adviser and wrongfully firing her for investigating sexual discrimination and assault claims against him, a California jury concluded Monday. Really?? […]
Just when you thought it was safe to send your W-2s: The IRS employee transit benefit rule has arrived! On December 18, 2015, Public Law No. 114-113 was born.This new law amended the Internal Revenue Code to retroactively (and permanently) adjust the limits on qualified transportation fringe benefits. On January 11, 2016, the Internal Revenue Service […]
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Labor and Employment Law in 2016: 16 Resolutions Employers Must Make
Labor and employment law issues were big news in 2015. Some folks believed that in 2016 much of this activity would die down a bit as we all become preoccupied with the coming election. Yeah, Right!! Attorney Alizah Z. Diamond of the lawfirm Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis LLP, issued an article a few days […]