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Upcoming Instructor‐Led Webinars for Managers, Supervisors, and HR Practitioners

January 2019 Anger Management January 2, 2019 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm ET How to Register   This course provides managers ...

Maine Employers Must Provide Sexual Harassment Training Annually

Details: Maine law requires employers to annually provide their employees with notice of the employer’s sexual harassment policy. The employer’s policy must contain, for example, the definition of harassment (with examples), the employer’s internal complaint mechanism, the ...

Oregon Publishes Final Rules Implementing its Expansive Equal Pay Act

Overview:  A majority of the provisions of Oregon’s Equal Pay Act will go into effect on January 1, 2019. The Act’s ban on salary history inquiries went into effect in October 2017. Beginning the effective date, the Bureau of Labor and Industries (BOLI) will enforce the Act, ...

Northbrook and Wilmette Opt-in to Cook County Earned Sick Leave Ordinance

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New York State Extends Wage Deduction Amendment Rules

Overview:  On December 7, 2018, New York Governor Cuomo signed into law bill A10615 immediately extending for eight years the 2012 amendments to New York Labor Law 193 that permit employers to make deductions from wages for items such as overpayments and advances against wages, subject to ...

New York Amends its Laws Regarding Organ and Tissue Donation

Overview: New York’s laws regarding organ and tissue donation have been amended. The law prohibits insurers from discriminating in life, accident, and health insurance based on a person’s status as a living organ or tissue donor. In addition, the law authorizes the use of paid family ...

New Suffolk County, NY, Bill Bans Inquiry into Salary History

Overview: Joining New York City, Albany County, and Westchester County, Suffolk County has become the latest jurisdiction in New York to pass a bill that prevents employers from inquiring into the salary and benefits history of job applicants. Effective Date: June 30, 2019 Details: Joining New ...

New Suffolk County, NY, Bill Bans Inquiry into Salary History

Overview: Joining New York City, Albany County, and Westchester County, Suffolk County has become the latest jurisdiction in New York to pass a bill that prevents employers from inquiring into the salary and benefits history of job applicants. Effective Date: June 30, 2019 Details: Joining New ...

New Jersey Employers Must Provide Annual CEPA and Gender Inequity Notices to Employees

Conscientious Employee Protection Act (CEPA) We would like to remind New Jersey clients of their obligation to annually distribute to their New Jersey employees, via written or electronic means, the required notice under CEPA in both English and Spanish. Click here for a copy of ...

Michigan Scales Back Minimum Wage Increase and Paid Leave Requirement

Overview: The Michigan Legislature has adopted two pieces of legislation (Senate Bill 1171 and Senate Bill 1175) that will scale back increases to the minimum wage and require certain employers to provide paid sick leave (and now call it paid medical leave). Effective Date: Senate Bill 1171 and ...

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