Overview:  Adhering to the “plain and ordinary” language of the state’s overtime statute and related regulations, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court has held that inside sales employees paid on a 100-% commission basis are also entitled to pay for overtime hours ...

Overview:  Maine has enacted legislation (Legislative Document 305) that will generally prohibit employers from seeking Social Security Numbers on employment application forms. Effective Date: January 1, 2020 Details: Effective January 1, 2020, employers are prohibited from ...

Overview:  Non-lawyers may no longer represent employers in unemployment compensation hearings in Kentucky, the Kentucky Court of Appeals has ruled. Nichols v. Kentucky Unemployment Commission, et al., No. 2017-CA-001156-MR, 2019 Ky. App. LEXIS 73 (Ky Ct. App. Apr. 26, 2019). Effective ...

Overview:  Florida has enacted legislation (Senate Bill 7012) that adds vaping to its ban on smoking in enclosed indoor workplaces.  Effective Date: July 1, 2019 Details: Florida has enacted legislation (Senate Bill 7012) that adds vaping to its ban on smoking in enclosed ...

Overview:  The Dallas, Texas City Council passed an ordinance requiring employers to provide paid sick leave beginning as early as August 1, 2019.  However, whether the ordinance will go into effect is uncertain. Effective Date: August 1, 2019 Details: Over the next ...

Overview:  On April 23, 2019, the Connecticut Commission on Human Rights & Opportunities (CHRO) issued a Best Practices Bluepaper as guidance for employers with three or more employees facing accommodation requests from employees for pregnancy, childbirth, or related ...

Anger Management – MACS74607 July 1, 2019 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm ET How to Register  This webinar provides managers and human resource professionals an understanding of the causes and ...

Overview:  The state of Arkansas has amended the state minimum wage statute in numerous areas impacting employers.  Effective Date: July 23, 2019 Details: Some of the highlights are as follows:  The Act permits employers that customarily furnish board, lodging, apparel or ...

Various jurisdictions have increased their minimum wage rates. If applicable, you must increase the pay rate for non-exempt employees to meet the new minimum wage. Please note this is not a complete list of all current minimum wages in effect at this time. States/City/County ...

Background Last month, a federal judge ordered the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) to take all necessary steps to comply with changes to EEO-1 data collection obligations first announced in 2016 and stayed in 2017. These reinstated obligations increase the amount of information ...