The return to school this academic year will be much different as a result of COVID-19. While some schools will return to the classroom, others will start with distance learning or take a hybrid approach that combines some in-class instruction with some distance learning. For employers, these ...

Virginia has enacted legislation (House Bill 196) that offers certain protections to employees who perform services on election day. House Bill 196 is effective immediately. Anti-retaliation: Under House Bill 196, employers may not discharge or retaliate against an employee who serves as a ...

San Francisco has approved an emergency ordinance that temporarily creates reemployment and other rights for certain employees laid off due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The ordinance went into effect on July 3, 2020 and expires September 1, 2020. Coverage: The emergency ordinance covers ...

A federal district court judge in New York has struck down key regulations implementing the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA). Background: The FFCRA requires employers with fewer than 500 employees to provide paid leave to employees who are unable to work or telework ...

Georgia has enacted legislation (House Bill 1090) that requires employers to provide reasonable break time to employees who wish to express breast milk at the worksite. House Bill 1090 is effective immediately. Any break time provided under House Bill 1090 must be paid at the employee's regular ...

The California Supreme Court has established a test for determining whether interstate workers must be provided with a California-compliant wage statement and how the state's rules governing the timeframe for paying wages apply to interstate workers. Background: Under California Labor Code ...

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has announced that employers will be allowed to inspect Form I-9 documents remotely in certain situations related to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). These procedural changes have been extended until September 19, 2020. BACKGROUND: The Form I-9 ...

The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has adopted a new standard for determining whether employees are protected from adverse action after making abusive statements in the course of activity that is otherwise protected under the National Labor Relations Act ...

Issuing Personal Registration Codes (PRC) Included in the September 26, 2020 release, the ability of sending personal registration codes (PRC's) via Setup > Security > Security Management will be removed as part of the steps required for the TCPA compliance. (Telephone Consumer Protection ...

While workplaces across the country begin to gradually reopen and employees return to work, employers have to make sure they’re up to date on the latest COVID-19 compliance information in order to avoid costly wage and hour landmines. To help, ADP® has partnered with ComplianceHR ...