Latest Compliance News
Monday, April 29, 2019
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Comprehensive Service
A New Jersey appellate court has held that a disabled employee may sue his former employer under the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination (“NJLAD”) for alleged discrimination based on the employee’s use of medical marijuana.
Monday, April 29, 2019
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Comprehensive Service
Monday, April 29, 2019
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Comprehensive Service
Massachusetts has released a new guide for employers on the Massachusetts Paid Family and Medical Leave Act. It has also issued a mandatory workplace poster, and template notices employers may use to fulfill the notice requirement to employees and 1099-MISC independent contractors.
Monday, April 29, 2019
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Comprehensive Service
Maryland has enacted legislation (Senate Bill 280) that will increase the state’s minimum wage in several phases.
Monday, April 29, 2019
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Comprehensive Service
Baltimore has enacted new lactation accommodation requirements, including a requirement for covered employers to adopt a lactation room policy.
Thursday, April 25, 2019
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Comprehensive Service
Maine has passed a new law prohibiting employers from inquiring about an applicant’s compensation history until after making an offer of employment.
Thursday, April 25, 2019
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Comprehensive Service
Kentucky employers must provide reasonable accommodations to employees who are limited due to pregnancy, childbirth, and related medical conditions, unless it would impose an undue hardship on the employer to do so.
Thursday, April 25, 2019
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Comprehensive Service
The California Labor Commissioner’s Office has issued guidance on the new pay schedule for agricultural workers under the Phase-In Overtime for Agricultural Workers Act of 2016 that took effect January 1, 2019.
Monday, April 1, 2019
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Comprehensive Service
On March 8, 2019, the Governor of Virginia signed into law House Bill 2473 which revised the types of jobs that are included and excluded from the protections of the Virginia state minimum wage law.
Monday, April 1, 2019
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Comprehensive Service
An amendment to the civil rights code of Portland, Oregon, extends protections against discrimination in employment, housing, and public accommodations to atheists, agnostics, and other “non-believers.” Religious facilities are expressly exempt.