Compliance Corner
Monday, April 1, 2019
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Comprehensive Service (Compliance Corner)
Illinois has enacted legislation that will increase the state’s minimum wage in several phases and provide small employers with a tax credit.
Monday, April 1, 2019
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Comprehensive Service (Compliance Corner)
The City of Cincinnati has become the latest jurisdiction to adopt an ordinance prohibiting employers from asking about or relying on the prior salary history of prospective employees in setting starting pay.
Monday, April 1, 2019
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Comprehensive Service (Compliance Corner)
California employers covered by the California Family Rights Act and the New Parent Leave Act are required to post a new notice starting April 1, 2019.
Monday, April 1, 2019
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Comprehensive Service (Compliance Corner)
DOL Opinion Letter FLSA 2019-1-A provides that an employer cannot delay designation of leave as FMLA-qualifying or permit employees to extend FMLA leave beyond the statutory entitlement.
Monday, April 1, 2019
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Comprehensive Service (Compliance Corner)
DOL Opinion Letter FLSA 2019-2 confirms that an employee's time spent participating in an employer's volunteer program is not compensable so long as the program is optional, the employer does not control or direct the volunteer work, and an employee will not suffer adverse consequences for choosing not to participate.
Monday, April 1, 2019
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Comprehensive Service (Compliance Corner)
The United States Department of Labor (DOL) has released its proposal for establishing the amounts required to be earned by an employee in order for that employee to be exempt from the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) overtime requirements. The DOL previously had issued final regulations modifying these FLSA overtime amounts in 2016, but the changes never became effective due to litigation challenging the DOL’s actions. Now, the DOL has proposed new changes.
Tuesday, March 5, 2019
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Comprehensive Service (Compliance Corner)
A District Judge in the District of Arizona held that Walmart Inc. violated the non-discrimination provisions of the Arizona Medical Marijuana Act (“AMMA”) when it fired a medical marijuana cardholder for testing positive on a routine post-accident drug test.
Monday, March 4, 2019
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Comprehensive Service (Compliance Corner)
As of the tax year 2018, the Military Spouses Residency Relief Act (MSRRA) has been modified to allow military spouses to file state tax returns in their service member's home state whether they have ever lived there or not.
Monday, March 4, 2019
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Comprehensive Service (Compliance Corner)
The District of Columbia has enacted legislation (Act A22-0609) that will provide additional employment protections to victims and family members of victims of domestic violence, sexual offenses, and stalking. Act A22-0609 applies to all employers.
Monday, March 4, 2019
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Comprehensive Service (Compliance Corner)
The list of protected classes under the New York City Human Rights Law has expanded to include “sexual and other reproductive health decisions”.