Compliance Corner
Monday, March 4, 2019
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Comprehensive Service (Compliance Corner)
New York City has enacted new lactation accommodation requirements, including a requirement for covered employers to adopt a lactation room policy.
Monday, March 4, 2019
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Comprehensive Service (Compliance Corner)
New Jersey has enacted legislation (Assembly Bill 15) that will raise the state’s minimum wage in several stages.
Monday, March 4, 2019
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Comprehensive Service (Compliance Corner)
Michigan and certain jurisdictions within California and New Mexico have just announced an increase in their minimum wage rates. If applicable, you must increase the pay rate for your non-exempt employees to meet the new minimum wage by no later than the effective date of the increase.
Monday, March 4, 2019
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Comprehensive Service (Compliance Corner)
Michigan has signed into law Senate Bill 1175 (Paid Medical Leave Act), requiring employers in the state that employ 50 or more employees to begin providing covered employees with paid medical leave effective March 29, 2019.
Monday, March 4, 2019
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Comprehensive Service (Compliance Corner)
Glenview, Illinois has opted back into the Cook County, Illinois minimum wage and paid leave provisions effective July 1, 2019.
Monday, March 4, 2019
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Comprehensive Service (Compliance Corner)
Data privacy and security regulation is growing rapidly around the world, including in the United States. The recently enacted California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) is intended to address some of these risks and concerns.
Monday, March 4, 2019
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Comprehensive Service (Compliance Corner)
A recent decision by a California Court of Appeals held that where an employee is required to call in – but not physically report to work - two hours before the start of a shift to determine whether they needed to report to work, that employee is entitled to be paid reporting pay.
Monday, March 4, 2019
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Comprehensive Service (Compliance Corner)
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has issued a final rule that eliminates the requirement for employers with 250 or more employees to electronically submit information from OSHA Form 300 (Log of Work-Related Injuries and Illnesses) and OSHA Form 301 (Injury and Illness Incident Report) to OSHA each year. The final rule took effect on February 25, 2019.
Monday, March 4, 2019
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Comprehensive Service (Compliance Corner)
The United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has announced that the Employer Information Report EEO-1, commonly known as the EEO-1 Report opening and deadline for submission has been extended.
Monday, March 4, 2019
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Comprehensive Service (Compliance Corner)
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has released the latest version of Publication 502, which describes what medical expenses are deductible by taxpayers on their 2018 federal income tax returns. The latest version of Publication 503 was also released. It describes the tests a taxpayer must meet in order to claim the credit for child and dependent-care expenses, and explains how to calculate and claim the credit.