Compliance Corner
Monday, December 2, 2024
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Comprehensive Service (Compliance Corner)
California has enacted legislation to clarify a law that prohibits hairstyle discrimination. The clarification takes effect Jan. 1, 2025.
Monday, December 2, 2024
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Comprehensive Service (Compliance Corner)
California has enacted legislation that will prohibit employers from requiring that employees use two weeks of accrued vacation time before they can access paid family leave benefits. The change is a result of enactment of Assembly Bill 2123 and takes effect Jan. 1, 2025.
Monday, December 2, 2024
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Comprehensive Service (Compliance Corner)
Alaska voters have approved Ballot Measure No. 1, which increases the state’s minimum wage incrementally. The current minimum wage in Alaska is $11.73 per hour and according to the Alaska Department of Labor website, it will increase to $11.91 on Jan. 1, 2025.
Monday, December 2, 2024
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Comprehensive Service (Compliance Corner)
Alaska voters have approved a ballot measure that prohibits employers from taking adverse action against employees because they refuse to attend an employer-sponsored mandatory meeting that communicates the opinion of the employer about religious or political matters. The changes take effect July 1, 2025.
Monday, December 2, 2024
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Comprehensive Service (Compliance Corner)
On Nov. 15, 2024, a Texas federal court struck down a U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) rule that raised the minimum salary required to be paid to most employees classified as exempt from overtime and minimum wage requirements under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).
The court’s decision blocks the minimum compensation increases that were scheduled to go into effect on Jan. 1, 2025, and invalidates the previously required July 1, 2024, increases nationwide.
Thursday, November 7, 2024
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Comprehensive Service (Compliance Corner)
Massachusetts has enacted legislation that will entitle employees to use sick leave to address the employee’s or their spouse’s needs related to pregnancy loss or a failed assisted reproduction, adoption or surrogacy. The change takes effect Nov. 21, 2024.
Wednesday, November 6, 2024
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Comprehensive Service (Compliance Corner)
The Maine Department of Labor (MDOL) is reminding employers that contributions and quarterly reporting for the state’s paid family and medical leave program will begin Jan. 1, 2025. The MDOL has also issued a proposed rule to implement the program and updated guidance in the form of frequently asked questions.
Wednesday, November 6, 2024
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Comprehensive Service (Compliance Corner)
The Delaware Department of Labor is reminding employers of important dates that are approaching for the state’s Paid Leave Program (Family and Medical Leave Insurance Program). The program will be funded through payroll contributions paid by covered employers and employees.
Wednesday, November 6, 2024
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Comprehensive Service (Compliance Corner)
Connecticut has enacted legislation that will expand the state’s paid sick leave law to eventually cover all employers and employees and make other changes.
Currently, the state’s paid sick leave law applies to employers with 50 or more employees in the state, and only “service workers” are entitled to receive paid sick leave. The expansion will occur in phases, with the first phase effective Jan. 1, 2025.
Wednesday, November 6, 2024
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Comprehensive Service (Compliance Corner)
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) via Revenue Procedure 2024-25 has released the inflation-adjusted contribution limitations for calendar year 2025 in relation to health savings accounts (HSAs) and high-deductible health plans (HDHPs).