Oregon recently passed a new Corporate Activity Tax (“CAT”), which became effective on January 1, 2020. The CAT impacts not […]
Category HR Announcements
Empowerment Era Turns its Focus to Worker Safety
Employee well-being has always been important. However, the 2010’s saw rapid growth in the use of both mobile devices and […]
Court Revives Philadelphia’s History Ban
For the last several years, numerous states and local jurisdictions have enacted laws limiting employers’ inquiry into a job candidate’s […]
California Ban on Arbitration Agreements Further Enjoined
The California legislature passed a new law in 2019 (AB 51) barring employers from requiring employees to enter into arbitration […]
Minimum Wage Rate Changes by State
The federal minimum wage rate of $7.25 has remained unchanged since 2009. Effective January 1, 2020, twenty-one (21) states have […]
OSHA Form 300A Electronic Filing
Most employers with more than ten (10) employees are required to keep a record of serious work-related injuries and illnesses. […]
Changes to the H-1B Registration Process for 2020
In December 2019, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that it had completed pilot testing on an electronic registration […]
Complying With OSHA’S Recordkeeping Requirements
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (“OSHA’s”) recordkeeping requirements have been in place since 1971 and are designed to help […]
New Jersey Creates Employee Protections for Mass Layoffs
On January 21, 2020, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy signed into law an expansion of the state’s Millville Dallas Airmotive […]
California Rewrites Independent Contractor Rules
On September 11, 2019 the California legislature approved a controversial new law that will influence the way businesses across the […]
EEOC May Not Require Pay Component Reporting in 2020 for EEO-1
The EEOC required government contractors with 100 or more employees to report compensation and hours worked data points for 2017 […]
DOL Announces Final Overtime Rules
On September 24, 2019 the DOL announced the final overtime rules. Effective January 1, 2020 the annualized salary requirement to […]