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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 […]
2020 Employment Law Changes in Massachusetts
As we rang in the New Year, several new employment law changes took effect in Massachusetts on January 1, 2020. […]
Employee Payroll Reversals
Effective January 1, 2020, Kotapay will no longer accept requests for Reversals beyond five (5) days after the pay date. […]
NLRB Issues Two Employer-Friendly Decisions
Restricting Employee E-mail Usage for Union Activities The National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) recently reversed its own Obama-era ruling and […]
Washington Raises Minimum Salary to Meet Overtime Exemptions
On December 11, 2019, the state of Washington’s Department of Labor and Industries announced a substantial increase to the state’s […]
Nevada Paid Leave Law Takes Effect January 1st
Effective January 1, 2020, all private employers with 50 or more employees in Nevada will have to provide employees with […]
IRS Extends Deadline to Provide 1095-C Forms to Employees and Extends “Good Faith Effort” Relief for 2019
The IRS has extended the deadline to provide 1095-C forms to employees from January 31, 2020 to March 2, 2020. This will […]