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Colorado - General
Colorado enacted a slew of employment-related legislation in the 2022 legislative session.1 One important new piece of legislation, Senate Bill 22-234, updates the notice requirements regarding unemployment insurance that employers must provide to employees upon termination. Under preexisting Colora
D.C. - Wage & Hour
Due to a surplus in the District of Columbia’s Universal Paid Leave Fund, the number of weeks of paid leave available to eligible employees in the District of Columbia pursuant to the Universal Paid Leave Act (UPLA) will significantly increase on October 1, 2022.
Minnesota - General
On June 6, 2022, the Bloomington City Council passed an Earned Sick and Safe Leave Ordinance
HR - General
On June 9, 2022, the Internal Revenue Service issued Announcement 2022-13 , increasing the optional standard mileage rate for the final six months of 2022 from 58.5 cents per mile to 62.5 cents per mile. The new rate will be effective for traveling beginning on July 1, 2022, through December 31, 202
Illinois - General
On June 9, 2022, Governor JB Pritzker signed the Family Bereavement Leave Act ( SB3120 ) into law, expanding unpaid bereavement leave available to employees in Illinois.
Massachusetts - General
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit recently affirmed a district court finding that the Massachusetts Wage Act did not apply to a person who mostly lived and worked in Florida. While the court’s decision in Viscito v. National Planning Corp .
Colorado - General
As summer starts to sizzle in Colorado, and the Colorado General Assembly closes its session, employers have seen a flurry of new laws affecting Colorado employees.
Minnesota - Wage & Hour
On April 29, 2022, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz signed S.F. No. 2677 (2022) into law. This law authorizes bonus payments to Minnesotans who worked in frontline sectors during the COVID-19 peacetime emergency. This so-called “Hero Pay” law aims to thank eligible frontline workers for their sacrifices
California - Cal/OSHA
Based on provisional results from the June 7, 2022, election, it appears San Francisco, California voters have approved Proposition G , which will create a permanent 1 public health emergency leave (PHEL) ordinance that will become operative on October 1, 2022.
New York - Wage & Hour
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Rhode Island
On May 25, 2022, Rhode Island Governor Daniel McKee signed into the law the Rhode Island Cannabis Act, which legalized recreational cannabis. As a result, Rhode Island has joined a small but growing minority of states that extend employment protections to employees who use marijuana during non-worki
New York - General
During the final days of its most recent legislative session, the New York State Legislature passed a bill ( S8369B ) that would mandate contractual forms and terms for businesses that use “freelance workers.” Building on New York City’s Freelance Isn’t Free Act (discussed here and
FMLA - General
Can an employer violate the FMLA even though it never denies an employee’s request for FMLA leave? Ask Salvatore Ziccarelli, who we’ll call Sal for short. Sal worked for the Sheriff as a corrections officer in my backyard, Cook County, Illinois. Over the course of 27 years working for
California - Cal/OSHA
On June 2, 2022, the Alameda County Public Health Department announced that face coverings would once again be required in most indoor public settings, including workplaces and offices, effective Friday, June 3, 2022 (the “ Order ”).
FLSA - Federal Minimum Wage
Minimum wage laws can affect businesses of all sizes, whether operating nationwide, in multiple jurisdictions, or only in one state, county, or city. To help manage this challenge, below we provide, essentially, a rates-only update that summarizes scheduled state- and local-level wage increases thro
HR - General
Employers are under the microscope from internal and external stakeholders to weigh in on myriad social issues and current events. To publish, or not to publish in each instance? That is the question. In this brief “podcast-ette,” Alyesha Asghar Dotson highlights the self-assessment that an employer
Immigration - Visas
On May 24, 2022, USCIS announced implementation of premium processing for certain work visa petitioners who have pending EB-11 and EB-22 petitions. This announcement is part of a USCIS’ plans to expand its premium processing scheme. Premium processing provides expedited processing for certain USCIS
Affirmative Action - OFCCP
On May 20, 2022, the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) published its FY 2022 Corporate Scheduling Announcement List (CSAL) for supply and service contractors. OFCCP has stated that it will immediately begin to send out scheduling letters to some of the contractors on the new lis
Race Discrimination
In honor and celebration of Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, Littler attorney, Judy Iriye (L.A. – Century City) talks with fellow Littler attorney, Kevin Yam (New York) and Littler alum, Fran Barbieri (Chief Counsel, Litigation and Employment at World Wide Technology in St Louis,
Multinational Employers
As part of a wave of women’s health reforms, Spain has announced that it is planning to introduce specific paid medical leave (potentially up to 5 days a month in cases of severe pain – with a doctor’s note) for people who suffer from period pain. Those eligible would receive