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Illinois and New Jersey Join Other States in Banning Employers from Asking Job Applicants About Salary History
Employers in Illinois and New Jersey willno longer be allowed to ask job applicants about salary history noruse salary history to determine how much to pay a new employee.On July 25, New Jersey Lieutenant Gov. Sheila Oliver signed Bill A1094 into law which...
Reporting Non-Binary Gender Employees on EEO-1 Report
As employers seek greater inclusion in the workplace, they have struggled with how to report non-binary gender on the EEO-1 form, which does not include such an option. TheU.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has recently answered, in an...
DOL Releases Three Opinion Letters
The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has recently issued three new opinion letters that address common questions under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). While the opinion letters address specific situations that are not applicable to every business, they...
New Personnel Record Law for Virginia was Effective July 1, 2019
Virginia has a new law that went into effect July 1, 2019, regarding employee access to personnel records. The Virginia law is a first of its kind, but more and more states are adopting such statutes. Laws requiring access to personnel documents vary by...
EEOC Announces Web Portal to Be Available July 15, 2019
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has announced their web-based portal for the submission of the Component 2 EEO-1 reports for 2017 and 2018 will be active by July 15, 2019 via the Component 2 EEO-1 Online Filing System. The EEOC has...
Paid Family Leave Continues to Expand State-by-State
With the signature of Governor Ned Lamont, Connecticut has become the 7thstate to mandate paid family leave, joining California, Massachusetts, New York, New Jersey, Rhode Island, Washington and the District of Columbia. Although the new law only directly...
DOL Seeks Information on the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)
The Department of Labor (DOL) plans to issue a request for Information regarding the FMLA. In it, the DOL will solicit comments on ways to improve its regulations under the FMLA to: (a) better protect and suit the needs of workers; and (b) reduce...
The National Labor Relations Board says Uber Drivers Are Contractors, Not Employees
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) released an Advice Memorandum on May 14, 2019, almost a month after it was originally issued, stating Uber drivers are independent contractors and not employees. This classification will mean they have no right...
DOL Issues Opinion Letter Concluding Certain Gig-Economy Workers are Independent Contractors and Not Employees
The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) announced it has issued a new opinion letter that addresses compliance issues related to the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).This letter responds to a request on behalf of a particular virtual marketplace company (VMC)....
Federal Judge Orders Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to Collect Pay Data by Sept 30, 2019
Covered employers will only have until September 30, 2019 to report pay data as part of their annual EEO-1 filing. On April 25, 2019, a federal judge ordered the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) to collect pay data from the 2018 calendar year...