Has your company been using E-Verify for over ten years? If so, then you must take action before the end of the month in order to maintain a historical record of your E-Verify transactions. E-Verify is a free online tool provided by the federal government that allows employers to cross-check the ...
On November 22, 2016, a federal judge in Texas issued a preliminary injunction enjoining the enforcement of the United States Department of Labor's new overtime rule, which nearly doubled the salary threshold applicable to the "white collar" overtime exemptions. The rule, which was set to ...
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (“USCIS”) recently released an updated version of Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification. This new version, dated November 11, 2016, will become mandatory on January 22, 2017; however, employers are allowed to use the new or current ...
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) recently announced that, starting March 31, 2018, it will collect additional pay data from certain employers on their Employer Information Report (commonly referred to as the “EEO-1”). The additional data to be collected ...
The New Jersey Department of Labor (DOL) has announced the minimum wage rate will increase by six cents from $8.38 to $8.44 an hour, effective January 1, 2017. As the New Jersey minimum wage rate will continue to be higher than the federal minimum wage rate of $7.25 an hour, New Jersey employers ...
On September 29, 2016, the United States Department of Labor (USDOL) adopted a “Final Rule” that requires federal contractors to provide up to 56 hours of paid sick leave per year to employees who work in connection with “certain” federal contracts.
The Final Rule applies to new and ...
The federal minimum wage poster and the federal Employee Polygraph Protection Act posters were updated by the U.S. Department of Labor just last week, with a requirement that they be posted in the workplace by employers this week.
The federal minimum wage poster was amended to update ...
The gender pay gap has been a topic of conversation for many decades. In 1970, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) promulgated sex discrimination regulations applicable to federal government contractors and subcontractors and ...
Today, the United States Department of Labor ("USDOL") published its long-awaited Final Rule expanding overtime eligibility. Under the Final Rule, which will become effective on December 1, 2016, employers may have to pay overtime to employees who never previously qualified for overtime ...
On May 11, 2016, President Obama ratified the “Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016,” giving employers a private cause of action against employees who misappropriate trade secrets. However, the Act, which immediately went into law and effect, offers both employers and employees certain ...