Insight
|
June 13, 2022

Firing on All Four Cylinders: Bloomington, Minnesota Becomes the Fourth Minnesota City to Mandate Paid Sick and Safe Time

On June 6, 2022, the Bloomington City Council passed an Earned Sick and Safe Leave Ordinance, joining its local counterparts Minneapolis, St. Paul, and Duluth to provide paid sick and safe time to employees.

ASAP
|
June 10, 2022

Illinois Expands Unpaid Leave to Employees for Pregnancy and Adoption Loss

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.

ASAP
|
June 10, 2022

U.S. Court of Appeals Offers Guidance on Applicability of Massachusetts Wage and Hour Laws to Out-of-State Workers

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.

ASAP
|
June 9, 2022

IRS Raises Standard Mileage Rate for July to December 2022

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.

ASAP
|
June 9, 2022

A Tipster’s Refuge: Colorado Significantly Expands Health, Safety, and Fraud Whistleblower Protections

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. Among them are now expanded protections for whistleblowers.

ASAP
|
June 9, 2022

New Obligations for Frontline Sector Employers through Minnesota’s Frontline Worker Pay Program

A new law authorizes bonus payments to Minnesotans who worked in frontline sectors during the COVID-19 emergency - and requires covered employers to provide notice to workers by June 23, 2022.

Insight
|
June 9, 2022

San Francisco’s Newest (and Permanent) Public Health Emergency Leave Ordinance

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 public health emergency leave ordinance that will become operative on October 1, 2022.

Insight
|
June 9, 2022

Pay Transparency Laws Proliferate in New York

On June 3, 2022, the New York State Legislature passed Senate Bill 9427, which if enacted would require employers to include a salary range and position description in each job advertisement.

ASAP
|
June 9, 2022

Alberta, Canada: Bill 17 Receives Royal Assent and Expands Reservist Leave and Bereavement Leave

Alberta's Bill 17 received Royal Assent and took effect, amending employee entitlements to reservist and bereavement leave.

ASAP
|
June 9, 2022

The Netherlands: Monitoring Discrimination When Recruiting and Selecting Employees

Equal opportunity in the job market is not yet a given for everyone in the Netherlands; discrimination when recruiting and selecting new employees still occurs. The bill to oversee equal opportunities for recruitment and selection seeks to change this.

Pages