[Updated] Get Ready for Washington State’s New Long-Term Care Program
Employers with Washington employees should start preparing for the Washington Long-Term Services and Support Program (“Program”), which requires employers to ...
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Cal-OSHA Re-Adopts and Expands COVID-19 Emergency Temporary Standards
On December 16, 2021, the California Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board (“Cal-OSHA”) formally readopted and expanded the state’s existing COVID-19 ...
OSHA Vaccine/Testing ETS Stay Dissolved, New Deadline to Comply is January 10, 2022
On December 17, 2021, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit dissolved the stay of the OSHA Emergency Temporary ...
New York City Releases Guidance on Workplace Vaccine Mandate
New York City (NYC) has released much anticipated guidance on its new citywide workplace vaccine mandate previously announced on December 6...
[Updated] Extension on Temporary Policy for Virtual I-9 Verifications
Updated Sept 2021 – The Department of Homeland Security and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced an extension on the ...
Employee Retention Credit Retroactively Terminated as of October 1, 2021
On November 15, 2021, the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (“Act”) was signed into law. Among other things, the Act retroactively terminates ...
Get Ready for State Paid Family and Medical Leave in 2022
Nine states (California, Colorado, Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island, and Washington) and the District of Columbia ...
New York City Enacts Paid Child COVID-19 Vaccine Leave
On November 23, 2021, the New York City Council passed a bill requiring employers to provide four hours of paid leave to ...
2021 Legislative Roundup of New York’s Recently Enacted Bills
New York Governor Hochul signed numerous employment-related bills during the 2021 legislative session. This article provides an overview of key changes ...
2021 Legislative Roundup of California’s Recently Enacted Bills
Governor Gavin Newsom signed numerous employment-related bills during the 2021 legislative session. This article provides an overview of key changes taking ...
IRS Releases Proposed Regulations that Extend the ACA Reporting Form Distribution Deadline and Eliminate Good Faith Relief
IRS Releases Proposed Regulations that Extend the ACA Reporting Form Distribution Deadline and Eliminate Good Faith Relief
Oregon Amends its Safe Employment Act
Oregon Governor Kate Brown signed an amendment to the Oregon Safe Employment Act (OSEA) providing additional protections from retaliation to ...