Nov 21, 2024 | Compliance, Payroll, Payroll & Taxes, Small Business
As an employer, it is your legal obligation to garnish wages if you receive a court order to do so. If you don’t respond to the notice and take action, your business may face stiff penalties. Because different states have many variations in how they handle wage...
Nov 19, 2024 | Compliance
FEDERAL UPDATES Exempt Salary Increases Blocked – A federal judge in Texas just invalidated the DOL’s rule increasing the exempt salary thresholds. This means that the mandatory increase that went into effect in July, the additional increase scheduled for...
Nov 11, 2024 | Compliance
FEDERAL UPDATES Federal Contractors: Disclosure of 2021 Data. OFCCP published a notice in the Federal Register notifying federal contractors of two new Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests to disclose contractors’ EEO-1 Type 2 Reports for 2021. The requests also...
Nov 7, 2024 | Compliance, Employee management, Human Resources, Small Business
Under federal law, workplaces aren’t allowed to discriminate against applicants and employees during their hiring and employment practices. However, specific states take these laws further with mandated anti-harassment training. For example, California requires...
Nov 7, 2024 | Anti-Harassment Training, Compliance, Employee management, Human Resources, Small Business
While managers and employees should both be given anti-harassment training, the type of training they receive should be different. Managers are responsible for creating a safe, supportive working environment. They must be trained on how to recognize harassment and...
Nov 6, 2024 | Compliance, Human Resources, Small Business
By Justin R. Barnes & Laura A. Mitchell, Jackson Lewis, Attorneys at Law Federal contractors may need to be prepared to increase pay for employees working on, or in connection with, covered federal government contracts. The hourly minimum wage for employees...
