For nearly two decades, Nevada has utilized a unique two-tier minimum wage system that permitted employers that offered qualified health benefits to employees to pay $1.00 less per hour than employers that did not offer such benefits to their employees.
To be exempt from collecting and remitting contribution payments beginning on January 1, 2023 to Oregon’s new paid family medical leave program, employers must submit certain forms by November 30, 2022.
On October 14, 2022, the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, the federal agency that insures and regulates private-sector defined benefit pension plans under Title IV of the ERISA, published a proposed rule governing employer withdrawal liability.
California state and local governmental bodies—our state legislature, and counties and cities—were active again this year in their efforts to regulate the workplace.
In this case the union filed a grievance on behalf of an employee who died at age 66 while still an active employee, alleging the employer violated the Collective Agreement by reducing the life insurance entitlement at age 65.
On September 17, 2022, Puerto Rico Governor Hon. Pedro Pierluisi issued Executive Order No. OE-2022-045, declaring a state of emergency due to the passing of Hurricane Fiona through the Island.
On July 22, 2022 and August 22, 2022, the Oregon Employment Department (OED) published its latest rules governing Oregon’s new Paid Family and Medical Leave Insurance (PFMLI) program.
