The Bureau of Labor Statistics released its Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries Report for 2018, finding a 2% increase in fatalities from the prior year, including notable increases in overdoses and suicides at work.
Connecticut has enacted legislation that attempts to clarify how restaurants and other hospitality industry employers must pay workers who receive tips in customer service jobs that also require untipped work.
The New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development recently issued long-awaited regulations regarding enforcement of New Jersey’s Earned Sick Leave Law and its responses to comments about the initially proposed regulations.
Since late December 2019, a series of earthquakes and aftershocks have struck the southwest region of Puerto Rico, causing many structures to collapse or to sustain severe structural damage.
On December 28, 2019, the Puerto Rico Department of the Treasury issued Internal Revenue Circular Letter No. 19-17 announcing the applicable limits for Puerto Rico qualified retirement plans for 2020.
On January 13, 2020, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) released its long-awaited final rule regarding joint-employer status under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).
OSHA’s proposed rule on Occupational Exposure to Beryllium and Beryllium Compounds in Construction and Shipyard Sectors represents the latest in its multi-year effort to regulate beryllium outside of general industry workplaces.
On January 9, 2020, the National Institute of Statistics and Geography (INEGI by its acronym in Spanish) published the new values for the Updated Metric Unit (hereinafter UMA by its acronym in Spanish) that will take effect on February 1, 2020.
