Earlier this year, OSHA published its long-awaited final rule setting new workplace permissible exposure limits (PELs) for respirable crystalline silica.
On September 7, 2016, the New York State Department of Labor (“NYDOL”) adopted a final regulation setting the conditions by which employers in New York State can pay wages by direct deposit or by debit card.
In Paragon Systems, Inc., the National Labor Relations Board declined the General Counsel’s request to overturn its 42-year-old decision in Spruce Up Corp.
On August 22, 2016, a California Court of Appeal held that an arbitration agreement in an employee handbook did not create an enforceable agreement to arbitrate.
The EEOC has issued its Final Enforcement Guidance on Retaliation and Related Issues, which are guidelines for EEOC investigators to use in investigating retaliation claims.
The California Legislature completed its substantive legislative work for the year in the very early morning hours of Thursday, September 1, 2016, with the usual frenetic, last-minute flurry of bill-passing,
On August 31, 2016, Brazil’s eSocial Steering Committee issued a new resolution postponing the eSocial digital bookkeeping program’s implementation deadlines, the first of which was scheduled for September 2016.
On August 31, 2016, the City of Berkeley, California joined the long list of local jurisdictions to create a local sick leave law when it enacted the “Paid Sick Leave Ordinance.”
