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December 20, 2017

What Notable Employment Provisions are in the Tax Bill?

The first significant piece of legislation to make it to President Trump's desk, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (H.R. 1), contains some provisions impacting employers.

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December 20, 2017

NLRB Issues Reversal of Obama-Era Precedent on Settlements and Seeks Comment on Quickie Election Rule

A new Board decision holds ALJs may approve partial settlement proposals despite the General Counsel/Region and the charging party’s objections to the agreement, in a return to pre-Obama precedent.

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December 19, 2017

What's Appropriate: The NLRB Overturns Specialty Healthcare

As part of the NLRB's spate of recent decisions reversing Obama-era Board precedent, the Board has overturned Specialty Healthcare, reinstating its prior standard for determining the appropriateness of a petitioned-for bargaining unit.

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December 19, 2017

Mexico: Nuevos Lineamientos sobre el Sistema para que los Empleadores Auto-Informen Electrónicamente el Nivel de Cumplimiento con la Legislación Laboral

El 12 de diciembre de 2017, la Secretaría del Trabajo y Previsión Social (“STPS”) publicó en el Diario Oficial de la Federación, los lineamientos de operación del sistema electrónico para que los empleadores informen a la autoridad laboral el nivel de cum

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December 19, 2017

Mexico: New Guidelines on Online System for Employers to Self-Report Compliance with the Labor Law

On December 12, 2017, Mexico’s Labor Ministry published in the Official Gazette of the Federation operating guidelines for its new online compliance system for employers to report their compliance with the labor law.

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December 19, 2017

Prince George's County, Maryland Enacts Paid "Safe" Time Law

Prince George’s County, Maryland has enacted a new law requiring that covered employees be allowed to accrue and use paid leave for absences connected to domestic violence, sexual assault, or stalking.

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December 19, 2017

NLRB Rejects Browning-Ferris and Returns to Prior Joint-Employer Standard that Benefits Union and Non-Union Employers Alike

Two days before the end of Chairman Philip Miscimarra’s term, the new Republican majority at the National Labor Relations Board continued its shift in labor policy and issued yet another reversal of significant Obama-era precedent.

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December 18, 2017

New NLRB Majority Calls off the War on Employee Handbooks

The NLRB recently established a new standard for evaluating the validity of employer rules, policies, and handbook provisions under the National Labor Relations Act.

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December 15, 2017

Review, Revise or Rescind – Agency Plans and Unified Agenda Reveal More Regulatory Editing is in Store for 2018

The Trump administration's Unified Agenda of Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions ("regulatory agenda"), released on December 14, 2017, indicates agencies are taking a hard look at existing rules, and treading lightly with new ones.

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December 15, 2017

Puerto Rico Department of the Treasury issues Q&As Clarifying Guidance on Qualified Payments Made for Hurricane María Disaster Assistance

The Puerto Rico Treasury has issued a Q&A document to help clarify its Administrative Determination granting temporary income tax exemption for certain hurricane-related disaster assistance payments.

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