With publication of the DOL's final overtime rule imminent, Littler Principal Tammy McCutchen testified before a Senate Subcommittee about how the proposed changes will disproportionately and negatively impact small businesses and nonprofit entities.
In keeping with Assistant Secretary of Labor Dr. David Michaels’ promise to “shame” employers into compliance, on May 12, 2016, OSHA published its final rule on electronic reporting of workplace injuries and illnesses.
On May 9, 2016, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued a resource document addressing the rights of employees with disabilities who seek leave as a reasonable accommodation under the ADA.
El Presidente Nicolás Maduro anunció, nuevamente, un aumento del treinta por ciento (30%) sobre el salario mínimo mensual para los trabajadores y un aumento en la base de cálculo del "Cestaticket Socialista" a tres y media unidades tributarias (3,5 U.T.)
On May 3, 2016, Vermont Governor Peter Shumlin signed a bill into law that prohibits most employers from requesting criminal history information on an employment application.
Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf recently signed legislation authorizing the use of medical marijuana (the Medical Marijuana Act or MMA) in Pennsylvania.
Recently, the Minnesota Court of Appeals ruled that a complaint process in an employer’s anti-discrimination policy may toll the statute of limitations under the Minnesota Human Rights Act (MHRA).
The May edition of the Insider Report discusses recent agency rulemaking, legislative maneuvers to block new and pending rules, and state efforts to enact labor and employment laws that have stalled at the federal level.
