New Mexico’s state legislature has been busy over the past few weeks acting on bills introduced earlier this year. The state has enacted at least 9 new laws affecting employers, covering many topics from health care access to criminal background checks.
On March 29, 2019, the Massachusetts Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development released an updated version of the proposed Massachusetts Paid Family and Medical Leave regulations.
A federal court struck down key portions of the new association health plan (AHP) regulations last week, just days before the fledgling rules for self-insured medical plans were slated to go into effect regarding newly-created AHPs.
The Massachusetts Paid Family and Medical Leave law (PFML) will require most private employers to provide covered individuals with paid family and medical leave funded through a payroll tax.
The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) recently proposed amendments to the regulations that govern how multiemployer plans calculate withdrawal liability.
Philadelphia's Fair Workweek Employment Standards Ordinance, effective January 1, 2020, imposes significant hiring, scheduling, and compensation duties on large retail, hospitality and food service businesses.
The Puerto Rico Department of the Treasury has extended until March 31, 2019 the deadline to request the Federal Employee Retention Benefit related to Hurricanes Irma and Maria.
El 31 de enero de 2019, se publicó en el Diario Oficial de la Federación el Decreto emitido por el Presidente Andres Manuel López Obrador a través del cual se establece que los beneficiarios del Programa “Jóvenes Construyendo el Futuro”
On January 31, 2019, Mexico’s Official Gazette published a decree ordering that individuals participating in the “Youth Building the Future” program be incorporated into Mexico's social security system, thereby entitling them to benefits.
On January 23, 2019, the Massachusetts Department of Family and Medical Leave released proposed regulations clarifying the rights and responsibilities of employers and employees under the new Massachusetts Family and Medical Leave Law.
