The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has lifted, in part, a district court's injunction that temporarily blocked enforcement of the Trump administration's latest travel ban.
El 21 de noviembre de 2017, la Comisión Nacional de Salarios Mínimos ("CONASAMI") aprobó dos nuevos aumentos al salario mínimo, elevando en consecuencia el salario mínimo a $88.36 pesos por día.
On November 21, 2017, Mexico's National Minimum Wage Commission approved two new increases to the minimum salary, effective December 1, 2017. Taken together, both increases raise the minimum wage to $88.36 Mexican pesos per day.
On November 15, 2017, the Puerto Rico Treasury issued Administrative Determination Number 17-29 to provide special rules and procedures applicable to distributions from qualified retirement plans and IRAs following Hurricane María.
The Ontario Court of Appeal recently upheld a lower court’s dismissal of an employee’s claim for payment of a bonus after resignation because the employer’s non-discretionary bonus policy included an “active employment” clause.
The current leaders of the Department of Labor, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, and National Labor Relations Board addressed transitions and regulatory plans at their respective agencies at a November 16 forum.
Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta fielded a range of questions on the DOL's priorities during a November 15 hearing before the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
On November 10, 2017, a Puerto Rico official issued Opinion No. 2017-002 addressing allowable deductions from non-exempt employees’ pay following hurricanes Irma and María.
In a short published opinion, the Ninth Circuit held a federal district court may award a “tax consequence adjustment” or “gross up” for receipt of a back pay award given in one lump sum.
The Governor of Puerto Rico has signed an order authorizing the establishment of tax rules for distributions from qualified retirement plans and IRAs following Hurricane Maria and other natural disasters.
