Labor Law Changes

Keeping you current on the ever changing labor laws

Tomorrow Wednesday May 1st Quebec’s Minimum Wage for general wage earners rises by 25 cents to $10.15 per hour. This increase was recently approved by the Cabinet and makes Quebec one of the many Canadian provinces that have a wage rate above $10.00 per hour. Compliance Poster Company keeps Canadian customers in compliance with its Read more

Wisconsin’s Department of Workforce Development, Equal Rights Division makes updates to the Fair Employment law poster. The changes are minor and do not require customers to update their Wisconsin All-On-One™ posters. In Wisconsin it is unlawful to discriminate against employees and job applicants based on the protected classes. The Equal Rights Division changed “Military Service Read more

The Kansas Workers’ Compensation labor law posting has been updated to reflect a change in reporting deadlines for accidents and injuries that occur on or after April 25, 2013. Senate Bill 187 shortens the time periods for employees to give notice to their employers of an accident or injury in order to be eligible for Read more

Progress is being made in the fight against employee misclassification, most recently in the District of Columbia. Employee misclassification is the practice of labeling workers as independent contractors, rather than employees. Misclassification is unfair to law-abiding employers that pay unemployment insurance taxes and provide workers’ compensation coverage for their employees. They also face a competitive Read more

New Mexico takes a big step forward in achieving wage equality for women with the recent passage of the Fair Pay for Women Act. Effective June 14, 2013, getting equal pay may be easier for New Mexico workers of either sex. That’s because the law protects both women and men from wage discrimination. Wage Discrimination Read more

Georgia’s Department of Labor has released an updated Unemployment Insurance Benefits poster which has mandatory-To-Post changes. The Unemployment Insurance poster must be posted where employees can easily view it and is one of the state postings included on Compliance Poster Company’s Georgia state and federal All-On-One™ labor law poster. CPC has revolutionized the labor law Read more

Michigan’s legislature has been active so far this legislative session. Of interest are the general labor-related bills.  In particular, there is much discussion about the bills to raise Michigan’s minimum wage. Currently Michigan’s minimum wage is $7.40 per hour, but a couple of the minimum wage bills would increase the wage rate and bring it Read more

Virginia recently passed a new law that adds truck stops to the business operations that must post notice of the National Human Trafficking Hotline. The notice is intended to alert possible witnesses or victims to a national resource center they can call for assistance in reporting crimes or obtaining help. The notice must be posted Read more

The Department of Labor has issued new “self-compliance” tools, complete with checklists, to help employers operating group health plans comply with the new Affordable Care Act (ACA), as well as the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). The DOL’s approach to ACA implementation is to assist those involved in operating group health plans to Read more