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April 8th, 2019 Tip Pooling Clarification On March 25, 2019, Maine Governor Janet Mills signed legislation (H.P. 67) clarifying that an employer may establish a valid […]

April 8th, 2019 Minimum Wage Increase On March 1, 2019, New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham signed legislation (S.B. 437) increasing the state’s minimum wage from […]

Ellen Kearns, partner with leading national labor and employment law firm (and ThinkHR strategic employment law partner) Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP, explains proposed regulations clarifying […]

April 2nd, 2019 Today is National Employee Benefits Day! For the past fifteen years, the benefits community has taken a moment each April 2 to recognize […]

Yesterday, a federal district court struck down a Department of Labor (DOL) Rule on Association Health Plans (AHPs). Issued in 2018, the DOL rule aimed to […]

On March 14, 2019, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) released a new opinion letter addressing whether an employer may delay designating Family and Leave Act […]

States that permit carriers to renew medical policies without adopting various Affordable Care Act (ACA) requirements may continue to do so through 2020, according to a […]

March 25th, 2019 Smoking Marijuana for Medical Use Permitted On March 18, 2019, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed legislation (S.B. 182) that redefines medical use of […]

March 25th, 2019 Teen Worker Poster Updated In March 2019, the Indiana Department of Labor, Bureau of Child Labor updated its mandatory teen worker poster. Employers […]

March 25th, 2019 Wage Payment Enforcement On March 7, 2019, North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum signed legislation (S.B. 2145) modifying the investigation and enforcement of wage […]

March 25th, 2019 Nondisclosure Provisions and Discrimination On March 18, 2019, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy signed legislation (S.B. 121) barring provisions in employment contracts that […]