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May 7th, 2018 Belmont Minimum Wage The City of Belmont updated its minimum wage rate official notice to reflect the city’s minimum wage increase to $12.50 […]

May 7th, 2018 Exemption from Workers’ Compensation for Out-of-State Employers On April 30, 2018, Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper signed legislation (H.B. 1308) establishing an exemption from […]

May 7th, 2018 Collective Bargaining and Payroll Deductions On April 24, 2018, Hawaii Governor David Ige signed legislation (H.B. 1725) requiring collective bargaining public employees to […]

May 7th, 2018 Rights and Protections for State Personnel Who are Nursing Mothers On April 24, 2018, Maryland Governor Larry Hogan signed legislation (H.B. 306) requiring […]

May 7th, 2018 Filing Due Date Amended for Form W-2 On April 25, 2018, Michigan Governor Rick Snyder signed legislation (H.B. 5091) amending the due date […]

May 7th, 2018 Paid Sick Leave Enacted On May 2, 2018, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy signed legislation (A.B. 1827) enacting a statewide paid sick leave […]

May 7th, 2018 Seattle Eliminates Subminimum Wage for Workers with Disabilities On April 2, 2018, the Seattle City Council announced the elimination of the city’s subminimum […]

Gary Wheeler, partner at Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP, a well-respected national employment law firm and legal partner to ThinkHR, explains five mistakes he sees […]

On April 30, 2018, the California Supreme Court filed its decision in Dynamex Operations West, Inc. v. Superior Court and held that businesses must apply the […]

April 30th, 2018 Question: Can we require employees to use their vacation and sick time at the beginning of an approved medical leave of absence? Answer: […]

April 30th, 2018 Sexual Harassment On April 12, 2018, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo signed legislation (S.B. 7507C): Requiring that bids submitted to the state, or […]

Robin Shea, partner with leading national labor and employment law firm (and ThinkHR strategic employment law partner) Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP asks if it’s time […]