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State Updates

 

New York City Temporarily Stays Part of Fair Workweek Law

02/15/18

New York City has agreed to a temporary stay of enforcement of the deduction portion of the Fair Workweek Law. 

Thursday, February 15, 2018/Author: ADP Admin/Number of views (9440)/Comments (0)/

New York City Enacts Law Allowing Requests for Temporary Schedule Changes

02/15/18

Starting on July 18, 2018, New York City employers will be required to provide temporary schedule changes to employees for “personal events.” 

Thursday, February 15, 2018/Author: ADP Admin/Number of views (9372)/Comments (0)/

Alaska Repeals Subminimum Wage

02/15/18

Effective February 16, 2018, Alaska employees with disabilities must be paid at least the Alaska minimum wage, which is currently $9.84 per hour.

Thursday, February 15, 2018/Author: ADP Admin/Number of views (10664)/Comments (0)/

New Jersey Employers Required to Provide Reasonable Accommodations for Breastfeeding

02/01/18

New Jersey expanded its civil rights protections to include breastfeeding, expressing milk, and related medical conditions. Employers must also provide reasonable accommodations for breastfeeding women, including reasonable break time and a suitable location to express milk in private.
Tuesday, January 30, 2018/Author: Andaika Jean-Noel/Number of views (9231)/Comments (0)/

Legislature Overrides Veto: Maryland Paid Sick Leave Takes Effect February 11

02/01/18

On January 12, 2018, the Maryland legislature overrode Governor Larry Hogan’s veto of the Healthy Working Families Act, which requires Maryland businesses to provide covered employees with paid sick and safe leave (PSSL). Maryland’s paid sick leave law takes effect on February 11, 2018.
Tuesday, January 30, 2018/Author: Andaika Jean-Noel/Number of views (9323)/Comments (0)/
Categories: Maryland

Wave of Class Action Lawsuits Filed under Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act

02/01/18

Employers using timeclocks that use employee finger or hand scanning technology to clock in and out may have heard about a recent surge of class action litigation asserting that such technologies are covered by the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (“BIPA” or the “Act”). Many lawsuits have been filed against employers operating in Illinois. 
Tuesday, January 30, 2018/Author: Andaika Jean-Noel/Number of views (10108)/Comments (0)/
Categories: Illinois

Chicago Adopts Hands Off Pants On Law to Protect Hotel Workers from Sexual Harassment, Assault

01/18/18

To provide hospitality workers greater protections against sexual harassment and assault, the Chicago City Council has passed the “Hands Off Pants On” Ordinance. The Ordinance requires all hotels in the city to adopt a panic button system and an anti-sexual harassment policy.
Tuesday, January 16, 2018/Author: Andaika Jean-Noel/Number of views (7804)/Comments (0)/
Categories: Illinois

Obesity Discrimination Claims Allowed to Proceed Under California Law

01/18/18

California again takes the road less traveled in the employment world. In a case that serves as a reminder of the nation’s evolving understanding of disability, a California Appellate court published an extensive decision defining obesity as a disability and issuing further guidance.
Tuesday, January 16, 2018/Author: Andaika Jean-Noel/Number of views (6992)/Comments (0)/
Categories: California

New York City Limits Fast Food and Retail Employers’ Scheduling Flexibility

06/15/17

The New York City Council passed the “Fair Workplace” legislative package, which regulates scheduling for fast food and retail employees.  Comprised of multiple separate bills, the legislation acts mostly to restrict fast food and retail employers’ ability to create and modify employee schedules. It also imposes penalties for employer violations, and requires fast food employers to pay specified premiums for scheduling variations that are made outside a delineated time frame.  
Thursday, January 4, 2018/Author: ADP Admin/Number of views (4477)/Comments (0)/
Categories: New York

Massachusetts Employer Medical Assistance Contribution Tier II Supplement

01/04/18

In August 2017, Governor Baker signed off on a $200 million health care assessment on Massachusetts employers, in an effort to control growth in Medicaid and state health care spending.  Read the article to learn more about the new temporary assessment on MA employers.
Tuesday, January 2, 2018/Author: ADP Admin/Number of views (5712)/Comments (0)/
Categories: Massachusetts
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Recent State Updates

Iowa Permits Employers to Provide Employee Wage Statements by Electronic Means

04/19/18

Author: ADP Admin/Wednesday, April 18, 2018/Categories: State Compliance Update, Iowa

Previously, employers were required to mail wage statements, provide them at the place of employment, or provide employees with the means to view and print an electronic wage statement at the workplace. Per House Bill 2240, employers are now allowed to provide wage statements to employees via secure electronic transmission or other secure electronic means.

If the employee is unable to receive his or her wage statement electronically, the employee must notify the employer in writing at least one pay period in advance, and the employer must:
  • Send the statement to the employee by mail;
  • Provide the statement to the employee at the employee’s normal place of business during normal employment hours; or
  • Provide the employee access to view the employee earnings statement electronically and provide the employee free and unrestricted access to a printer to print the statement.
Coverage: Employers with employees in Iowa.

Effective: July 1, 2018

Action Required: Please contact your Human Resources Business Partner or your Payroll Service Representative if you have any questions.

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