The Oregon Bureau of Labor and Industries announced a significant reinterpretation of the interplay between the state’s daily and weekly overtime laws. According to BOLI, manufacturing employers must fully and separately provide overtime pay under both statutes instead of paying the greater of the two amounts.

The Internal Revenue Service, state tax agencies and the tax industry announced a renewed warning about an email scam.

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) final rule on Walking-Working Surfaces aims to reduce work-related injuries resulting from slips, trips, and falls. It incorporates advances in technology, industry best practices, and national consensus standards to provide effective and cost-efficient worker protection. The final rule provides employers greater flexibility in choosing a fall protection system to protect workers. It revised and added new provisions that address rope descent systems, ladder safety, and worker training. OSHA also aligned, as much as possible, the general industry fall protection requirements with those for construction to ease compliance for employers who work in both sectors.

A lawsuit has been filed in Arizona state court seeking to stop the newly approved minimum wage hike and paid sick leave ballot initiative from taking effect. According to the Arizona Chamber of Commerce, the proposal's lack of a state revenue generator and its inclusion of multiple subjects violate the state's constitution.

A recording of our January 18, 2017 Form I-9 webcast is now available.  The webcast provides an overview of changes to the new Form I-9 as well as overall I-9 compliance pointers.

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As we reported last week, the New York State Department of Labor has adopted regulations implementing increases to the state minimum wage, identified required salary levels for exclusions from overtime pay for executive and administrative employees, and issued Frequently Asked Questions for employers. The new regulations are effective on December 31, 2016. Click here to read more.

This webinar will provide an overview of changes to the new form I-9 as well as overall I-9 and E-Verify compliance pointers.