Compliance Corner

Finding it wholly inconsistent with the statute and the regulation it purports to interpret, the Ninth Circuit, in Marsh v. J. Alexander’s, LLC, has held invalid the United States Department of Labor’s “80/20” tip credit rule, or “20% Rule,” which limits the availability of the tip credit when tipped employees spend more than 20% of their time performing non-tip generating duties.

December 1, 2017 is the proposed deadline for affected employers to electronically submit injury and illness records to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). OSHA may still change the requirements in the final rule; however, affected employers should prepare to meet the proposed deadline. OSHA has set up a website, called the Injury Tracking Application (ITA), for affected employers to electronically submit their data.

The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has announced the release of a revised version of Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification which must be used by September 18, 2017.

Some areas of employment law cause as much frustration for employers as the lack of a definitive answer to how much leave must be provided to employees for medical reasons under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), and similar state laws. This webinar will cover factors that drive leave analysis and your obligations, balancing employer and employee rights, common pitfalls to avoid, and more.

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