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Employers dislike uncertainty and any major change in Washington, D.C. increases uncertainty. While some employers may welcome the idea of change, it’s difficult to know exactly what may change and when. We’d like to take a moment to address a couple of...

The December 1, 2016 deadline to comply with the new salary requirement for certain exempt white collar employees is fast approaching. Although there have been a number of attempts to eliminate or delay the change, those efforts have been unsucessfual....

The Internal Reveneue Service (IRS) has announced the 2017 increase to annual pre-tax limits for both full and limited-purpose health Flexible Spending Arrangements (FSA). The increase will take effect January 1, 2017 for plans years beginning on or after...

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has approved an update to their Strategic Enforcement Plan (SEP) for the years 2017 through 2021. The SEP identifies areas where the EEOC intends to focus their efforts. For this period the EEOC has...

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has recently issued final guidance on “Retaliation and Related Issues” to update a 1998 Compliance Manual. The update also addresses a provision under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) regarding...

The Department of Labor has recently revised the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) poster and the Employee Polygraph Protection Act (EPPA) poster. Penalty amounts listed on the previous posters are no longer accurate. The penalty increase has come from The...

Z Foods, Inc., was recently ordered by a federal judge to pay $1,470,000 in damages in a sexual harassment and retaliation lawsuit. The lawsuit stated that Z Foods allowed male supervisors to harass female employees and then retailiated against both male...

The Equal Employement Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has recently proposed a significant change to the annual Employer Informaiton Report (EEO-1). Under the proposal, employers subject to the reporting requirements, must begin reporting pay data as part of...

The Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act was passed by Congress in 2015 to maintain effectiveness of civil penalties enforced by the Department of Labor (DOL). “Civil penalties should be a credible deterrent that influences...

Recently, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) released a new resource document that provides guidance on the rights of individuals with disabilities who need leave as a reasonable accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act of...

On May 18th, the Department of Labor (DOL) finalized the proposed change to the salary requirements that apply to exempt white-collar employees. Under the new rule, the minimum salary increases from the previous $455 a week to $913 a week. If an employer...

The Department of Labor, (DOL) has released an updated “Employee Rights Under the Family and Medical Leave Act” poster. The poster is required for all employers who are subject to the FMLA. The DOL has indicated that employers may continue to use the 2013...

Employers dislike uncertainty and any major change in Washington, D.C. increases uncertainty. While some employers may welcome the idea of change, it’s difficult to know exactly what may change and when. We’d like to take a moment to address a couple of...

The December 1, 2016 deadline to comply with the new salary requirement for certain exempt white collar employees is fast approaching. Although there have been a number of attempts to eliminate or delay the change, those efforts have been unsucessfual....

The Internal Reveneue Service (IRS) has announced the 2017 increase to annual pre-tax limits for both full and limited-purpose health Flexible Spending Arrangements (FSA). The increase will take effect January 1, 2017 for plans years beginning on or after...

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has approved an update to their Strategic Enforcement Plan (SEP) for the years 2017 through 2021. The SEP identifies areas where the EEOC intends to focus their efforts. For this period the EEOC has...

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has recently issued final guidance on “Retaliation and Related Issues” to update a 1998 Compliance Manual. The update also addresses a provision under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) regarding...

The Department of Labor has recently revised the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) poster and the Employee Polygraph Protection Act (EPPA) poster. Penalty amounts listed on the previous posters are no longer accurate. The penalty increase has come from The...

Z Foods, Inc., was recently ordered by a federal judge to pay $1,470,000 in damages in a sexual harassment and retaliation lawsuit. The lawsuit stated that Z Foods allowed male supervisors to harass female employees and then retailiated against both male...

The Equal Employement Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has recently proposed a significant change to the annual Employer Informaiton Report (EEO-1). Under the proposal, employers subject to the reporting requirements, must begin reporting pay data as part of...

The Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act was passed by Congress in 2015 to maintain effectiveness of civil penalties enforced by the Department of Labor (DOL). “Civil penalties should be a credible deterrent that influences...

Recently, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) released a new resource document that provides guidance on the rights of individuals with disabilities who need leave as a reasonable accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act of...

On May 18th, the Department of Labor (DOL) finalized the proposed change to the salary requirements that apply to exempt white-collar employees. Under the new rule, the minimum salary increases from the previous $455 a week to $913 a week. If an employer...

The Department of Labor, (DOL) has released an updated “Employee Rights Under the Family and Medical Leave Act” poster. The poster is required for all employers who are subject to the FMLA. The DOL has indicated that employers may continue to use the 2013...