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New Jersey Employment Law Update – Effective January 1, 2018

Minimum Wage Increase The New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development (NJDLWD) has announced that the state’s minimum wage will increase from $8.44 to $8.60 per hour on January...

Ohio Employment Law Update-September 2017

Minimum Wage Increase The Ohio Department of Commerce has announced that the state’s minimum wage will increase from $8.15 to $8.30 per hour on January 1, 2018. The wage for...

Rhode Island Employment Law Update-September 2017

Healthy and Safe Families and Workplaces Act On September 28, 2017, Rhode Island Governor Gina Raimondo signed legislation (S.B. 290) establishing the Healthy and Safe Families and Workplace Act. The...

South Dakota Employment Law Update-September 2017

South Dakota Minimum Wage Effective January 1, 2018, the South Dakota minimum wage increases as follows: $8.85 per hour for non-tipped employees. $4.425 per hour for tipped employees. The South...

REMINDER: Employer Medicare Part D Notices Are Due Before October 15

Editor’s note: Medicare Part D notices are due in a little more than one week so we are re-posting this article that provides details about the requirements for this important...

PCORI Fee Increase for Health Plans

On October 6, 2017, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) released Notice 2017-61 to announce that the health plan Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) fee for plan years ending between October...

New Exemptions from ACA’s Contraceptive Coverage Mandate

On October 6, 2017, the Departments of Health and Human Services (HHS), Labor (DOL), and Treasury released new interim final rules to allow more employers to exclude contraceptive coverage from...

Federal Employment Law Update-October 2017

U.S. Attorney General Memo: Federal Law Protections for Religious Liberty On October 6, 2017, U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions released two memos for all component heads and U.S. attorneys, per...

OSHA Releases Top Ten Safety Violations for 2017 — Prepare to Be Unsurprised

OSHA’s preliminary list of top workplace safety violations for FY 2017, which ended September 30, bears a striking resemblance to the 2016 list and the 2015 list. In other words,...

IRS Releases Final 2017 ACA Reporting Forms and Instructions

The IRS has finalized the forms and instructions that employers will use for 2017 reporting under the ACA.

HHS Withdraws Health Plan Certification Rules

HHS Withdraws Health Plan Certification Rules On October 3, 2017, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) withdrew proposed rules that would have required health plans to certify their...

U.S. Attorney General Memo: Title VII Protections Do Not Apply to Transgender Individuals

On October 4, 2017, U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions released a directive revising the treatment of transgender employment discrimination claims under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act by stating...

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