Effective dates: January 1, 2020, for hotels and motels with 60 or more rooms, January 1, 2021, for other affected employers. A new law in Washington requires hotels, motels, retail … Continue reading Sexual Harassment Training is Now Mandatory in Washington
Employers Must Meet Sept. 30 Deadline The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) is advising employers subject to the EEO-1 filing requirement to begin preparing to submit Component 2 data … Continue reading EEOC Will Collect 2017 and 2018 Pay Data
The Employer Information Report EEO-1, otherwise known as the EEO-1 Report, is a compliance survey report, mandated by federal law, which requires data about employees’ race, ethnicity, sex, work hours, … Continue reading EEO-1 Reporting Requirement
Workplace etiquette is defined as the method in which we display manners on the job and how we conduct ourselves in a professional manner. Good manners increase workplace relations by … Continue reading Workplace Etiquette: Watch Productivity Soar!
May is Mental Health Month. Did you know that 1 in 5 people has a mental illness? And it’s estimated that 43.4 million adults are affected by mental illness. Most … Continue reading May Is Mental Health Month
Employees love to be appreciated for the work they do; they want to feel that they are important and that the company cares about their work. Organizations who adequately reward … Continue reading 25 Great Ways to Reward Employees While on a Tight Budget
The Supreme Court ruled that businesses can ban class action lawsuits in litigation, blocking potential class-action lawsuits. The case challenged provisions in employee contracts called arbitration agreements in which employees … Continue reading Supreme Court Rules Employers Can Ban Class Action Lawsuits in Arbitration
NLRB Adopts New Test for Workplace Policies Employers Can Require ‘Basic Standards of Civility’ In a recent case, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) established a new standard for judging … Continue reading NLRB: Workplace Policies New Test
Test Relevant to Minimum Wage & Overtime Pay Requirements The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has adopted the “primary beneficiary” test for determining whether interns of for-profit employers count as … Continue reading Got Interns? Beware, DOL Adopts New Test
Increases Apply to Civil Monetary Penalties Assessed After January 2, 2018 The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has published a final rule adjusting . forinflation the civil monetary penalties assessed … Continue reading Alert! DOL Increases Penalty Rates for Labor Law Violations for 2018
