Monthly Archives: July 2023

Applies to:    All Employers with MN Employees Effective:      July 1, 2023 Quick Look Noncompete provisions are prohibited for employees and independent contractors, except in the context of a business sale or dissolution. Non-Minnesota choice of law, forum, and venue provisions are prohibited in all agreements with employees and independent contractors. Discussion Minnesota

Applies to:    All Employers with MN Employees Effective:      July 1, 2023 Quick Look The Pregnancy and Parenting Leave Act now applies to employers with one or more employees. There are expanded protections for lactation and pregnancy accommodation requirements. Employers must provide employees with a notice of rights under the Act. If employers

Applies to:    All Employers with NJ Employees Effective:      May 25, 2023 Quick Look The New Jersey District Court ruled that only the state’s Cannabis Regulatory Commission (CRC), and not private citizens, has the authority to enforce the Cannabis Regulatory, Enforcement Assistance, and Marketplace Modernization Act (CREAMMA). CREAMMA prevents employers from taking any

Applies to:    All Employers with NJ Employees Effective:      June 7, 2023 Quick Look Mild, transitory illnesses may not qualify as a protected disability or perceived disability. Discussion In Guzman v. M. Teixeira International, Inc., the New Jersey Appellate Division stated that a perceived mild case of COVID-19 did not rise to the level

Applies to:    All Employers with OR Employees Effective:      May 24, 2023 Quick Look Oregon OSHA increased its civil penalties for health and safety violations and for repeat offenders. The Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services has expanded authority to conduct a comprehensive inspection at any place of employment based

Applies to:    Employers with RI Employees Effective:      As Indicated Quick Look Employers will face criminal liability when knowingly and willfully failing to pay wages of $1,500 or more on an employee’s regular pay day, at the time of termination, or to a deceased employee. Rhode Island will apply the FLSA test to

Applies to:    Varies Effective:      Varies 2022 EEO-1 Reporting Delayed to Fall 2023 The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has delayed opening the reporting period for EEO-1 Component 1 data to the fall of 2023. The EEOC’s website says they are currently completing a mandatory, three-year renewal of the EEO-1 Component 1 data