New requirements involving pay data reporting, pay transparency, workplace notices, paid family leave, civil penalties for wage theft and more are coming soon to California.
The relaunched Payroll Audit Independent Determination (PAID) program will allow employers to avoid costly litigation if they report violations to the DOL and pay employees any back wages or other remedies they are due.
Although they do not carry the same legal weight as notice-and-comment regulations, opinion letters can help limit employers' liability in the event of a lawsuit or DOL investigation.
A federal district court has vacated Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA) regulations to the extent that they include abortion as a "related medical condition" of pregnancy and childbirth.
Missouri's legislature has passed a bill to repeal the state's new paid sick leave law and also eliminate annual inflation adjustments to the state minimum wage.
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