As we have been advising for the last few years, the Department of Labor (DOL) has been working on updating the salary threshold for overtime pay under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). Today, it issued its final rule, which will go into effect on January 1, 2020. The salary threshold below which employees will […]
A Tennessee-based professional caregiving company has agreed to pay $200,000 to settle a pregnancy discrimination lawsuit filed by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) on behalf of a former employee. The EEOC filed suit alleging the company’s policy regarding pregnant employees violated Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended by the […]
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced today that, due to high burden on employers and unproven usefulness of the program, it will not collect pay data during future EEO-1 reporting cycles. That is likely welcome news for employers who have been following the EEO-1 reporting saga. Nothing about today’s announcement changes the obligations for […]
September 5, 2019 | Category:
NewsAccording to the Social Security Administration (SSA) over 575,000 employers received “no-match” letters earlier this year. The “no-match” letters notify employers of discrepancies between a worker’s Social Security number and government records. Employers who did not receive a “no-match” letter earlier in the year may not be in the clear. SSA plans to mail out […]
Everyone can picture it: a group of co-workers are gathered around the water cooler, discussing the terrible ending to the HBO show Game of Thrones when one person suddenly changes the topic with the attention catching phrase – “Did you hear about Jane?” At this point, the person drops a juicy, although unverified, tidbit about […]
In a few days, the Form I-9, which is used for verifying new hires’ employment eligibility, will be expiring. What should you do? The current Form I-9 was released on July 17, 2017, with a stated expiration date of August 31, 2019. On March 1, 2019, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (“USCIS”) published a […]
Do you know what’s the most popular employer resource that NAE offers? Our HR Hotline! Many NAE members utilize this portion of their membership quite often — sometimes multiple times in the same week. Others use it a few times a year. While we don’t enjoy some of the difficult situations our members go through, […]
August 27, 2019 | Category:
SurveyThe Nevada Association of Employers is currently collecting data for its 2019-2020 Benefits & Personnel Practices Survey. All Nevada businesses are encouraged to participate. Businesses do not need to be a member of NAE to participate – but we encourage all Nevada businesses to join NAE to take advantage of all of the great benefits of […]
HR professional terminated for discussing confidential wage information with another employee. On July 16, the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) released a brand new Advice Memorandum from its Office of the General Counsel addressing the issue of whether an employer violated the National Labor Relations Act (“NLRA”) by terminating a human resources employee based on […]
“Hey, Siri! What are the new Nevada laws about paid time off?” Laughable? Yes and no. There’s been a lot of chatter lately about technology replacing HR departments. It is certainly true that technology has been instrumental in the evolution (and revolution) of the HR world. Anyone who has ever processed a payroll with paper […]
