Fewer employers tested applicants for marijuana last year than in 2020 as companies grappled with nationwide labor shortages
Archives for March 30, 2022
California’s AB 2243 Would Revise Heat Illness and Wildfire Smoke Standards
On February 10, 2022, California Assemblymember Eduardo Garcia, along with assembly members Luz Rivas and Robert Rivas, introduced Assembly Bill (AB) No. 2243, which would place a number of requirements on the California Division of Occupational Safety and Health (Cal/OSHA) in the areas of heat illness and wildfire smoke.
USCIS Measures to Ease Processing Times
Just as the Biden Administration is proposing increased funding for USCIS to help reduce the agency’s backlog, USCIS is announcing future new actions to improve processing times.
USCIS:
Plans to expand staffing, improve its technology, and establish new internal cycle time goals (the amount of time it takes to process
New York City Publishes Fact Sheet on Salary Transparency in Job Advertisements
The New York City Commission on Human Rights (NYCCHR) has published a fact sheet providing guidance on the heavily anticipated salary transparency law, which will take effect on May 15, 2022.
If Chris Rock and Will Smith Were Your Employees: What HR Thinks
Take away the Hollywood, glamour, and awards, and say you have two employees–we’ll call them Will and Chris. Chris makes a tasteless joke about Will’s wife, and Will slaps Chris. What do you do?
I asked HR managers in my Evil HR Lady group what they would do. Let
NYC Commission on Human Rights Issues Guidance Regarding Minimum and Maximum Salaries in Job Postings
On March 22, 2022, the New York City Commission on Human Rights (NYCCHR) published long-awaited guidance regarding New York City’s salary disclosure law, which requires employers to post the anticipated “minimum and maximum salary” in job advertisements. The law, which was passed on December 15, 2021, and takes effect on
“Get a Life” – Another Dentist Responds to Patient’s Online Review, This Time Faces a $50,000 OCR Penalty
It can be cathartic responding to a negative online review. It can also backfire, as can failing to cooperate with an OCR investigation as required under HIPAA.
The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) recently announced four enforcement actions, one against a small dental practice that imposed a $50,000 civil monetary