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Archives for September 24, 2023
New York Department of Health Sets New Due Dates for Submission of Home Care Worker Wage Parity Compliance Certifications and Statements
On September 21, 2023, the New York Department of Health (DOH) issued guidance addressing the due dates for Medicaid Managed Care Organizations (MMCOs), Certified Home Health Agencies (CHHAs), Licensed Home Care Services Agencies (LHCSAs), and Fiscal Intermediaries (FIs) to submit various Home Care Worker Wage Parity Law (WPL) compliance
New York City Amends Safe and Sick Time Regulations
New York City adopted changes to its sick and safe time regulations, effective October 15, 2023. The changes clarify coverage issues for telecommuters and hybrid employees, employer headcount and coverage thresholds, and advance notice and documentation requirements. Additionally, the changes clarify employers’ responsibility to
Watch Out New York – New Jersey Wants Its Taxes Too!
On July 21, 2023, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy signed Assembly Bill No. S3128/A4694 into law,1 which implements an aggressive tax treatment of nonresidents who work for New Jersey employers.
Rhode Island’s Amended Payment of Wages Act Now Imposes Felony Penalties on Employers
Rhode Island law taking effect January 1, 2024 will impose criminal penalties on employers for knowing and willful wage and hour violations. The law also includes harsher penalties for employers generally, and those in the construction industry specifically, that misclassify workers as independent contractors.
Post-Labor Day Wrap Up: What NLRB’s 2023 Decisions Mean for Employers
In the weeks surrounding Labor Day 2023, the National Labor Relations Board overturned precedent with decisions and rules significantly impacting both union and non-union employers. The result is labor laws encouraging both unionization and concerted employee actions affecting working conditions. Employers must review and assimilate these decisions before implementing new
Court Finds Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) Final Rule Unlawful
On September 13, 2023, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas issued a decision finding the DACA final rule unlawful. DACA, which commenced in 2012, protects certain undocumented immigrants brought to the United States as children from deportation and allows them to receive employment authorization.
DACA Final Rule is Unlawful, Judge Says
In the latest decision in the Deferred Actions for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) saga, Judge Andrew Hanen in the Southern District of Texas has found that the new DACA Final Rule issued by the Biden Administration was unlawful. In addition, he expanded the original July 16, 2021, injunction and order of
EEOC Sues Appliance Factory for Disability Discrimination
DENVER – A&A Appliance, Inc., doing business as Appliance Factory, a corporation operating appliance stores in four states, violated federal law when it refused to provide an accommodation to an employee with long COVID at its Thornton, Colorado location, leading to her discharge, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) alleged
EEOC Sues UPS for Disability Discrimination in Hiring
CHICAGO – United Parcel Service (UPS) violated the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) by maintaining a discriminatory policy of refusing to hire or reasonably accommodate deaf or hearing-impaired individuals for driver positions of vehicles weighing more than 10,000 pounds, even when the Department of Transportation (DOT) had authorized the practice,
EEOC Sues Aaron Thomas Company and Supreme Staffing for Race Discrimination
MEMPHIS, Tenn. – Aaron Thomas Company, Inc., a distribution company, and Supreme Staffing, LLC, a staffing agency, both based in Memphis, violated federal law by denying individuals employment on the bases of race, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) alleged in a suit filed this week.
EEOC Sues Amerigo Restaurant for Sexual Orientation Discrimination and Retaliation
MEMPHIS, Tenn. – 4Top Hospitality Group, Inc. and J.H.S. Holdings, LLC, operating as an integrated enterprise and doing business as Amerigo Italian restaurant in Memphis, violated federal law when it subjected an employee to sexual orientation discrimination and discharged the employee in retaliation after he complained of the discrimination, the
EEOC Sues Voyant Beauty for Disability Discrimination
CHICAGO – Voyant Beauty, LLC violated the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) when it fired a production line worker because she is deaf, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today.
EEOC Sues Waste Industries and GFL Environmental, Inc. for Sex Discrimination
ATLANTA – Waste Industries U.S.A., LLC, TransWaste Services, LLC, Waste Industries Atlanta LLC, and GFL Environmental, Inc. (collectively “Waste Industries”), providers of solid waste removal, recycling pickup and landfill operation services, engaged in discrimination by refusing to hire a class of qualified female applicants as truck drivers because of their
EEOC Sues Restaurant Chain for National Origin Discrimination
DENVER – National restaurant chain Landry’s Seafood House violated federal law when it subjected an Iranian employee to a hostile work environment based on her national origin and retaliated against her when she made discrimination complaints at its Englewood, Colorado, location, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) alleged in