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No EEOC Quorum to Start Year
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has started 2019 with only two members, leaving it without a quorum. Daniel Gade, White House nominee, withdrew his...
OSHA Updates List of Small Businesses Exempt from Inspection
Effective December 18, 2018, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has updated its list of small businesses that are exempt from safety inspections. OSHA...
DOL Helps Seasonal and Temporary Job Posters and Seekers
In an effort to bolster the U.S. employment rate in 2019, the Department of Labor (DOL) launched a new mobile portal for job posters and...
EEOC and DOJ Fight State and Local Harassment
In a new Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) committed to addressing harassment issues within...
The 2018 Farm Bill and CBD Products
In October 2018, Employers Council published a primer on "cannabidiol," commonly known as CBD, speculating that the passage of the 2018 Farm Bill would introduce...
Hardship Distributions: Now and in the Future
In November of this year, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) proposed new regulations that changed the way that hardship distributions work under many tax-favored savings...
Another Twist for Joint-Employer Test
The controversial decision of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) in Browning-Ferris has seen another twist prior to the end of 2018. The decision itself was issued...
DOL: Two New FLSA Opinion Letters
On December 21, 2018, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) published two new opinion letters related to complicated Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) principles. In...
No E-Verify Due to Government Shutdown
Since December 22, 2018, the federal government has been partially shut down. Many employers who hoped to use the remaining days of the year for...