Author: COMPLI -- With New York’s sweeping new anti-harassment laws go into effect on October 9th, you’d expect employers throughout the state to be spending this time updating their workforce compliance programs. Yet, many companies still haven’t taken action—not because they’re not eager to, but because they haven’t been entirely sure...
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Author: COMPLI -- On October 9th, the strictest sexual harassment prevention regulations in the history of the United States will go into effect in New York. As part of the new requirements, employers who operate in New York will have to update their employee training programs. As workforce compliance professionals know, this can be a challenging and resource-intensive task: many learning management systems don’t meet New York’s “interactive” standards and aren’t easily updatable. There’s a...
Author: Sentinel Benefits & Financial Group -- President Trump signed an Executive Order on October 12, 2017 calling upon the U.S. Departments of Health & Human Services (HHS), Treasury and Labor to consider: expanding access to Association Health Plans; updating rules on short-term limited duration health plans; and changes to...
Authors: Betty S.W. Graumlich and Jordan Ellis -- On Tuesday August 15, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit affirmed the dismissal of a claim for disability discrimination, where the plaintiff was deemed psychologically unfit for duty and subsequently had his employment terminated. The Third Circuit’s decision provides guidance...
Authors: Mark S. Goldstein and Cindy Schmitt Minniti -- New York City, which for years has been a trailblazer in employee-friendly workplace legislation, is at it again. Late last month, the NYC Council proposed a bill that would prohibit non-compete agreements for low-wage workers. The bill would also bar non-competes...
Author: Shelly Evans -- The recent annual update hosted by NYC SHRM last month was just enough to get our minds going on the information to come at the HR Management Conference this Thursday, April 14th. Here are a few take aways and issues to watch: Reminder to employers about...