Reminder: New OSHA Electronic Reporting Requirement Due March 2, 2024

OSHA requirements and Human Resources Compliance

Effective January 1, 2024, the U.S. Department of Labor issued a final rule that requires certain employers in designated high-hazard industries to electronically submit injury and illness information that they are already required to keep to the department’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration. Specifically, establishments with 100 or more employees in certain high-hazard industries must […]

New York WARN Act Amendments

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The New York State Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (“NY WARN Act”) requires covered businesses to provide early warnings of closures and layoffs to all affected.  Recently, the New York Department of Labor issued final regulations making changes to the NY WARN Act regulations and on June 21, 2023, those amendments took effect.  Some […]

U.S. Department of Labor Issues Guidance Regarding PUMP Act

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As we previously reported, on December 29, 2022, President Biden signed the Providing Urgent Maternal Protections for Nursing Mothers Act (the “PUMP Act”) into law, which became effective immediately. The United States Department of Labor has now issued a Field Assistance Bulletin providing guidance to the Wage and Hour Division on the enforcement of the PUMP […]

Reminder: The Providing Urgent Maternal Protections for Nursing Mothers Act (PUMP Act) Enforcement Provisions Effective April 28, 2023

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As previously reported, on December 29, 2022, President Biden signed into law the Providing Urgent Maternal Protections for Nursing Mothers Act (“PUMP Act”), which expands workplace protections to all breastfeeding employees covered by the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”). Federal law requires employers to provide employees with reasonable break time to express breast milk for […]

New York Issues Required Posting Regarding Veteran Benefits and Services

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The New York Department of Labor has issued a required posting regarding benefits and services available to military veterans pursuant to a recently enacted bill S.1961B/A3913.  The law became effective on January 1, 2023. Specifically, the law requires New York employers with more than 50 full-time equivalent employees to display the poster “in a conspicuous place […]