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Dated: 01-16-2015
Most employers have separation agreement forms that have served them well over the years. The terms have become fairly standardized and, aside from the occasional tweak, they don’t change much and are rarely challenged. Enter the EEOC, upsetting the apple cart with its new strategic enforcement initiative. In recent litigation, it has staked out an aggressive (and new) position challenging what appear to be fairly standard separation agreement provisions. Although it suffered a minor setback earlier this month, we shouldn’t expect it to back off from its new-found position.
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Dated: 01-13-2015
Is your family prepared for emergencies? What happens in the event the unthinkable happens? Kids…you take care of them their whole lives, then, they officially become an adult at 18. Parents know that their responsibilities do not end there. They leave for college, get jobs, get married and have kids of their own. But, what happens if tragedy strikes? What happens if your adult child gets into an accident and cannot care for themselves? Can you help them? Unfortunately, the answer to that question is often “no” without cutting through some serious red tape.
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Dated: 01-15-2015
The growing popularity of medical marijuana has employers in a quandary. In some states, like California, there is a popular misconception marijuana has been “decriminalized.” This is not correct. The use and possession of marijuana is still illegal under federal law, and federal law trumps any state law. While there have been discussions about moving marijuana from a federal Schedule I controlled substance (generally illegal to use, possess or manufacture/cultivate), there is no indication rescheduling will occur anytime in the near future.
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Dated: 01-16-2015
On September 10, 2014, California Governor Jerry Brown signed into law the Healthy Workplaces, Healthy Families Act of 2014. As a result, most employers in California will be required to provide up to 24 hours (3 days) of paid sick leave to their employees beginning July 1, 2015. The following are some of the key requirements of the Act.
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Dated: 01-16-2015
Long before holiday office parties or declarations of next year’s resolutions, employers have an important issue to consider: healthcare reform penalties. As part of the Employer Shared-Responsibility Requirement, these penalties phase into effect starting January 1, 2015. It’s essential to start planning now to help protect your company from unnecessary or unforeseen fines. These five straightforward questions can help you assess the risk and severity of potential penalties, meet compliance standards and avoid being caught off guard in the New Year.
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Dated: 01-12-2015
Yesterday, Oregon voters passed Measure 91. As a result, Oregon followed Colorado and Washington to become the third state to legalize recreational usage of marijuana under state law.
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Dated: 01-12-2015
Until a few years ago, nonprofits did not carry fiduciary liability for their employer-sponsored retirement plans. More often than not, a board of directors managed the plan, taking the lead on all decisions, regardless of who sat on that board. However, with the rollout of pension simplification in 2009, anyone in charge of making decisions for a 403(b) plan is considered a fiduciary. Today, your board or 403(b) committee members assume the same levels of liability they would in the for-profit sector.
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Dated: 01-12-2015
The National Fund for Workforce Solutions and its implementation partner, Jobs for the Future, have conducted research examining the impact of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) on the frontline health care workforce as part of CareerSTAT, an initiative to document and endorse the business case for investments in frontline hospital workers based on health care leader recommendations.
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Dated: 01-14-2015
In the wake of a debate over increasing the federal minimum wage, two Northern California cities voted to increase their local minimum wage rates during the recent midterm elections. On Tuesday, November 4, 2014, San Francisco became the second U.S. city to raise its minimum wage to $15.00 per hour, while Oakland raised its minimum wage to $12.25 per hour.
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Dated: 01-13-2015
This week, on the eve of Black Friday, when retailer workers’ rights are being debated in the media as many stores roll back the launch of their holiday season sales to Thanksgiving day itself, the city of San Francisco passed a law known as the “Retail Workers’ Bill of Rights.” If signed by Mayor Lee, the “Rights” will go into effect in the summer of 2015 and will require large retailers in the city—those with 20 or more worldwide locations that have at least 20 employees in San Francisco—to make workers’ schedule available at least two weeks in advance.
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