Keep Current with Ever-Changing Employment Laws with New, Attorney-Developed Services

Highlights:

• The evolving legal and regulatory landscape demands businesses to stay updated on federal, state, county, and city employment laws.
• The Employment Law Alert Service by HRdirect provides a comprehensive solution, monitoring laws across various categories.
• The service ensures businesses quickly comprehend legal changes, maintain compliance, and protect themselves from penalties and lawsuits.

The legal and regulatory landscape for employers today is increasingly complex. Beyond workplace posters and handouts, you must keep abreast of specific federal, state, county and city employment laws – and understand their impact on your business. In this fast-moving environment, you risk penalties, fines and even employee lawsuits for being unaware or failing to respond appropriately. 

In recent months, for example, employers have been affected by the following federal changes:

 

• Pregnant Workers Fairness Act, where all covered employers must provide reasonable accommodations to workers with known limitations related to pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions (unless the accommodations would impose an undue hardship)

• Redesign of Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification, that streamlines the review of identity and employment authorization documents when hiring, effective Nov. 1, 2023

• Colorado makes several changes to workplace discrimination and harassment laws
• California passes new workplace violence prevention standards
• New York bans employers from disciplining employees who decline to attend or participate in employer-sponsored meetings concerning religious or political matters
• New Jersey announces minimum wage increase for 2024
• Illinois amends equal pay law to require pay information in job postings
• Texas employers must post information on reporting workplace violence or suspicious activity under new law
• Maines passes paid family and medical leave law
• Delaware releases rules for upcoming paid family and medical leave program

Introducing the Employment Law Alert Service

• Our experienced, in-house legal team monitors activity at more than 22,000 agencies across the U.S. They keep a careful eye on employment laws related to:

• Discrimination & Harassment
• Minimum Wage
• Paid Family and Medical Leave
• Paid Sick Leave
• Pregnancy/Lactation Accommodations
• Equal Pay & Salary History
• Criminal Records and Ban-the-Box
• OSHA & Workplace Safety
• Immigration
• Meal & Rest Breaks
• Bereavement Leave
• Terminations and Final Pay
• Smoking in the Workplace, and much more

• Anytime there is a relevant legislative change, you receive an attorney-approved email alert that:

• Summarizes the new law or regulation, along with a link (when available) to the full text of the legislation
• Outlines action items and practical suggestions for implementing the new requirements
• In addition, you gain secure, 24/7 online access to a library of previous alerts that can be downloaded in PDF format. Alerts are easily filtered by topic and government level.

Author Bio

Ashley Kaplan is the Sr. Corporate Counsel of ComplyRight, Inc. She has practiced labor and employment law for more than 20 years, representing employers in matters ranging from discrimination and harassment litigation to defending FLSA class action lawsuits.