Agency Activity Archives - Page 9 of 17

Employers Must Begin Using Revised I-9 Form January 22, 2017

Kollman & Saucier

12/09/2016

Last month, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) published a revised Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification, that employers must begin using January 22, 2017. Form I-9 is the form employers are required to complete for each new hire to verify an employee’s identity and eligibility to work in the United States. The revised Form I-9 is designed to be overall easier to complete electronically. Among other things, it’s...

Kollman & Saucier

12/01/2016

Agency Activity, Retaliation, Workplace Safety

The "third time's a charm" applies to even the federal government. The Department of Labor has not been able to get many ticks in the W column lately with both its Persuader Rule and Overtime Rule getting enjoined from implementation. Although attempts were made to enjoin these new reporting rules from becoming effective, yesterday, a trial judge denied issuing an injunction against OSHA's new reporting rules. So, as of today, employers are...

Kollman & Saucier

11/23/2016

Agency Activity, Legislative Developments, Wage & Hour

Employers received something to be thankful for late yesterday afternoon, when a federal judge in Texas issued a nationwide preliminary injunction against the Obama Administration’s overtime rules that were scheduled to take effect on December 1. With the Trump Administration set to take office on January 20, 2017, there is a significant chance the new rules will never take effect. A brief FLSA refresher: employers are ordinarily required to pay...

Kollman & Saucier

11/18/2016

Agency Activity, Labor Law, Union Activity

As we have previously reported, in March 2016, the United States Department of Labor modified its 54 year old “Persuader Rule,” which applies to communication with employees regarding union activity. The proposed revisions significantly restrict employer rights to be advised on how and what information can be disseminated to employees by providing burdensome reporting requirements on both the employer and the advisors -including...

Kollman & Saucier

10/28/2016

Agency Activity, Government Contractors

Readers of this blog are well aware of President Obama’s Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces Executive Order (Executive Order 13673), which would require certain federal contractors and subcontractors to disclose alleged “violations” of a number of federal labor laws. That Order was set to go into effect on October 25, 2016 for prime contractors on solicitations and contracts estimated at $50 million or more. The Order was to be phased in for...

Kollman & Saucier

10/26/2016

Agency Activity, Workplace Safety

On October 19, 2016, the Department of Labor released a guidance memorandum regarding employers’ policies on reporting workplace injuries and illnesses, and further outlined the prohibitions on retaliating for such reporting. In May 2016, OSHA published a final rule requiring employers to have in place reasonable procedures for reporting workplace injuries or illnesses and prohibiting employers from retaliating against employees who make such...

Clifford Geiger

10/20/2016

Agency Activity, Employment Discrimination

The EEOC takes a targeted approach to enforcement. This enables EEOC staff focus more of their attention and the agency’s resources on a common set of priorities, presumably with more success and change for the better. The EEOC tells everyone what types of cases have its attention and where enforcement efforts will be focused. On October 17, 2016, the EEOC approved a new strategic enforcement plan for the Fiscal Years 2017 through 2021. The...

Clifford Geiger

10/20/2016

Agency Activity

Employers must complete a Form I-9 for each new employee hired. The purpose of the Form I-9 is to document that an employer has verified an employee’s identity and eligibility to work in the United States. To complete the Form I-9 process, new employees may produce what is known as a “List A” document to establish their identity and work authorization. These documents include a U.S. Passport for U.S. citizens, while non-citizens may...

Kollman & Saucier

10/04/2016

Agency Activity, Employment Discrimination

On September 29, the EEOC finalized a revised pay data form that employers and federal contractors with 100 or more employees will be required to submit on an annual basis beginning March 31, 2018, based on data collected for 2017. Private employers with more than 100 employees and federal contractors with more than 50 employees have long been required to report employee race, ethnicity and sex to the EEOC based on 10 different job categories. ...

Kollman & Saucier

09/30/2016

Agency Activity, Disability & Leave

On September 29, the Department of Labor (DOL) announced its Final Rule extending paid sick leave benefits to employees of certain federal contractors and subcontractors, and which essentially implements Executive Order 13706 from September 2015. Here are some of the main features: Employers: The Final Rule will apply to any new contract (defined as new and replacement contracts entered into on or after January 1, 2017). Contracts and all...

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Employers Must Begin Using Revised I-9 Form January 22, 2017

OSHA's New Reporting Rules Take Effect

Federal Court Issues Nationwide Order Blocking New Overtime Rule

Court Permanently Enjoins DOL Persuader Rule

Federal Court Enjoins Enforcement of Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces Executive Order

DOL Releases Guidance For Reporting Workplace Injuries

The EEOC Identifies New Enforcement Priorities

Avoid Discrimination in the Form I-9 Process

New EEOC Pay Reporting Requirements Begin Next Year

DOL Publishes Final Rule On Paid Sick Leave

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