by Mark Holloway | February 19, 2020 | Compliance Services, State and Local Issues
Prompted by recent closures of big-name companies like Toys R Us, New Jersey is the first state to implement a severance pay requirement for employees experiencing mass layoffs. The new law, effective July 19, 2020, requires employers to pay terminated employees one...
by Lisa L. Carlson | December 10, 2019 | Compliance Services, Paid Leave Laws, State and Local Issues
As employers are likely aware, state and local governments continue to adopt paid leave requirements on a fast and furious basis. Several important paid leave-related deadlines occur in December 2019 or become effective Jan. 1, 2020. Below is a summary of near-term...
by Ed Fensholt | September 30, 2019 | State and Local Issues
A new California law imposes another notice mandate on employers with employees in California. The law will require employers, beginning in 2020, to notify their flexible spending account (FSA) enrollees – via two different modes of communication – about any deadline...
by Lisa L. Carlson | August 15, 2019 | Domestic Partners, State and Local Issues
California recently expanded its definition of domestic partnership for purposes of registering with the state to receive the same state protections offered to spouses, including eligibility under fully insured employer-sponsored health plans. California’s new law...
by Mark Holloway | April 2, 2019 | FMLA, State and Local Issues
As we’ve done several times before, today’s blog will be breaking down the latest developments from the onslaught of state laws requiring employers to provide paid sick leave or to honor state paid family leave time. Paid family leave laws often require employers to...
by Mark Holloway | February 22, 2019 | State and Local Issues, Tax Issues, Uncategorized
The commonwealth of Massachusetts announced the employer and employee contribution rates that will apply beginning on July 1, 2019, to finance the state’s paid family leave law. The law requires up to 12 weeks of paid family leave, up to 20 weeks of paid medical leave...
