Legal Updates

For the tax year beginning on or after January 1, 2024, overtime pay received by a full-time hourly wage paid employee for hours worked above 40 in any given week are excluded from gross income and therefore exempt from Alabama ... Read More

As a reminder, the deadline for submitting and certifying 2022 EEO-1 Component 1 reports is Tuesday, December 5, 2023. To meet this deadline, the EEOC strongly encourages eligible filers to begin the filing process as soon as possible. Filers should ... Read More

The state of Ohio has adopted an unemployment compensation regulation that outlines how two states coordinate when a person who has worked in both states files for unemployment benefits. First, the state where the claim is filed (“agent state”) is ... Read More

The Internal Revenue Service has announced that the amount individuals can contribute to their 401(k) plans in 2024 has increased to $23,000, up from $22,500 for 2023. Additionally, the limit on annual contributions to an IRA increased to $7,000, up ... Read More

Illinois Governor J. B. Pritzker has passed two amendments to the state’s Labor Dispute Act (ILDA), which allows lawful picketing on the “public right-of-way,” such as sidewalks, portions of the street, or the area between the street and adjacent property ... Read More

Effective December 26, 2023, the National Labor Relations Board has issued a final rule creating a new standard for determining joint employer status. Under the new standard, an entity may be considered a joint employer of another employer’s employees if it ... Read More

The Illinois Department of Labor (IDOL) has provided helpful FAQs for workers and employers to answer specific yet common questions about the state’s Paid Leave for All Workers Act.  The Act takes effect January 1, 2024. Accrual begins upon the start of ... Read More

Starting November 1, 2023, employers can only use Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification, with the August 1, 2023 edition date. A revised Spanish edition of Form I-9 is available for use in Puerto Rico only and by other employers as a translation aid. ... Read More

A new law has been passed in California that increases the minimum wage for a majority of healthcare workers in the state to $25 per hour, regardless of whether they receive a salary or get paid by the hour. The law also ... Read More

Illinois has passed a law that will affect many Chicago-based employers and employees. The state has enacted an employee transportation benefits program, requiring many employers in the greater Chicago area to provide their employees with pre-tax commuter benefits. However, there ... Read More

A new California law, effective January 1, 2024, makes it unlawful for an employer to discriminate against a person in hiring, termination, or any term or condition of employment, or otherwise penalize a person because of the person’s use of cannabis off ... Read More

A new California law makes it an unlawful employment practice for a covered employer to refuse to grant a request by an eligible employee to take up to 5 days of reproductive loss leave following a “reproductive loss event.” “Reproductive loss event” means ... Read More