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Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP

New Jersey adopts pay transparency law

The New Jersey Pay and Benefit Transparency Act is the latest U.S. pay transparency law. As of this month, covered employers must disclose pay, benefits and other compensation programs in external job postings and for...more

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Maryland Enacts Landmark Earned Wage Access Legislation

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On May 27, 2025, Maryland enacted first-of-its-kind earned wage access (EWA) legislation to ensure Maryland workers are able to retain continued access to this valuable employee benefit. This landmark legislation follows...more

Barnea Jaffa Lande & Co.

New extension order signed in Israel improves wage terms and benefits in the construction sector

A new extension order signed in March 2025 applies to employees in the construction, infrastructure, heavy equipment, public works, civil engineering and renovation sectors and came into effect on April 1....more

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Late Fee Crunch: How Earned Wage Access Helps Consumers Avoid Penalties

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$23 billion. That’s how much Americans paid in late fees last year. When a payment is only a few days behind, late fees for credit cards, utilities, student loans, and rent pile up. And they have proliferated over the last...more

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP

How to Handle a Deceased Employee's Final Pay

When an employee unexpectedly dies, the employer’s first instinct often is to take steps to assist his or her family, and to minimize any financial disruption associated with the death. While these goals are laudable,...more

Marshall Dennehey

Claimant’s Appeal Was Insufficient, Workers’ Compensation Judge’s Wage Reduction Stands

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Bob Evans Restaurants LLC v. Robert Schriver (WCAB); No. 158 C.D. 2024; filed March 11, 2025; Senior Judge Leavitt - The Commonwealth Court reversed a decision by the Workers’ Compensation Appeal Board, reinstating a judge’s...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

What Will Happen to My Severance Payments if My Employer Files for Bankruptcy? - Creditor’s Rights Toolkit

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Pursuant to Section 503(b)(1)(A) of the Bankruptcy Code, "wages, salaries, and commissions for services rendered after the commencement of the case" are treated as administrative expense claims. Additionally, Section...more

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2025 Will See COLAs for Qualified Retirement Plans Comparable to 2024

On November 1, 2024, the 2025 calendar year cost-of-living adjustments (COLAs) to the contribution and compensation limits for tax-qualified retirement plans were released by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) in Notice...more

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC

Is Your Group Health Plan “Affordable,” According to the IRS? ‎

The 2025 open enrollment season for employee benefits is swiftly approaching. With newly released IRS guidance, employers should review the cost of their group health plan(s) to ensure affordability. Companies that rely on...more

King & Spalding

Amendments to the Saudi Labor Law

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On 6 August 2024, the Council of Ministers approved amendments to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (“KSA”) Labor Law and its Implementing Regulations. These will come into force on 19 February 2025, 180 days after being published...more

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Maryland Employers Get Ready: New Compensation Transparency Laws Will Soon Take Effect

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Earlier this year, Governor Wes Moore signed into law two statutes — the Wage Range Transparency Law and the Pay Stub Information Law — that significantly increase the compensation details that Maryland employers must...more

Fox Rothschild LLP

Stock Options are Not Wages Under the California Labor Code

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In a win for California employers, the California Court of Appeal held that stock options are not wages. A stock option is a contractual right to buy company stock at a certain price regardless of whether the stock price...more

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Court Vacates NLRB’s October 2023 Joint Employer Rule

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Under what circumstances will two or more entities be considered an employee’s joint employers? Recently, the US District Court for the Eastern District of Texas vacated the National Labor Relations Board’s (NLRB) latest...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

Minimizing National Labor Relations Act Liability for Employers with Non-Unionized Workforces

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Employers with a non-unionized workforce often mistakenly believe that they are not covered by the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA or the “Act”). The NLRA is most commonly known as the law that guarantees employees the...more

Perkins Coie

NLRB Prepares To Issue New Joint Employer Standard in 2023

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The National Labor Relations Board (the Board) released its notice of proposed rulemaking (Proposed Rule) to establish a new “joint employer” legal standard under the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) on September 6, 2022....more

Lasher Holzapfel Sperry & Ebberson PLLC

Employment Law ALERT – New Job Posting Requirements Begin January 1, 2023

Beginning on January 1,2023, all employers, with 15 or more employees (including employees in other states), engaging in any business, industry, profession, or activity in Washington (including recruiting for...more

Furia Rubel Communications, Inc.

Today’s Fight for the Rights of Union Workers with Deborah Willig: On Record PR

In this episode of On Record PR, Gina Rubel goes on record with Deborah Willig, the managing partner of Willig, Williams & Davidson, who talks about today’s fight for the rights of union workers. Deb shares that unions and...more

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NLRB’s Proposed New Rule Would Expand Joint Employer Status to Entities With Indirect Control Over Worker Conditions

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Does anyone feel like they’ve seen this movie before? On September 6, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB or “the Board”) announced a notice of proposed rulemaking that dramatically changed the joint employer analysis...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

Inflation’s Impact – IRS Makes Mid-Year Mileage Reimbursement Adjustment as Employers Implement New Wage Strategies to Retain...

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Inflation is at a 40-year high – reaching 8.6% in May, according to a Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) news release earlier this month. The rise of consumer product costs, including food and gasoline, have all contributed to...more

Amundsen Davis LLC

Staffing Shortages Force Employers In Indiana (and Everywhere) to Get Creative

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No employer is immune from staffing storages in today’s climate, but December 2021 unemployment data released this week by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), confirms what Indiana employers have...more

Jackson Lewis P.C.

Washington Long-Term Cares Fund Update: Employers Advised to Withhold Premiums Starting January 1

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Washington Governor Jay Inslee has clarified that, starting January 1, “employers will still be legally obligated to pay the full amount owed to state ESD [Employment Security Department] to begin the long-term care program”...more

Verrill

Nonqualified Deferred Compensation and the Special Timing Rule HR Professionals Should Be Aware of for FICA Tax Purposes

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Twenty years ago this month the Enron Corporation imploded in spectacular fashion and declared bankruptcy. In the weeks leading up to its bankruptcy filing, over 100 highly compensated employees raced to receive early...more

Poyner Spruill LLP

Employers in North Carolina Must Now Communicate Wages in Writing

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A recent amendment to North Carolina’s Wage and Hour Act (N.C.G.S. § 95-25.13) now requires North Carolina employers to provide written notice to new hires of...more

DailyPay, Inc.

Earned Wage Access: A Sword In The Fight Against Payday And Overdraft

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Earned wage access (EWA) is the fastest growing employee benefits category, increasingly offered by forward-thinking employers looking to assist in creating a more financially secure workforce. The technology, typically...more

BCLP

In Colorado, Employers May Giveth - But They May Not Taketh Away

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Last month, the Colorado Supreme Court finally resolved a longstanding issue in Colorado employment law: whether employers may have a policy or agreement that provides for forfeiture of accrued but unused vacation. The...more

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