New Employee Minimum Pay Rates Most employers should now know that there are minimum wage requirements mandated by the federal government, state of California and local municipalities. Keeping up with them is laborious. Here’s the latest: New Minimum Wage Rate •As of January 1, 2026, all employers in California must...
Federal Court Blocks Key Nursing Home Staffing Mandates Earlier this year, a federal judge in Texas struck down significant portions of the Department of Health and Human Services’ (“HHS”) recently finalized nursing home staffing requirements, holding that the agency exceeded its statutory authority. The staffing mandate would have required nursing...
EMPLOYERS MAY BE LIABLE FOR OFF-SITE HARASSMENT Picture this: an employee says they do not wish to see, be near or even on Zoom calls with someone else, whom they dated and there was a break-up. Nothing occurred at the worksite, during work or even about work, but the employer...
New Overtime Tracking & Reporting Requirements for Employers You have undoubtedly heard about the federal One Big Beautiful Bill Act (“OBBBA”). One of the OBBBA provisions is the “No Tax on Overtime” (Sec. 70202) terms, which are effective for tax years 2025 through 2028. The OBBBA“No Tax on Overtime” actually...
NY: Bonuses Owed to Employees After Termination Riley worked at a law firm and had an agreement with the law firm for her to receive a bonus if she exceeded a set amount of actual legal fees generated by her work. The agreement with Riley conditioned payment of the bonus...
Arbitration Agreements/Employee Handbooks – Update Yours A new case (Ford v. The Silver F, Inc.) highlights how California employee handbooks with outdated arbitration language can undermine an employer's ability to require arbitration of employee claims, even when the legal landscape shifted in the employer’s favor in 2022 with the U.S....
Blue Shield of California Sued for Allowing Google Ads to Use Private Health Information On April 9, 2025, Blue Shield of California posted a notice of data breach on its website. On April 10, we filed a class action to enforce the rights of people whose private health information...
Changes to Form I-9 and E-Verify Updates – Better Check Them U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services made minor changes to Form I-9 - Employment Eligibility Verification, which now matches the statutory language, and updated the DHS Privacy Notice. The January 20, 2025 I-9 that it revised now expires May 31,...
Another Corporate Transparency Act Update: Whipsaw: On March 21, 2025, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”) issued another “interim final” rule removing the requirement for U.S. companies and U.S. persons to report beneficial ownership information (“BOI”) to FinCEN under the Corporate Transparency Act (“CTA”). Now only foreign companies (not U.S....
Tariffs: Mitigating Effects Tariffs on certain U.S. trading partners likely hits the bottom line for importers and manufacturers. Those new tariffs range from 10% to 25% and include products from China, Mexico, Canada, UK, European Union and likely others to come, including Chinese-owned factories wherever situated. Proposals are also pending...