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New Mexico Employment Law 2019 Review
It’s been a busy year for the New Mexico legislature – especially in the employment space. Check out Benjamin Nucci and Walker Crowson’s Legal Alert here taking a look at six employment bills impacting New Mexico employers.
Posted in Discrimination, Handbook, Minimum Wage, New Mexico, Pay, Sick Leave, Transgender
| Tagged At-Will, Ban the Box, Bill, Marijuana, Medical Marijuana, Michelle Lujan Grisham, Minimum Wage, Paid Sick Leave, Senate Bill, Susana Martinez, Union Security
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U.S. Department of Labor Issues New Rule Clarifying Exclusions from Overtime Calculation
On December 12, 2019, the U.S. Department of Labor (“DOL”) finalized a new rule that lets employers leave several perks, including tuition benefits, paid leave cash-outs, and some bonuses, out of the formula used to calculate employees’ overtime pay. According … Continue reading
Posted in DOL, FLSA, Pay, Snell & Wilmer
| Tagged Fair Labor Standards Act, Overtime, Wage & Hour
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U.S. Department of Labor Issues Final Salary Threshold Rule, Effective January 1, 2020
On September 24, 2019, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) announced a final rule to make an estimated 1.3 million American workers eligible for overtime pay under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). Check out Snell & Wilmer’s legal alert … Continue reading
Posted in DOL, FLSA, Pay
| Tagged Final Rule, Highly Compensated Employees, Overtime, Salary, US Department of Labor
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EEO-1 Deadline: Reporting Wage Information
Pay data reporting is on the way for employers. This is particularly true as momentum around equal pay continues to build. At the federal level, on September 30, 2019, the EEOC is requiring employers to provide additional employment data on … Continue reading
Posted in EEOC, Federal Contractor, Pay
| Tagged EEO, Reporting Requirements, Title VII
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Revival of Bag Check Suit Suggests Employers Must Pay Employees for Time Spent Undergoing Exit Inspections
Last week, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals revived two previously dismissed cases against California employers that claimed that the employers failed to pay workers for time spent undergoing bag inspections before leaving work each day. The Ninth Circuit’s decisions … Continue reading
UPDATE: Employers Must File EEO-1 Reports for 2017 and 2018
The EEOC announced last week that employers must file their EEO-1 Component 2 data for calendar years 2017 and 2018 by September 30. The wage data must be broken down by race, sex, and ethnicity. The EEO-1 survey can be found … Continue reading
Posted in EEOC, Pay
| Tagged Chutkan, EEO-1, EEOC Guidance, Equal Pay, Obama, Pay Data, Reporting, Reporting Requirements
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UPDATE: Court Confirms that Employers Are to Provide Pay Data to EEOC by Sep. 30
On April 25, U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan issued a ruling accepting the EEOC’s proposal (which we previously reported on here) that employers who file EEO-1 reports must submit wage data broken down by race, sex, and ethnicity by Sep. … Continue reading
EEOC Sets Deadline of Sep. 30 for Employers To Submit Pay Data
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has just announced that it will require employers who file EEO-1 reports (typically employers with at least 100 employees and federal contractors with 50 or more employees and at least $50,000 in contracts) to … Continue reading
Posted in EEOC, Pay
| Tagged Chutkan, District of Columbia, EEO, EEO-1, EEOC Guidance, Equal Pay, Obama, Pay Data, Reporting, Reporting Requirements, Trump
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Union Dues Checkoff: Update from NLRB
A recent Memorandum issued by the General Counsel (GC) of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) (GC 19-04, February 22, 2019), discusses issues of importance to all employers and in particular to employers that have union contracts that provide for … Continue reading
Posted in NLRA, NLRB, Pay, Unions
| Tagged Checkoff, Checkoff Authorization, Dues Deduction, GC 19-04, Memo, Memorandum, Region 28, Union Dues
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U.S. Department of Labor Proposes New Salary Threshold Rule
On March 7, 2019, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) released its long-awaited Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) to update the minimum salary threshold under the Fair Labor Standards Act – an update that would make approximately a million more … Continue reading
Posted in DOL, FLSA, Pay
| Tagged Eastern District of Texas, Fifth Circuit, Notice, Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, Obama, Overtime, U.S. District Court, USDOL
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