Social Security no-match letters are on the uptick. They let employers know an employee’s name and Social Security number (SSN), as reported on W-2 forms, don’t match government records. Here’s what you need to know to...
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Iowa Workforce Development (IWD) is requiring employers to provide notice of the benefits available to employees who were terminated or furloughed because of COVID-19. How we got here Throughout the pandemic, it has been...
Especially since the Illinois Supreme Court's 2011 decision in Reliable Fire Equipment Co. v. Arredondo, astute employers have tried to come up with "Goldilocks" postemployment restrictive covenants, i.e., not so broad...
The Illinois Trade Secrets Act (ITSA) prohibits misappropriation of trade secrets and allows recovery of attorneys' fees in suits to enforce the Act. A recent decision by the Appellate Court of Illinois is a cautionary...
Indiana Governor Eric Holcomb recently signed legislation to provide employers and others with civil tort (wrongful act) immunity from COVID-19-related claims. The immunity covers charges related to premises and product...
Access to COVID-19 vaccines continues to expand in the United States, and employers are navigating many questions about employee vaccinations and return to work. Current polling shows a substantial number of workers are...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released its first guidance for fully vaccinated individuals on March 8, 2021. The new guidelines may tempt you to begin relaxing workplace safeguards and...
Ambiguous and confusing communications by an employer and benefits administrator to an employee about her Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) and short-term disability (STD) leave requests created issues of fact for a...
The U.S. 7th Circuit Court of Appeals (whose rulings apply to all Illinois, Indiana, and Wisconsin employers) recently interpreted the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) in a case involving an interesting set of facts...
In late 2020, the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment (CDLE) issued guidance confirming the COVID-19 pandemic had triggered the Healthy Families and Workplaces Act's (HFWA) provision entitling all employees to up...
Amid the flurry of executive actions taken in the Biden administration’s first weeks, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) rescinded the Trump era Payroll Audit Independent Determination (PAID) program. While it lasted...
Each year, Florida legislators meet for just 60 days to propose and pass new laws. This year, they’re in session through the end of April, and a number of employment-related bills have been introduced. Many are proposed...
Following President Joe Biden's inauguration, House Democrats reintroduced the Paycheck Fairness Act, which passed the House on Thursday, April 8. The legislation was sponsored by every Democrat in Congress as well as...
Despite the Biden administration's public advocacy of renewed regulation of sectors and businesses that were given a free hand by the prior administration, there has been surprisingly little activity, especially by the U...
In the wake of outspoken opposition to the Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act within the Democratic caucus in the Senate and the union defeat at Amazon, union leaders and prolabor politicians are likely to move...