Under the terms of the New York State Budget, the minimum wage will rise under a phased-in schedule in different regions of the state. The budget language amended section 652 of the Labor Law, and follow the schedule detailed in the table below. General Minimum Wage...
The postponement of the employer mandate or “shared responsibility provision” of Health Care Reform until 2015 was a welcome reprieve for many employers. It has led many organizations to browse through other Health Care Reform provisions and timelines. In doing so,...
Jobless claims are nothing new for employers large and small. Especially in the turbulent Great Recession years, and, particularly between 2008 and 2010, the unemployment rate skyrocketed in many parts of the country and created a demand for unemployment insurance...
The Department of Treasury announced on February 10 that businesses with 50 to 99 full time equivalent employees will not face a tax penalty under the Employer Mandate provision of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) for not providing health care coverage to their employees...
The Department of Labor regulations that dictate which workers may be classified as exempt from overtime pay are likely to be updated in the near future due to a directive from President Obama. The President is especially interested in seeing the minimum salary...
