Posted January 19, 2023 with Tags Firm News
The FTC’s proposed rule banning non-competes nationally has received much attention, but the far likelier change to non-compete law for Minnesotans is from the all-DFL state government. Barely into session, the Minnesota legislature is considering two companion bills, HF295 and …
Posted December 18, 2022 with Tags The Equal Pay Advisor
In recent years, equal pay legislation has taken a new form. Gone are the days in which recruiters must merely avoid questions about prior salary history. Now, various states require recruiters to respond to requests about the expected salary for …
Posted December 18, 2022 with Tags The Equal Pay Advisor
As 2022 draws to a close, employers are preparing for holiday parties, analyzing their staffing, and assessing compensation for the coming year in light of significant inflationary pressures and historically low unemployment rates. One item employers should consider is pay …
Posted December 18, 2022 with Tags The Equal Pay Advisor
Starting January 1, 2023, California employers will need to comply with expanded pay transparency obligations. And, starting May 10, 2023 (and annually thereafter), they will need to make changes to their annual California pay data reports. While those deadlines are …
Posted November 28, 2022 with Tags Immigration Law, Corporate Immigration, Immigration
Over the course of the past few months, several major tech companies in the United States have announced large-scale layoffs. Major companies announcing such layoffs include Meta (formerly Facebook), Amazon, HP, Google, and Twitter. While we cannot comment on the …
Posted October 13, 2022 with Tags Immigration Law, Corporate Immigration
Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification Expires on October 31, 2022. Employers should continue to use the current Form I-9 after its expiration date of October 31, 2022, until further notice. DHS will publish a Federal Register notice to announce the …
Posted October 4, 2022 with Tags Immigration Law, Corporate Immigration
At the beginning of each federal fiscal year (October), the Department of State conducts a lottery called the Diversity Immigrant Visa Program. If a person is selected, they are eligible to submit an application for permanent residence (i.e., a green …
Posted October 3, 2022 with Tags Immigration Law, Corporate Immigration
Sponsoring foreign talent is a worthwhile venture for any employer who wishes to remain competitive, both domestically and internationally. This is particularly true for highly skilled positions for which demand outpaces supply. The process for sponsoring a foreign national is …
Posted September 20, 2022 with Tags The Equal Pay Advisor
Most recruiters and hiring managers are familiar with the concept of “prohibited questions” during the hiring process—topics the employer should avoid affirmatively raising during the interview to steer clear of potential discrimination. But as state and local governments pass legislation …
Posted September 20, 2022 with Tags The Equal Pay Advisor
New York City’s pay transparency law is making waves through New York as two local governments passed similar legislation. The first to follow suit was the city of Ithaca, which enacted an almost identical pay transparency ordinance to the one …
Posted September 20, 2022 with Tags Corporate Immigration, Immigration Law, The Equal Pay Advisor
States, municipalities, and other local regulatory entities continue to impose additional pay transparency requirements upon employers hiring in various jurisdictions throughout the United States. In some locations, employers are required to provide a position’s pay ranges to job applicants upon …
Posted June 23, 2022 with Tags Labor and Employment, Higher Education
The Title IX regulations were last amended in May 2020 by the Trump administration and faced an immediate—and largely unsuccessful—legal challenge. The Biden administration’s proposed regulations are a major departure from the current regulations. Among the changes, they expand the scope of covered conduct, eliminate many of the detailed Trump-era requirements for grievance procedures (including the controversial hearing and cross-examination requirements), make explicit protections for LGBTQI+ students, and add protections for pregnant students and employees.
Posted June 14, 2022 with Tags COVID-19, Corporate Immigration, Immigration Law
Effective June 12, 2022, air passengers are no longer required to show a negative COVID-19 test (or documentation of recovery from COVID-19) before boarding a flight to the United States from a foreign country, regardless of citizenship.
Posted June 8, 2022 with Tags COVID-19, COVID-19 for Employers
Minnesota Governor Tim Walz signed a bill into law last month providing bonus pay for eligible COVID-19 frontline workers. Although the State is administering the program, which opens June 8, 2022, the Frontline Worker Pay law requires that employers in a “frontline sector” provide notice to current employees who may be eligible for the payment by June 23, 2022. We have put together a few key takeaways for you to consider in evaluating potential notice obligations.
Posted June 6, 2022
In 2021, New York City joined the growing list of cities and states requiring employers to include salary ranges in job postings. This law was expected to go into effect on May 15, 2022. However, after heeding concerns raised by many groups pertaining to ambiguities in the law, the New York City Council passed an amended version of the New York City Pay Transparency Law that postpones its effective date to November 1, 2022.
Posted June 6, 2022
In early March 2022, the Oregon legislature sought to extend that exclusion until 180 days after Oregon’s Governor Kate Brown terminated the COVID-19 emergency declaration signed into law in 2020. Governor Brown signed the extension of the pay equity exclusion just two days shy of terminating the COVID-19 emergency declaration on March 17, 2022, which termination became effective on April 1, 2022.
Posted June 6, 2022
A recent amendment to Washington law will require employers to disclose information about pay and other benefits in postings for jobs in the state. This new affirmative disclosure requirement, which applies to employers with 15 or more employees, becomes effective on January 1, 2023.
Posted June 6, 2022
Federal contractors will soon be facing new pay equity disclosure requirements under a directive issued by the Office of Federal Contracts Compliance Programs (OFCCP). The OFCCP announced that it will require contractors to conduct pay equity analyses of their workforce and share those results with the OFCCP, even if the attorney-client privilege would otherwise protect the analyses. The OFCCP’s initiative signals an aggressive new focus on pay equity and a willingness to press the bounds of the government’s regulatory authority.
Posted May 2, 2022 with Tags Nonprofits, Foundations, Private Foundations
On Friday, April 29, 2022, Ramsey County District Court Judge Awsumb issued a decision in the highly publicized case brought by the Minnesota Attorney General’s Office seeking removal of the three Otto Bremer Trust Trustees. Here we outline the decisions of the case and provide key takeaways for foundatio
Posted April 1, 2022 with Tags Nonprofits
A bill making its way through the Minnesota Legislature would be terribly damaging to Minnesota nonprofits. And, unfortunately, it looks like it has legs.
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