ComplianceHR Updates

Happy New Year! We hope you had a wonderful holiday season with some time off to relax and enjoy your favorite things. Now, it’s back to work and time to catch up on some of the employment law updates that rolled in with the new year. As we mentioned last month, there were quite a few updates that took effect, so the next two blog posts will be focused on reviewing some of these updates.

Minimum Wage Report
The new year always ushers in new minimum wage rates. Be sure to check out your jurisdictions in our Minimum Wage report to see if there are updates. If you use the Reference Center to access the Minimum Wage report, you will be able to use our new content smart links which allow you to create links that you can save or share.

Navigator Leave Forms
Our Navigator Leave Forms have been updated to include California’s expansion of the definition of “family member” to include a designated person. These changes affected the Request for Leave, Notice of Eligibility, and Designation Notice forms. Navigator Leave forms are accessible through the Navigator Leave card.

Navigator Leave Rapid Reference
If you have questions about permissible reasons for leave and California’s updated family member definition, be sure to check out the Navigator Leave Rapid Reference, accessible through the Reference Center and the Navigator Leave card. This solution also has some additional information about Colorado’s Paid Family and Medical Leave, found under Use of Paid Time Off Benefits.

Paid Sick Leave Report
Check out the Paid Sick Leave report to see updated information on payment of leave for Colorado’s Paid Family and Medical Leave. This is also a great opportunity to check out the new Paid Sick Leave report, accessible through the Navigator Leave card and through the Reference Center, where you will find extra features.

Navigator Onboarding
If you are in Colorado, you are now required to provide notification about the state’s paid family and medical leave program. Our Offer Letter, accessible through Navigator Onboarding, has been updated with verbiage regarding this notification.

Rhode Island’s salary history ban took effect on the first of the year. The job application in Navigator Employ has been updated to reflect this change.

Be sure to check out next week's blog because we will cover a few more of the new 2023 updates.  If you have any questions, please contact support@compliancehr.com.

We are happy to announce that our new Paid Sick Leave report is now available! This report has the same helpful Paid Sick Leave content we discussed a few weeks ago combined with new useful features that let you:

We have some exciting news to share! We know some of you have wished, some have even asked, for an easy way to copy, share, and revisit content on our solutions. You’ve wanted a way to create a link you can reference later without having to go back through the solution from the beginning. Well, that day has come! We now have content smart links!

Handbook. That word can be scary. For some, the thought of the new year and staying ahead of any needed policy changes may be stressful. Others may feel stuck, wondering...

Paid Sick Leave (PSL). Paid Family Medical Leave (PFML). Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA). Paid Time Off (PTO). What’s the difference? Does it matter? How concerned should I be about these?

We know there are always questions surrounding the topic of leave laws and PSL, but we’re here to help! Our solutions provide you with guidance designed to assist your organization in remaining compliant with this growing area of law. For a brief overview of PFML and FMLA in general, check out Littler’s page “What are some of the key similarities and differences between PFML laws and the FMLA?”

Our Paid Sick Leave Rapid Reference solution provides an overview of the laws within states, counties, and cities that generally require private employers, that are not government contractors, to allow employees to accrue and use PSL and/or PTO. The following issues are included:

Have you ever wished you could use our solutions to compare a single topic in one jurisdiction to a second jurisdiction without having to click away from the first jurisdiction's content? If so, you’re in luck! The Minimum Wage Report we released earlier this year includes a helpful feature that gives you a fast and easy way to generate side-by-side comparisons. Spoiler alert: This feature will also be a part of our new Reference Center Reports that are currently in development!

To use the compare feature in the Minimum Wage Report, select one of the jurisdictions you would like to compare and expand the content. Then click on the blue arrows next to the topic you are interested in:

Even though it’s hard for some of us to believe, Thanksgiving has passed, and it will be 2023 before we know it! We understand this can be a hectic and stressful time of year for our customers, so we want to reassure you that we are here to help you with your compliance needs.

Like previous years, there will be employment law changes taking effect in 2023. Littler’s Insight, “Employment Law Update 2023: New Compliance Obligations for the New Year,” provides a brief look at some of the employment law changes that will occur. We are working to update our solutions to reflect changes for 2023, and we plan to post some updates for you to check out in January.

If you or your team members would like a refresher on how to best utilize our solutions now and in the new year, we invite you to attend our Live Open Office Hours. We have two dates left in 2022: December 7 and December 21. During these sessions, we will demo and provide insights on:

Our Reference Center is designed to be a quick way to select an employment law topic and find the answers you are looking for. But, what if you don’t see the topic you...

Navigator OT is ComplianceHR's solution that helps identify the risk of classifying a position as either exempt or non-exempt. As part of the evaluation, a questionnaire covering the position’s compensation, job duties, and education, along with some general company information, must be completed. We received feedback from our customers that it would be helpful to know what information will be asked ahead of time so they can be prepared to complete the questionnaire in its entirety. As a result, to make answering the questionnaire easier for you, we compiled the following checklist of information we recommend gathering prior to beginning the questionnaire.

We love to keep our customers up to date on what’s happening in employment law, so we want to make sure you are aware of a change that took place last week. Did you know that the EEOC updated the “Know Your Rights: Workplace Discrimination is Illegal” poster? As a result, your copy of the poster needs to be updated to make sure your organization is in compliance. Don’t forget to update any electronic copy of the poster your organization may use in addition to the physical copies posted at your work sites.