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MSHA’s New Enforcement Initiative Focusing on Respirable Crystalline Silica Lacks Details for Operators
The Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) recently announced that it is implementing a silica enforcement initiative focused on reducing exposures to respirable crystalline silica.
In its notice to stakeholders, MSHA states that, at mines with “repeated overexposure to crystalline
So You Missed the IRS’s Preapproved Defined Contribution Retirement Plan Restatement Deadline—Now What?
Every six years, all preapproved defined contribution retirement plans (such as 401(k) plans) must be restated in new plan documents that have fresh approval from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). The deadline to adopt the newest preapproved documents was July
E-Verify Resumes Prepandemic Timeframes for Social Security Mismatches
E-Verify is phasing out a policy instituted at the onset of the coronavirus pandemic that had granted employees additional time to contact the Social Security Administration (SSA) to resolve discrepancies with their E-Verify submissions.
Effective July 15, 2022, E-Verify cases
2022 Changes to Michigan’s Paid Medical Leave: ‘Back to the Future’? Well, Not So Fast!
Earlier today, the Michigan Court of Claims issued a stay of its July 19, 2022, decision in Mothering Justice v. Nessel that had reinstated ballot initiatives that would have drastically changed the state’s paid medical leave and minimum wage laws.
Not Monkeying Around Anymore: Time for Employers to Pay Attention to Monkeypox
Beltway Buzz, July 29, 2022
Report on EEO-1 Data Confirms Flaws Yet Recommends Expansion. On July 28, 2022, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) released a report by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine titled Evaluation of Compensation Data Collected Through the
Massachusetts Appeals Court Holds That Home Inspection Company’s Inspectors Were Independent Contractors Under ‘ABC’ Test
In a decision that further clarifies Massachusetts law with regard to employee classification, the Massachusetts Appeals Court recently held that home inspectors working on behalf of an inspectional services company were independent contractors (and not employees) under the ABC test
Louisiana Governor Signs Legislation to Mitigate Workplace Violence Against Healthcare Workers Into Law
The 2022 Louisiana legislative session included two bills focusing on workplace violence in the healthcare industry—Act No. 461 and Act No. 129—that Governor John Bel Edwards signed into law earlier this summer.
Act No. 461
Act No. 461
USCIS Updates O-1 Guidance With Focus on STEM-Related Government Grants
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) recently updated its policy guidance related to O-1A nonimmigrants of extraordinary ability in the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields. Notably, the guidance states that evidence establishing that a beneficiary is named on