HR Legal Issues/Updates: 14, 2018: The U.S. District Court in the Northern District of Texas declared that the individual mandate of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is unconstitutional and that the rest of the ACA is unconstitutional, as well. Although this was an interesting order by the Court, at this point in time, the status …

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In This Issue: Legal Updates & Reminders The EEOC has reported that for FY2016, there were 91,503 charges of discrimination filed. The top 3 types didn’t change from FY2015: Retaliation (45.9% of all charges); Race (35.3%); Disability (30.7%). For the first time, the EEOC also included detailed information about LGBT charges, resolving 1,650 cases and …

In this issue: Legal Updates & Reminders 22: Texas judge issues a temporary injunction, delaying implementation of the new overtime rules set to be effective Dec. 1. 14: New I-9 form is rolled out, for implementation in January 2017 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Temporary Injunction on Implementation of the New Overtime Rules: A Blessing or a Curse??   …

Legal Updates & Reminders 1, 2017: Effective date of recently announced minimum wage increase to $10.20/hr. for certain Federal contractors. Oct. 25, 2016: Effective date of Final Rule on Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces Executive Order, referred to as the “Blacklisting” rule. Begins the phased implementation of disclosure of labor law violations for Federal contractors …