by Cameron D. Ritsema, Bodman PLC
Under Michigan’s Improved Workforce Opportunity Wage Act (IWOWA), minimum wage increases in the state took effect on January 1, 2026.
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Updates to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) notice of privacy practices (NPP) are required by February 16, 2026. Below is an overview of what changes are required and how health plan...
Last year, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) made changes to its reporting rules under Section 111, specifically as they relate to Medicare set-asides (MSAs). Section 111 audits will begin next month...
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) held a half-day program on January 27, 2026, focused on employee noncompetes. The FTC indicated its intent to pursue prosecution of agreements that violate antitrust or otherwise...
Under the Wisconsin Worker’s Compensation Act, an employee who was injured in the course of employment can file an unreasonable refusal to rehire claim when the employer, without reasonable cause, refuses to rehire the...
On January 23, 2026, New Jersey Governor Mikie Sherrill issued an Executive Order (EO) affecting numerous proposed regulations and rules that have either been proposed within the past 12 months or remained pending for...
Using a multipronged approach, the federal government is aggressively promoting greater transparency and understanding of costs and pricing in the healthcare and health insurance market. Indeed, last month, the U.S...
On January 18, 2026—as one of his last acts before leaving office—New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy signed into law A3451/S2950 to greatly expand employer coverage and employee eligibility under the New Jersey Family Leave...
Performance-based bonus plans can motivate employees to work harder—if the employee does X, the employer promises to give the employee Y bonus. Sounds like a win-win, right? But there is a catch. Generally, performance...
As businesses grow, owners may increasingly rely on key employees and HR professionals to manage functions owners don’t directly oversee. Key employees and HR professionals are typically those employees who have access...
After the longest government shutdown in history, caused by Congress’ inability to draft a budget, there appeared to be little interest in repeating that episode. As a result, at the time of this writing, Congress was...
New York City (NYC) has amended its Earned Safe and Sick Time Act (ESSTA) by expanding dramatically the benefits this local law provides to employees. Effective February 22, 2026, the amendments will allow safe/sick time...
On January 14, 2026, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) voted 2-to-1 in its first public hearing of 2026 to rescind its voting procedures that set out a timeline for individual commissioners to review...
Q An employee is requesting to use Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) leave to care for her brother, who’s in the hospital in critical care. He is not a service member, and she’s neither his caregiver nor in loco...
On January 22, 2026, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) voted 2-to-1 to rescind the harassment guidance issued under the Biden administration. The EEOC submitted the rescission as final to Office of...
A study from employment and job search site Monster reports a sharp increase in the number of workers identifying a toxic culture in their workplace. The company’s 2025 Mental Health in the Workplace report, released...
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