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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The Texas Supreme Court will hear arguments in mid-January about a Whataburger Restaurants case that has been bouncing around the state legal system for several years. As you will soon discern, I believe the court’s...
Q Can we offer a medical expense reimbursement plan (MERP) along with a health flexible spending account (FSA) or a health savings account (HSA) plan? A A MERP is an employer-sponsored, tax-advantaged healthcare...
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Q An employee’s dad is being flown to another hospital for COVID-19 treatment. She needs to drive her mom to the new hospital and therefore will miss at least one day of work. Would she be eligible for Family and Medical...
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As the Biden administration opens its second year, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) is still missing important members of its leadership team. President Joe Biden renominated David Weil to be the administrator of the...
On January 12, 2022, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and the Office Federal Contractor Compliance Programs (OFCCP) announced they were establishing a joint effort to boost hiring equity known as the...
The Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) announced on January 18 that it was presenting a webinar on February 1, 2022, at 2:00 p.m. EST on the registration process for its new Contractor Portal. Covered...
On January 6, 2022, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) and the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD) issued a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) that is emblematic of the increasing coordination...
President Joe Biden’s visionary plan to remake America’s social safety net, transform its energy profile, and reform its tax structure—all part of the costly Build Back Better (BBB) initiative—is already floundering in a...
The Equal Pay Act of 1963 (EPA) is the oldest federal law prohibiting pay discrimination based on sex. The EPA is narrow in scope, applying only to employees working in the same workplace and preforming jobs that are the...
On January 13, 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court issued two rulings addressing whether the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid...
As the COVID-19 omicron variant spread across the nation, K Street and the entire country waited for the U.S. Supreme Court to decide whether and to what degree the federal government could act to confront the pandemic...
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has invited interested parties to file briefs in two important cases, making clear its intention to reexamine and revise two defining rulings by the Trump Board: the expansion of...
The Biden administration has initiated numerous legal changes against employers, and most of you no doubt have been closely following the major disputes surrounding the federal COVID-19 vaccine mandates. Nevertheless...
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An employee claimed her termination was based on fraud because the employer didn’t honor its written commitment to equal employment opportunity (EEO) in its workplace practices, but the Arkansas Supreme Court recently...
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In response to a surge in COVID-19 cases, the cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul have issued new mask mandates for places of public accommodation. Minneapolis On Wednesday, January 5, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey...
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