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Legal Landscape From a legal perspective, many employers have already been forced by state law to remove clauses in employment contracts that are too restrictive.

;Employers are uncertain how to proceed.

Back then, vaccination mandates were triggered by a health emergency declared by the government, so employers were within their rights to codify vaccination as a condition of employment.

This allows them time to compile their data and still gives you a month to review and submit your report.; While California may be a trendsetter for labor and employment laws that other states tend to look to when enacting new reforms, it’s also a unique state governmental system and Rosenquist doesn’t foresee other states enacting similar laws as burdensome as SB-1162.

Maine Employers Prep for New Impacted-Shift Compensation Law Maine recently enacted a law that requires employers in the state to pay workers who show up for their scheduled shifts but then have their hours cut short or canceled.

Joint-Employer Rule Swapped Out The NLRB withdrew its 2023 “Standard for Determining Joint-Employer Status” (also known as the Joint-Employer Rule) and reinstated the 2020 version of the rule .

Minnesota passed its own law May 17 (effective Jan. 1, 2025), and Maryland updated its pay transparency law on April 25, requiring employers to provide salary ranges on job postings (effective Oct. 1, 2024).

Otherwise, the employee may determine their qualified tips for tax year 2025 by noting: ;Social security tips reported in Box 7 of the Form W-2; and,; ;Tips reported by the employee to the employer on Form 4070 (“Employee’s Report of Tips to Employer”) or similar substitute forms.; The employee also may include any dollar amount listed on Line 4 of their 2025 Form 4137 (“Social Security and Medicare Tax on Unreported Tip Income”) filed with their 2025 income tax return (and included as income on that return).

Employers should make sure they are in compliance with the minimum wage laws of all states (and, as applicable, municipalities) where they have employees — a growing concern with the rise of remote and hybrid work arrangements.

All four generations in the workforce agree on the need for care support from employers.