On January 30, 2023, the White House announced its plan to allow the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (PHE) and National Emergency...

Powered by: MINERAL For 30 years, HR professionals have been working with the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), a federal law enacted...

Powered by Mineral The Michigan Court of Appeals reversed a lower court’s ruling that would have raised the state minimum wage and...

Image: Pixabay The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has announced that its optional standard mileage rate will increase to 65.5 cents per...

Employers that had 11 or more employees at any point in 2022 are required to post Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)...

Each fall, kids return to school with clean notebooks, sharpened pencils, and the excitement of starting something new. For those...

Have you heard about pay transparency? It’s the idea that companies should be open with employees and applicants about pay and, more...

While federal employment law changes are generally few and far between, the budget bill that was just passed by Congress and signed by...

The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (CAA), Title II, Division BB included a new reporting requirement for group health plans and...

Effective December 15, 2022, the IRS’s regulations were finalized and published in the Federal Register. They provide an automatic...

On January 1, 2023, Michigan’s minimum wage will increase to $10.10 per hour, from $9.87. The minimum base wage for tipped employees will...

powered by MINERAL On November 14, 2022, the IRS released Notice 2022-59 with the 2023 adjusted applicable dollar amount—$3 per...

powered by MINERAL When a distressing event occurs in or affects the workplace, leaders need to be ready and able to support their...

powered by MINERAL In October 2022, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission updated its mandatory workplace poster from EEO is...

powered by MINERAL On October 21, 2022, the IRS announced the following changes for 2023: The contribution limit for employees who...

Powered by Mineral It’s feast or famine with federal employment law news, and this month, we are well fed! USERRA Expanded to Protect...

Powered by Mineral Election Day is almost here, so as an employer, now is a good time to brush up on voting leave laws. Most states...

On July 19, 2022, the Michigan Court of Claims ruled that the 2018 amendments the state legislature made to the citizen initiatives to...

On July 28, 2022, the Michigan Supreme Court held that Michigan’s prohibition on sex-based discrimination under the state’s...

On July 25, 2022, the IRS announced that the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) affordability threshold will be 9.12 percent, reduced from 9.61...