On November 4, 2014, Massachusetts voters passed a ballot measure to provide earned paid sick leave to employees. Effective July 1, 2015, employers with more than 10 employees will be required to allow all employees who work in Massachusetts to accrue and use up to 40 hours of paid sick leave per calendar year. Employers with 10 or fewer employees will be required to allow their employees to earn and use up […]
On November 4, 2014, Massachusetts voters approved a ballot question that requires all private sector employers to provide employees with up to 40 hours of sick leave per calendar year. Under the new law, which goes into effect on July 1, 2015, employers with 11 or more employees must provide employees with paid sick leave. Those employers under the threshold must provide unpaid sick leave. In enacting this law, Massachusetts joins […]
As part of its ongoing effort to answer questions concerning last year’s Section 503 regulations, OFCCP recently posted a new FAQ that highlights how contractors may document compliance with the requirement to invite applicants and employees to self-identify a disability. The FAQ clarifies how contractors may store the invitation to self-identify and the subsequent data flowing from either a paper or electronic invitation.
First, if contractors use paper copies of the OFCCP self-identification form, […]