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DOL Issues Final Rule Requiring Paid Sick Leave for Some Federal Contractor Employees | PA Employee Benefits

October 18, 2016

Affirmative Action Alert, October 3, 2016 On Friday, the U.S. Department of Labor published its Final Rule to implement Executive Order 13706, Establishing Paid Sick Leave for Federal Contractors. President Obama issued the Executive Order on Labor Day 2015, and the Department of Labor issued a proposed rule in February 2016. After receiving more than 35,000 comments, the DOL made … Continued

Guidance for Employers on the Zika Virus | Pennsylvania Benefit Advisors

August 19, 2016

Within the past few days, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have confirmed the transmission of the Zika virus by mosquitoes to individuals in Miami-Dade and Broward counties in Florida. Before this confirmation, the virus had been spread in the United States only through sexual transmission. The news of the spread of the virus by … Continued

DOL Issues Administrator’s Interpretation on Joint Employment | Pennsylvania Employee Benefits

January 25, 2016

www.thinkhr.com On January 20, 2016, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division released Administrator’s Interpretation (AI) No. 2016-1 regarding joint employment under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act (MSPA). The AI identifies common scenarios in which two or more employers jointly employ an employee and … Continued