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On Friday, November 5, the United States Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) published new rules requiring covered employers with 100 or more employees to implement policies and protocols to ensure that by January 4, 2022 their employees are either fully vaccinated against COVID-19 or subject to weekly COVID-19 testing. You can find summaries of…

CT Employers Don’t Forget: Revisions to the CTFMLA and New PFMLA Effective January 1, 2022 As we have previously informed you here and here, two new changes to the Connecticut leave laws will go into effect on January 1, 2022. There are two laws that Connecticut employers will need to understand. 1. The Connecticut Family and Medical Leave Act…

Quadrennial Reports are due on November 1, 2021, which is next Monday. These filings – also called the Form M-3 Exemption Applications – are necessary to obtain or maintain real and personal property tax exemption in any town(s) in which your nonprofit owns property. These Forms are filed every four years, and this is the…

Below are several New Jersey employment law developments affecting nonprofits. New Mandatory Hiring Preference for Employees Injured on the Job As of September 24, 2021, a new law requires that all New Jersey employers “provide a hiring preference to an employee who has [suffered a work-related injury, has] reached maximum medical improvement[,] and is unable to return…

ACTION REQUIRED: See Details Below Nonprofits should note that New Jersey’s minimum hourly wage will increase on January 1, 2022, to $13.00 for employees of large employers and $11.90 for employees of small and seasonal employers. Moreover, as of January 1, 2022, “direct care staff members” in long-term health facilities are to receive a minimum…

On September 6, Governor Hochul announced that the New York Commissioner of Health has designated COVID-19 as a highly contagious communicable disease that presents a serious risk of harm to the public health. This new designation means that New York employers must now activate their airborne infectious disease exposure prevention plans in accordance with the…

Don’t Forget! CT Minimum Wage Increased Again August 1, 2021 On May 28, 2019, Governor Lamont signed into law Public Act 19-4: An Act Increasing the Minimum Fair Wage. This Act provides, in part, for the gradual increase of the State’s minimum wage over five years to $15.00 per hour by June 1, 2023. Effective…