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California Law Updates January 2025
HR Ministry SolutionCalifornia, CA, victim, law, labor law, state, discrimination, QAOV, jury, court, Fair Employment and Housing Act, FEHA, historically, EEO, Equal Employment Opportunity, license, drive
2025 State Minimum Wage Increases
HR Ministry Solutionminimum wage, salary, salary structure, salary range, pay, payroll, city, cities, state, states, federal
Massachusetts Expands Uses of Earned Sick Time
HR Ministry SolutionMassachusetts, MA, sick leave, sick, leave, state, state law, reproductive, reproduction, spouse, health, mental health, pregnancy, loss, adoption, surrigacy
Delaware Paid Leave Deadlines
HR Ministry SolutionDelaware, state law, state, labor law, labor, Paid Leave, leave, family, medical, LaborFirst, Notice of Employee Rights, hire, notice, wage, contribution, benefits, program, payroll, deduction, DE
Minnesota Paid Leave Wage Reports Due October 31, 2024
HR Ministry SolutionMinnesota, pay, wage, leave, report, state, state law, unemployment, tax, benefits, premium
How Harassment Could Derail Your Ministry
HR Ministry Solutionharassment, harassment prevention training, behavior, training, legal, lawsuit, staff handbook, noncompliant, compliance, complaint, state, state law, law, culture, staff, staff culture, onboarding, employee, burnout, harassed, train, leader, insurance
CA Law Alert: What is Senate Bill 553?
HR Ministry SolutionCalifornia, CA, law, state, state law, Workplace Violence Prevention Plan, WVPP, hazard, healthcase, remote, violence, traniing
Essential Staff Handbook Updates
HR Ministry Solutionsummer, staff handbook, review, edit, policy, policies, compliant, state law, local, law, state, jurisdiction, labor law, addendum, federal, federal law, headcount, FTE, culture, file
Q. "How many sick days do we have to give employees?"
HR Ministry Solutionlabor law, state, sick leave, leave, illness, medical, hours, California, germs, health, benefit, benefits, sick day
Q. "Can we limit which states our remote employees work in?"
When to Retire Your Staff Handbook
HR Ministry Solutionstaff handbook, handbook, docu, legislation, compliant, compliance, noncompliant, federal law, federal, state, state law, local, review, update, revise, labor law, January, laws, law
Q. "What does the Staff Handbook process actually look like?"
HR Ministry Solutionstaff handbook, handbook, advisor, legislation, state, state law, draft, policies, policy, revision, file, compliance, requirements
2024 State Minimum Wage Increases
HR Ministry Solutionminimum wage, salary, salary structure, salary range, pay, payroll, city, cities, state, states, federal
Q. "We're understaffed and heading into our busiest season. How can we help staff avoid burnout?"
HR Ministry Solutionholiday, stress, season, understaffed, staff, busy, burnout, mental health, flexibility, Christmas, automate, outsourse, cards, state, statments
Q. "We have an employee working through their lunch break. Can we require them to take it?"
HR Ministry Solutionlunch, break, breaks, employee, employer, state, state law, rest, meal, burnout, compliance, noncompliant, health, productivity, discipline, compliant
Q. "Do we need to give time off to vote?"
HR Ministry Solutionfederal law, federal, law, laws, state law, state, jurisdiction, Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, DC, District of Columbia, Georgia, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, New York, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming, paid, unpaid, leave, notice, vote, voting, poll, polls, polling, hour, culture, community, local
2023 State Minimum Wage Increases
HR Ministry Solutionminimum wage, salary, salary structure, salary range, pay, payroll, city, cities, state, states, federal
Staff Handbooks vs. Cheat Sheets: Which is Right for Me?
HR Ministry Solutionstaff handbook, handbook, staff, labor law, laws, cheat sheets, rules, regulations, communication, compliance, policy, policies, employee, employer, state, benfit, benefits, behavior, culture, expectations, growth, foundation, document, documents, compliant, law, labor, advisor, minimum wage, salary, salaries, salary range, overtime, breaks, pay laws, vacation, leave, maternity, harassment, harassment prevention training, sexual
Q. "Most federal employment discrimination laws kick in at a certain number of employees. How do we accurately count ours?"
HR Ministry SolutionEEOC, employee, employer, full time, part time, laws, federal, ADA, Title VII, Act, discrimination, state, FEHA, policy, discriminate, local
Q. "If an employee runs out of paid time off, can we allow them to take an unpaid leave?"
HR Ministry Solutiontime off, time, unpaid, leave, FMLA, law, discrimination, state, local, laws, employee, CFRA, California
