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Compliance Watch from VertiSource HR: each issue rounds up the employment, payroll and benefits rules that changed, with dates to know and the official source for every item.
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- Legal News & Compliance Springfield, Oregon payroll tax starts January 1, 2027
- Compliance Watch Compliance Watch, Issue 04: SECURE plan amendments due December 31, OSHA’s HazCom deadline + 5 more updates
- Compliance Wire Retirement plans: discretionary SECURE amendments due Dec 31
- Compliance Wire OSHA HazCom: employer updates for substances due Nov 20
- Compliance Wire DHS proposes ending the 60-day grace period after a job ends
- Compliance Wire California: bereavement leave can cover a designated person
- Compliance Wire California: immigration-related retaliation ban expands
- Compliance Wire New York: Employees can request personnel files from Nov 8
Compliance Watch, Issue 04: SECURE plan amendments due December 31, OSHA’s HazCom deadline + 5 more updates
New York personnel-file requests from November 8, a DHS grace-period proposal, Maryland FAMLI deductions and two new California laws for…
Retirement plans: discretionary SECURE amendments due Dec 31
An IRS Employee Plans bulletin (September 16) confirms that amendments for the optional SECURE Act and SECURE 2.0 provisions a…
OSHA HazCom: employer updates for substances due Nov 20
Under OSHA's updated Hazard Communication Standard, employers have until November 20, 2026 to update, as needed, in-house labels, the written…
DHS proposes ending the 60-day grace period after a job ends
Today a worker in E-1, E-2, E-3, H-1B, H-1B1, L-1, O-1 or TN status whose job ends may get a…
California: bereavement leave can cover a designated person
SB 1149 lets employees use California's bereavement leave, up to five days, after the death of a “designated person”: anyone…
California: immigration-related retaliation ban expands
AB 2495 widens Labor Code 1019's ban on unfair immigration-related practices to cover retaliation for using rights under federal, state…
New York: Employees can request personnel files from Nov 8
From November 8, 2026, current and former New York employees can request a free copy of their personnel records in…
Maryland: Paid leave contributions start January 1, 2027
Maryland FAMLI contributions start January 1, 2027: 0.9% of wages up to the Social Security wage cap in total, of…
Compliance Watch, Issue 01: 12 employment rule changes
Rules already in effect in Massachusetts, Washington and New Jersey, plus a September 21 change for federal contractors.
Federal contractor disability requirements change September 21
OFCCP's final Section 503 rule eliminates the CC-305 disability self-identification form and 7% utilization goal beginning September 21.
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