Employers Must Register for State Retirement Savings Plan to Avoid Enforcement Penalties
If your business is eligible for the new Virginia retirement savings plan RetirePath (or the“Program”) and it has not yet registered, it should do so to avoid potential enforcement penalties. The registration deadline for newly eligible businesses was on October 30, 2024, and theregistration deadline for previously eligible businesses has also already passed. Registration foreligible […]
The Overtime Rules are Changing – Are you Ready?
Last year, the United States Department of Labor (“DOL”) announced a notice of proposed rulemaking (“NPRM”) designed 1) to increase the salary level required for employees paid on a salary basis under white-collar overtime exemptions under the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”); 2) to update the salary level automatically every three years; and 3) to […]
Virginia DOLI Withdraws Permanent COVID Standards
Effective March 23, 2022, the Virginia DOLI withdrew its previously-issued Permanent COVID Standards. The DOLI replaced the Standards with the Guidance for Employers to Mitigate the Risk of COVID-19 to Workers (“Guidance”), which present less restrictive protocols for employers than the previous COVID Standards. The prior DOLI Standards included the requirements that employees wear a mask and […]
