The Reference Center is designed to simplify the complexity of employment law across various topics.
In addition to Comprehensive Guidance, state-specific comprehensive guides that follow the employment cycle and track requirements from pre-hire, time of hire, employment, and through the end of employment, the Reference Center includes Reports that answer the following questions:*COMING SOON!* Documentation: End of Employment:
- Is the employer required to provide some form of written notice of termination or service letter?
- What COBRA or mini-COBRA continuation of coverage notices and miscellaneous benefits-related information must be provided when employment ends?
- What are the unemployment notice requirements employers must provide?
- What are the notice requirements when employment of a multistate worker ends?
Documentation: Time of Hire:
- What tax information are employees required to provide?
- What wage and hour information are employers required to provide?
- What benefits and leave information are employers required to provide?
- What fair employment practices information are employers required to provide?
- What additional information must be provided at the time of hiring?
Final Pay:
- When must an employer pay final wages to an employee who was discharged?
- When must an employer pay final wages to an employee who resigned?
- What is the definition of wages?
- Can an employer require forfeiture of voluntary accrued vacation, sick pay, or similar paid time off, and if not, is payout required when employment ends?
- Are there special provisions regarding payment of final wages?
Holidays:
- Is an employer required to provide employees with a day of rest?
- Can an employer require employees to work on holidays?
- Is an employer required to provide premium pay when an employee works on a day of rest or holiday?
Leave (FMLA):
- What employers are covered by family or medical leave requirements?
- Which employees are eligible for family or medical leave?
- What are permissible reasons for family or medical leave?
- How much time can an employee take for family or medical leave?
- Can employees take family or medical leave on a reduced schedule or intermittent basis?
- What notice must an employer provide employees about their rights under family or medical leave?
- Is an employer required to reinstate an employee to the same or similar position following family or medical leave?
- What benefits and compensation must an employer provide an employee during family or medical leave?
- What does the law say about discrimination, interference, or retaliation?
- What notice is an employee required to give prior to taking family or medical leave?
- Can an employer require an employee to provide certification regarding the need for family or medical leave?
- Can the employee elect, or can the employer require the employee, to substitute the employee’s accrued paid time off for a part of the family or medical leave?
- Can an employer require an employee to provide a release or return to work certification prior to resuming work following family or medical leave?
Meal and Rest:
- Are meal periods required?
- If a meal period is given, does the meal period need to be paid?
- Can the employer require that a meal period be taken on the premises?
- Are rest breaks required?
- If a rest break is given, does the rest break need to be paid?
- Can the employer require that a rest break be taken on the premises?
- Can meal periods or rest breaks be waived?
- What exceptions or special provisions exist for meal periods or rest breaks?
Minimum Wage:
- What is the minimum wage?
- Are tip credits permitted?
New Hire Reporting:
- Which employees need to be included in new hire reporting?
- What information must be included on new hire reporting?
- How soon does new hire reporting need to be completed?
- What new hire form must be completed and how should it be submitted?
- Where should new hire information be submitted?
On-Call:
- Is an employer required to pay an employee for on-call time?
Paid Sick Leave:
- What employers are covered by paid sick leave requirements?
- What employees are covered for paid sick leave?
- Which relations are covered under paid sick leave?
- When can paid sick leave be used?
- Can paid sick leave be used incrementally?
- What paid sick leave uses are covered by regulations?
- What paid sick leave uses are covered by regulations?
- What documentation or verification is required for paid sick leave?
- When does accrual of paid sick time begin?
- What accrual, carry over, and use regulations apply to paid sick leave?
- What is the definition of year in regards to paid sick leave?
- Can employers comply with the law by frontloading paid sick time?
- Can vacation and/or PTO be used to comply with paid sick leave law?
- How should sick leave be paid?
- What are the required paid sick leave notices and postings?
- How should paid sick time and earnings be recorded on wage statements?
- What are the paid sick policy and handbook requirements?
- What agency enforces paid sick leave compliance?
- Is payout of accrued paid sick time required at the end of employment?
Pay Frequency:
- How frequently must an employee be paid?
- When must an employee be paid?
- Are there any exceptions or special provisions regarding pay frequency?
Predictive Scheduling:
- What employers are covered by predictive scheduling requirements?
- What employees are covered by predictive scheduling requirements?
- Can predictive scheduling requirements be waived?
- Are employers required to provide new employees with estimated hours or an estimated schedule?
- How far in advance must employers provide employees with a work schedule?
- What are the notice and compensation requirements when a change in scheduling occurs?
- Can employees request a flexible working arrangement or input into their schedule?
- What are the predictive scheduling requirements for on-call shifts?
- What is the required minimum time between shifts?
- Are employers required to offer additional work to their current employees before hiring additional workers?
- How must notice of law be provided to employees?
- How should notice be posted?
- What records are employers required to maintain?
- What additional requirements apply?
- What agency enforces predictive scheduling compliance?
Posters:
- Where can the general poster website(s) be found?
- What posters are generally applicable for all employers?
- What posters are required for specific employers?
Rate Change:
- Is an employer required to give an employee notice of a change in pay?
- Is an employer required to give an employee notice of a change to the time or place of payment?
- What additional information is there regarding changes in pay rate or payday?
Travel Time:
- Is an employer required to pay an employee for normal commuting time?
- Is an employer required to pay an employee for time spent traveling between work sites?
- Is an employer required to pay an employee for time spent traveling to another city for a one-day assignment?
- How is an employer required to pay an employee assigned to travel that requires an overnight stay away from home?
- Is an employer required to pay an employee for time spent traveling for emergency assignments?
- Is an employer required to pay an employee for time spent performing work while traveling?
- Are there additional requirements concerning travel time?
Voting Time:
- Are employers required to grant voting leave to employees?
- How much voting time must an employee be given?
- Is an employer required to pay an employee for time off to vote?
- Are there voting time notice requirements for employers or employees?