impactAlerts
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impactAlert: EEOC Opens 2024 EEO-1 Data Collection with Shortened Filing Window
Read more: impactAlert: EEOC Opens 2024 EEO-1 Data Collection with Shortened Filing WindowThe U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) 2024 EEO-1 Component 1 data collection period has opened (as of May 20, 2025) and will close on June 24, 2025, providing employers with a condensed five-week window to submit their workforce demographic data. (Important note: no additional 2024 EEO-1 Component 1 report(s) will be accepted after 11:00pm EST, Tuesday, June 24, 2025.) This marks a significant reduction…
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impactAlert: MD Proposes Extending Family and Medical Leave Insurance Launch to 2027
Read more: impactAlert: MD Proposes Extending Family and Medical Leave Insurance Launch to 2027The Maryland Department of Labor last Friday proposed delaying the implementation of the state’s Family and Medical Leave Insurance (FAMLI) program to provide employers and workers additional preparation time. Under the new proposed plan, payroll deductions would commence on January 1, 2027, with benefits becoming available on January 1, 2028. In preparation for the program’s launch, the Maryland Department of…
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impactAlert: Important Changes to Federal Contractor Requirements
Read more: impactAlert: Important Changes to Federal Contractor RequirementsA White House Executive Order, “Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity“, issued last month, revokes Executive Order 11246 and implements immediate changes to federal contractor obligations. Here are the key changes to this policy: The Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) must cease enforcement of diversity-related initiatives and affirmative action requirements Federal contractors are no…
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impactAlert: U.S. DOL’s Overtime Rule Overturned?
Read more: impactAlert: U.S. DOL’s Overtime Rule Overturned?The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas last Friday (Nov. 15) issued a decision invalidating a U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) rule that raised the salary thresholds for exempting certain salaried employees from federal overtime pay requirements. The court ruled the DOL overstepped its authority with the regulation, halting planned increases that were set to take full…
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MD Department of Labor Issues Updated Minimum Wage Workplace Poster
Read more: MD Department of Labor Issues Updated Minimum Wage Workplace PosterThe Maryland Department of Labor has issued an updated minimum wage poster for workplaces to openly display for employees. As a reminder, Maryland’s minimum wage increased to $15/hour effective this past Jan. 1, 2024. With this new wage rate, enacted into law by Governor Wes Moore April 2023, all Maryland employers, regardless of company size,…
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Government Contractors: Update OFCCP’s Voluntary Self-Identification of Disability Form by July 25, 2023
Read more: Government Contractors: Update OFCCP’s Voluntary Self-Identification of Disability Form by July 25, 2023For Federal Government Contractors and Subcontractors: the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs has revised its Voluntary Self-Identification of Disability Form (CC-305) to update the preferred language for disabilities and to include additional examples of disabilities. The revised form is available in various translated versions. Federal contractors and subcontractors have until tomorrow, Tuesday, July 25,…
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RSVP for impactHR Event with The Alternative Board’s Denise O’Neill on “Strategies for Growth,” June 13
Read more: RSVP for impactHR Event with The Alternative Board’s Denise O’Neill on “Strategies for Growth,” June 13With the economy in a state of flux, what can business leaders do now to strengthen their organizations to withstand potential market turbulence? Rescheduled for Tues., June 13 due to demand, register to join Denise O’Neill (CEO, The Alternative Board/Baltimore Washington, and Executive Coach) and Kelly Mitchell (Principal with impactHR), for an interactive session on…
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For Government Contractors: Complete Your Company AAP Certification by June 30
Read more: For Government Contractors: Complete Your Company AAP Certification by June 30For Federal Government Contractors, the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) recently issued a reminder that companies must complete Affirmative Action Program (AAP) certification through the OFCCP’s Contractor Portal by June 30, 2022. Covered Government Contractors must use the Contractor Portal to certify, on an annual basis, whether they have developed and maintained an…
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New Maryland Law Requires Employers Give Notice Before Reducing Operations
Read more: New Maryland Law Requires Employers Give Notice Before Reducing OperationsThe Maryland Economic Stabilization Act will require Maryland employers, beginning October 1, 2020, to provide notice before a company conducts a “reduction in operations.” This new law, Senate Bill 780, applies to employers with 50 or more employees. Under this law, a reduction in operations is defined as either relocating part of the employer’s operation…
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Minimum Wage Hikes Begin July 1 in Montgomery County, MD and DC
Read more: Minimum Wage Hikes Begin July 1 in Montgomery County, MD and DCPlease note two minimum wage rate increases that go into effect next Wednesday, July 1, 2020 for Montgomery County, MD and the District of Columbia (DC): Montgomery County’s minimum wage increases to $14/hour for employers with 51+ employees; $13.25/hour for employers with 11-50 employees; and $13/hour for employers with 10 or fewer employees. The District…