Lerch Early’s Employment attorneys published a newsletter in January 2024. In case you missed it, here’s what they covered:
Maryland Family Leave Contributions Start This Year – What You Need to Know
With required contributions to the Family and Medical Leave Insurance (FAMLI) Fund starting this fall, Maryland employers should make sure employees have advance notice of the new deductions they will be seeing from their wages. While eligible employees will not be able to start drawing from the fund until January 1, 2026, required contributions are currently scheduled to begin on October 1, 2024.
Employers Are Now Required to Use Revised Form I-9 as of November 1
As of November 1, 2023, employers must use the revised Form I-9 Employment Eligibility Verification. Employers enrolled in E-Verify can remotely examine identity documents using an alternative procedure, including document review, live video interaction, and proper documentation on Form I-9.
Virginia Employers Must Now Give Leave for Organ and Bone Marrow Donation
Virginia employers with 50 or more employees must now offer job-protected leave for organ or bone marrow donation. Eligible employees, having worked for at least 12 months and 1,250 hours, can take up to 60 business days for organ donation and up to 30 days for bone marrow donation in a 12-month period.
Lerch Early HR Networking Group Discusses Employment Law Updates
Lerch Early employment attorneys Julie Reddig and Nicole Behrman presented updates on various employment and labor law topics to the First & Foremost HR networking group. These updates encompass a new overtime proposal and guidance on time rounding under the FLSA, the new joint employer standard under the NLRA, updated Workplace Harassment Guidance from the EEOC, a new miscarriage law expanding workplace grievance leave, new cases from the SEC necessitating changes to separation and severance agreements, and much more! Click the button below to view the link to the presentation.
Awards & Recognitions
Lerch Early Attorneys Named to 2024 Maryland Super Lawyers List
Multiple Lerch Early attorneys have been selected for inclusion in the 2024 Maryland Super Lawyers and “Rising Stars” lists. Attorneys Lauri Cleary, Marc Engel, Michael Neary and Jessie Summers in our Employment/Labor group were selected this year to Maryland Super Lawyers.
Bethesda Magazine Names 16 Lerch Early Attorneys in 2023 “Top Attorney” List
Sixteen Lerch Early attorneys were included in Bethesda Magazine’s “Top Attorney” listings including Jim Hammerschmidt, and Michael Neary from our Employment group.
