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January 2025
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CTA Filing Required? Nope. Maybe. Stay Tuned!
In yet another twist, the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals has vacated its earlier stay of the preliminary injunction against the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA). This means that reporting companies are not currently required to file their Beneficial Ownership Information (BOI) reports with FinCEN and are not subject to liability if they fail to do so while the injunction remains in place.
Minnesota is taking a bold step toward promoting workplace transparency and fairness. Beginning January 1, 2025, employers in the state will be required to include salary ranges and a general description of benefits in all job postings. This groundbreaking policy, signed into law by Governor Walz as part of an Omnibus Labor and Industry bill, is expected to set a new standard for pay equity and hiring practices across the state.
Understand Missouri's New Minimum Wage and Paid Leave Requirements
Missouri voters have approved an amendment to increase the state minimum wage in 2025 and 2026 and to introduce earned paid leave for employees. This new leave can be used for personal or family illness, preventative care, or addressing needs related to domestic violence, stalking, or sexual assault. For insights on how these changes may affect your workforce and leave policies, explore this FAQ from Husch Blackwell’s Labor & Employment team.
Exciting news for BLD Connection members in Missouri, Kansas, Arkansas, and Nebraska! The new BLD Mid-America Regional Fund streamlines support for students in Missouri, Kansas, and Arkansas, joining Nebraska’s long-standing scholarship program.
We have been learning about the important role that leaders take on the team when discussing employee engagement.
Today, as we wrap up our series, I want to give you some practical ways to engage your team. These are low cost or no cost tools that you can use along your leadership journey.
Phishing attacks remain the most prevalent form of cybercrime for a simple reason—they are effective. Every day, over 3.4 billion spam emails flood the inboxes of unsuspecting users. Phishing emails have consistently topped the list of cyber threats for years due to their ease of implementation, scalability, and ability to deceive.
We currently divide employee days off into two banks: a vacation bank and a sick bank. We have a number of employees complaining that they do not have enough vacation days left at the end of the year to take time off around the holidays. They are asking if they can use their sick days to take time off (even though they’re not actually sick). We want to support our employees and are thinking about changing our employee time off to one big paid-time-off (PTO) bank that employees can use for any reason instead of two separate banks. What are the advantages of creating one big PTO bank?
