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19 Jan 2021, 9:21 am by Kevin Kaufman
The increase in sales in the Northeast region is most notable in Rhode Island and New Hampshire, but all have seen increased sales immediately following the ban. [read post]
6 Jan 2021, 6:38 am by Kevin Kaufman
The five states with the lowest average combined rates are Alaska (1.76 percent), Hawaii (4.44 percent), Wyoming (5.33 percent), Wisconsin (5.43 percent), and Maine (5.50 percent). 2021 State Sales Tax Rates California has the highest state-level sales tax rate, at 7.25 percent.[2] Four states tie for the second-highest statewide rate, at 7 percent: Indiana, Mississippi, Rhode Island, and Tennessee. [read post]
4 Jan 2021, 6:26 am by David J. Halberg, Esq.
Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA) revealed those measures weren’t taken. [read post]
2 Jan 2021, 8:03 am by Eric Goldman
A survey of sex workers in Rhode Island revealed that the loss of online opportunities for advertising had to led to the re-adoption of more dangerous working practices. [read post]
Utah will receive $750,000, Massachusetts will receive $732,000 and Rhode Island will receive $50,000. [read post]
17 Dec 2020, 8:30 pm by Jim Sedor
” Lawyers for the presidential transition are drafting new rules for the Biden White House that are likely to be more restrictive than the rules that governed the Obama administration. [read post]
8 Dec 2020, 1:55 am by Kevin Kaufman
Recent data from the New York Department of Taxation and Finance suggest four-year tax revenue losses of $20.9 billion in real terms, about a 6.7 percent inflation-adjusted decline across the period, and a challenge above what the figures would indicate for a state that was struggling to balance its budgets even before the COVID-19 pandemic. [read post]
16 Nov 2020, 11:09 am by William Ford, Tia Sewell
The subcommittee will hear testimony from Michelle Rosenberg, the acting director of the Strategic Issues Team at the Government Accountability Office; Keith Washington, the deputy assistant transportation secretary for administration; Sydney Rose, the chief human capital officer in the Labor Department's Office of Human Resources and Jim Borland, the assistant deputy commissioner of the Social Security Administration. [read post]
3 Nov 2020, 4:00 pm by Cheryl L. Johnson, Tom H. Wilkeson
Under the emergency regulation, Rhode Island will not require employers located outside of Rhode Island to withhold Rhode Island income taxes from the wages of employees who are Rhode Island residents temporarily working within Rhode Island solely due to the pandemic. [read post]
29 Oct 2020, 9:04 am by Tammy Binford, Contributing Editor
Parker, an attorney with Whelan Corrente & Flanders LLP in Providence, Rhode Island, points to recent Board guidance related to civility codes as one example of how it is giving employers more leeway than what they had during the previous administration. [read post]
23 Oct 2020, 3:00 am by Jim Sedor
A victory by Joe Biden would make that task even harder given the influx of new aides and administration officials. [read post]
16 Oct 2020, 3:00 am by Jim Sedor
Watchdog organizations are now calling for the Agriculture Department’s inspector general to investigate whether Perdue has run afoul of the ethics agreement he signed as a nominee for the job early in the Trump administration. [read post]
14 Oct 2020, 9:40 am by Dale Ho
The ACLU, the ACLU of Rhode Island, the Campaign Legal Center, and the law firm Fried Frank brought the case on behalf of two voting rights advocacy groups: Common Cause Rhode Island and the League of Women Voters Rhode Island.Minnesota: In August, the state of Minnesota agreed to eliminate the witness requirement. [read post]
9 Oct 2020, 3:00 am by Jim Sedor
The department says these activities are not political and rejects the allegation the signed letters are a violation of the Hatch Act. [read post]
Department of Labor’s (“DOL”) Final Rule on joint employer liability, concluding that the Rule violated the Administrative Procedure Act (“APA”) by impermissibly narrowing the definition of joint employment under the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”), departing from the DOL’s prior interpretations on joint employment without adequate explanation, and otherwise being arbitrary and capricious. [read post]
9 Sep 2020, 11:30 am by Tammy Binford, Contributing Editor
The lawsuit was filed by the District of Columbia and 17 states: New York, Pennsylvania, California, Colorado, Delaware, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, New Jersey, New Mexico, Oregon, Rhode Island, Washington, Vermont, and Virginia. [read post]
31 Aug 2020, 1:19 pm by Jennifer Parent
The updated Universal Guidelines again explain that other guidance from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), and NH Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) must be reviewed, monitored, and followed along with any applicable federal or state regulatory requirements. [read post]
25 Aug 2020, 2:50 am by Colby Pastre
Energy Information Administration estimates that gas consumption will decline 19 percent through 2050.[12] Figure 1. [read post]