June 2019 - KMA HR

City of Portland Minimum Wage Increase, Effective July 1, 2019

Jun 26, 2019 | Compensation, Compliance and Labor Laws

by Leora Kirk, KMA Consultant Beginning July 1, 2019, the minimum wage in Portland, Maine, will increase to $11.11 per hour which exceeds the state of Maine minimum wage of $11.00 per hour. The direct wage owed to tipped workers must be at least $5.50 per hour....

Massachusetts Paid Family and Medical Leave – What Employers of MA Workers Need to Know

Jun 19, 2019 | Compliance and Labor Laws

by Rhoda McVeigh, KMA Consultant In mid-2018, Massachusetts (MA) passed the MA Paid Family and Medical Leave (PFML) regulations, which will be one of the most generous paid family and medical leave programs in the nation. PFML creates an insurance program administered...

Conflict Resolution Strategies

Jun 12, 2019 | Employee Relations, HR Insights and Trends

From the Pros at the HR Support Center The recipe for workplace conflict is decidedly simple: bring two or more people together and assign them a task. Unless the stars have aligned in your favor, there’s going to be some cause for disagreement between them, and if...

City of Portland Minimum Wage Increase, Effective July 1, 2019

Massachusetts Paid Family and Medical Leave – What Employers of MA Workers Need to Know

Conflict Resolution Strategies

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