On May 20, 2025, Washington Governor Bob Ferguson took the final step toward implementing House Bill (HB) 1213’s expansion of the state’s paid family and medical leave program when he greenlit funding for the program as part...more
6/20/2025
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Employee Benefits ,
Employee Rights ,
Employer Group Health Plans ,
Employer Responsibilities ,
Employment Policies ,
Health Insurance ,
Mini-Warn Acts ,
New Legislation ,
New Regulations ,
Paid Leave ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
State Budgets ,
State Funding ,
State Labor Laws
On June 2, 2025, the California Senate approved a bill, called the “No Robo Bosses Act,” that would restrict when and how employers can use automated decision-making systems and artificial intelligence (AI) to make...more
Kansas Governor Laura Kelly recently signed a bill into law that deems certain nonsolicitation agreements with business owners and employees to be presumptively enforceable and not a restraint on trade. ...more
On May 13, 2025, Washington Governor Bob Ferguson signed a bill into law that will require employers with fifty or more full-time employees to notify the state, any union, and affected employers of a business site closing or...more
5/19/2025
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Employee Rights ,
Employer Responsibilities ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Mini-Warn Acts ,
New Legislation ,
Notice Requirements ,
Reduction of Force ,
State Labor Laws ,
Unions ,
WARN Act
Washington is close to being the latest state to enact a “mini-WARN Act” that would require employers with fifty or more full-time employees to provide at least sixty days’ notice to the state, any union, and/or employees...more
On April 11, 2025, a federal judge for the U.S. Western District of Pennsylvania reversed his recent decision to dismiss a disability discrimination claim from a job applicant with a medical marijuana card who alleged he had...more
Employers in Wyoming will soon be limited in their use of noncompete agreements under a newly enacted law that makes the state the latest of a growing number of states to restrict noncompete agreements in the employment...more
Workplace violence continues to be a primary concern for employers and a challenge to maintaining workplace safety. Still, it is unclear whether there will be further movement on regulation at the federal level under the...more
On February 3, 2025, the Nevada state legislature kicked off its latest legislative session, and state lawmakers are poised to consider several bills that could impact employers and employees, from last day pay provisions to...more
On February 28, 2025, Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds signed legislation making the state the first to remove antidiscrimination protections for gender identity from its civil rights code....more
3/4/2025
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Bostock v Clayton County Georgia ,
Civil Rights Act ,
Discrimination ,
Employment Discrimination ,
Equal Protection ,
Gender Identity ,
Governor Reynolds ,
LGBTQ ,
State Labor Laws ,
Title VII ,
Transgender
New York City employers will be required to physically and electronically post a copy of their written lactation room accommodation policy under recent amendments to New York City’s lactation accommodations law set to take...more
Ohio could become the latest state to join the growing list of jurisdictions to ban or significantly restrict the use of noncompete agreements in employment under bipartisan legislation introduced by a pair of state...more
New for January 1, 2025, Ohio has streamlined its unemployment insurance reporting process to allow employers that control multiple corporate entities to report unemployment insurance for their concurrent employees in a...more
A wave of new state legislation ready to take effect on January 1, 2025, will reshape employment law across the United States, introducing crucial updates on paid family leave, anti-discrimination protections, workplace...more
12/31/2024
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Child Labor ,
Compliance ,
Employment Discrimination ,
Medical Marijuana ,
New Legislation ,
Paid Leave ,
Reproductive Discrimination ,
Reproductive Healthcare Issues ,
State Labor Laws ,
Unions ,
Wage and Hour ,
Workplace Safety
Employment discrimination against individuals with or perceived to have family caregiving responsibilities will soon be unlawful in Illinois under a law set to take effect on January 1, 2025....more
The State of New York has adopted a first-in-the-nation requirement that employers provide twenty hours of paid leave per year as a stand-alone leave benefit for pregnant employees. ...more
California’s Proposition 32 would have immediately raised the state minimum wage for employees with twenty-six or more employees to $17.00 per hour immediately and to $18.00 per hour on January 1, 2025. Proposition 32 also...more
On November 18, 2024, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy signed statewide pay transparency legislation that will require employers, beginning in June 2025, to disclose compensation and benefits in job postings and notices of...more
As the nation concludes the 2024 elections, employers may want to keep an eye on the outcomes of several key state ballot measures that will have significant implications for wage policies, employee benefits, and compliance...more
While voters heading to the polls this November are likely focused on the neck-and-neck presidential election and several tight congressional races, voters in Alaska, Missouri, and Nebraska are further considering ballot...more
Despite some recent positive signs for the U.S. economy, many companies still face the prospect of reductions in force (RIFs), which can be challenging and involve complex processes that require careful planning and...more
An appellate court in Washington state recently held a hospital liable to pay employees who worked through meal period breaks for their time worked plus compensation for an additional break as a penalty, highlighting...more
The State of New Jersey is on the verge of finalizing its regulations for the Temporary Workers Bill of Rights (TWBR), a significant move that will enhance protections and further equalize compensation for temporary workers...more
Millions of Americans will be headed to the polls on November 5, 2024, in what is shaping up to be an extremely close presidential election with high voter turnout. Employers may need to consider how employees’ voting time...more
A rash of recent natural disasters, from hurricanes to earthquakes to wildfires, serves as a timely reminder to employers of the potential for natural disasters to disrupt their operations and cause imminent hazards in the...more
8/12/2024
/ Compliance ,
Disaster Preparedness ,
Earthquakes ,
Emergency Management Plans ,
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) ,
Hurricane Season ,
Natural Disasters ,
NLRA ,
OSH Act ,
Severe Weather ,
State Labor Laws ,
WARN Act ,
Wildfires ,
Work Schedules ,
Workplace Hazards ,
Workplace Safety