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On August 15, 2025, Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker signed into law the Neonatal Intensive Care Leave Act (NICLA). NICLA will require employers with 16 or more employees to provide certain amounts of unpaid leave (depending...more
Washington employers should prepare for two significant legislative updates that will impact Transportation Network Companies (TNCs) and employee leave policies for all employers. HB 1332 has two upcoming requirements with...more
Puerto Rico recently enacted a Breastfeeding Code (Act 87-2025), consolidating all prior lactation-related laws into a single, comprehensive statute. The law establishes uniform protections and obligations across both the...more
As of August 28, 2025, paid sick leave will no longer be required in Missouri. Missouri Governor Mike Kehoe signed House Bill 567, officially repealing Missouri’s voter-enacted paid sick leave law. Under Missouri’s...more
On August 15, 2025, Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker signed into law two important changes to the Illinois Human Rights Act (IHRA) found in SB2487. Fact Finding Conferences No Longer Mandatory or Automatic...more
On June 10, 2025, the City of Pittsburgh enacted amendments to its Paid Sick Days Act (PSDA), which will take effect on January 1, 2026. Since March 2020, Pittsburgh has required employers with 15 or more employees to provide...more
Blog Overview: Employers with a presence in Europe must prepare for annual pay reporting requirements as part of the European Union Pay Transparency Directive. While European Union member states are still working to...more
July saw the usual slew of government activity before the summer break, with the publication of one review, two calls for evidence and a report from the 2023 whistleblowing review. In Parliament, the Employment Rights Bill...more
Earlier this month, France introduced changes to the funding arrangements for apprenticeship training. Aimed at ensuring better management and sustainability of apprenticeship funding, the changes will impact apprentice...more
Effective July 27, 2025, employers will have to carefully consider whether they should require that employees have a valid driver’s license as a condition of employment. In 2019, Washington State enacted the Equal Protection...more
Although developments at the federal level are getting most of the headlines, New Jersey employers should continue to monitor legislative developments coming out of Trenton since most federal law changes are not usurping or...more
AT A GLANCE - The Workplace Fairness Act (WFA), passed on 8 January 2025, legally prohibits discrimination based on characteristics like age, nationality, sex, race, disability, and caregiving responsibilities across all...more
New York City has recently updated its Earned Safe and Sick Time Act (ESSTA) Rules and Frequently Asked Questions to address the requirements of the New York State Prenatal Leave law. As discussed in our prior alerts in April...more
European Works Councils - TRILOGUE CONSENSUS MARKS TURNING POINT IN THE LEGISLATIVE PROCESS - 1. POLITICAL BREAKTHROUGH: (ALMOST) FINAL TEXT OF THE DRAFT REVISED DIRECTIVE ON EUROPEAN WORKS COUNCILS - On 28 May 2025, the...more
Washington State has long required employers to allow employees to inspect their own personnel files, but the relevant statutes previously did not define what qualifies as a “personnel file” nor provide clear timelines for...more
Earlier this year, New York State added a new paid prenatal leave benefit to the state’s Paid Sick Leave Law (PSL). As of January 1, 2025, all New York employers must grant an additional 20 hours of paid prenatal leave,...more
The New York City Department of Consumer and Worker Protection (“DCWP”) has recently amended the Earned Safe and Sick Time Act (“ESSTA”) to incorporate New York state’s paid prenatal leave, while including its own...more
Texas has enacted Senate Bill 1318 (SB 1318), which brings major changes to the state’s noncompete for healthcare professionals. Effective September 1, 2025, the new law extends protections that once applied only to...more
On July 20, 2025, Ohio will officially become one of the first states to allow employers to provide digital—rather than physical—copies of certain labor law notices required under Ohio law....more
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
In advance of June 19, 2025, the effective date of the New York State Fashion Workers Act, the New York State Department of Labor (NYSDOL) recently issued frequently asked questions (FAQs) and guidance that provide clarity...more
On May 21, Governor Bill Lee signed House Bill 979 (HB 979) into law. Notably, provisions of this law aim to address physician shortages and improve access to specialized medical care in rural and underserved areas in...more
Virginia has further restricted noncompete agreements. Effective July 1, 2025, Virginia Code § 40.1-28.7:8 will prohibit Virginia employers from entering into non-competition agreements with employees who are classified as...more
On May 28, 2025, Oregon’s governor signed SB 1108, which, effective January 1, 2026, expands the reasons employees can use legally required paid sick leave to include blood donation connected with a voluntary program approved...more
The New Jersey Legislature is considering a bill (S4385/A5708) banning non-compete clauses, with limited exceptions, and prohibiting no-poach agreements between employers and workers. Appearing to take a page from the now...more