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As of July 1, 2025, employers with employees working in the State of Indiana must provide more detailed information about each “newly-hired employee,” including standardized occupational classification codes, via regular...more
New Law Now In Effect as of June 1, 2025 - On June 1, 2025, New Jersey joined a growing list of states and localities, including New York State and New York City, requiring disclosure of salary ranges in job descriptions. ...more
It’s hard to keep up with all the recent changes to labor and employment law, especially since the law always seems to evolve at a rapid pace. In order to ensure you stay on top of the latest changes and have an action plan...more
The New York Department of Labor (NYDOL) has issued proposed regulations related to New York’s Pay Transparency Law, which are open for comment until November 12, 2023. In addition, the NYDOL issued a fact sheet and a set of...more
In a recent decision, the Connecticut Appellate Court held that “supervisor” for hostile work environment discrimination claims brought under Connecticut law is the same as applied in similar federal claims brought pursuant...more
If your business hires employees in California, you are no doubt aware that the Golden State rang in the New Year by becoming yet another state to enact law on pay transparency in the work place, including mandating...more
On January 1, 2023, Senate Bill 1162 went into effect. This new law imposes significant new pay scale disclosure requirements on California employers. It also leaves a number of questions unanswered, which the Department of...more
On December 21, 2022, New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed into law a statewide pay transparency bill, Senate Bill S9427A, that will take effect September 17, 2023. New York’s Pay Transparency Law requires employers with...more
On December 21, 2022, New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed a statewide pay transparency measure into law. The new law, which goes into effect on September 18, 2023, requires covered employers and employment agencies to list...more
Beginning on January 1,2023, all employers, with 15 or more employees (including employees in other states), engaging in any business, industry, profession, or activity in Washington (including recruiting for...more
California and New York City are joining Colorado and Washington state in imposing pay range disclosures in job postings. On November 1, 2022, covered employers will be required to include the salary range in a job posting...more
California Governor Gavin Newsom recently signed into law a number of new bills impacting employers operating in California, who must remain vigilant with these developments as they are quickly going forward. Below are the...more
Washington State’s Employment Security Department recently released a draft administrative policy with updated guidance on the modified pay transparency requirements beginning January 1, 2023....more
On September 27, 2022, California’s Governor signed S.B. 1162, making significant changes to California’s existing pay transparency and reporting laws and joining the growing trend of jurisdictions requiring companies to...more
Updates Effective May 15, 2022, New York City will join a growing list of jurisdictions requiring pay transparency in job opening advertisements. Specifically, as of May 15, New York City employers must state a job position’s...more
Colorado’s Equal Pay for Equal Work Act became effective at the beginning of 2021, but employers across the state continue to have questions about the scope of the new law. While the Colorado Department of Labor and...more
Employers with at least one employee in Colorado should remember that they are now required to comply with the pay transparency and promotion transparency requirements of the Colorado Equal Pay for Equal Work Act, which took...more
With well over 175 COVID-19-related employment lawsuits already having been filed nationwide, employers need to keep abreast of ongoing issues that impact the physical and remote workplace. One area where employers need to be...more
On November 18, 2019, Florida Senator Lori Berman (D) introduced Senate Bill 962, which proposes to provide job applicants and employees who use medical marijuana various protections in employment....more
In March, Gov. Kevin Stitt signed into law the Unity Bill. It goes into effect in August and will permit employers to discipline employees in safety-sensitive positions, or refuse to hire applicants for such positions, if...more
In this episode of the Working Wise Podcast Series, K&L Gates Orange County Partner Spencer Hamer discusses recent trends in pay equity law, as well as proactive strategies employers can implement to promote pay equity in the...more