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Florida CHOICE Act Establishes Employer Protections for Garden Leave and Noncompete Agreements

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Florida recently enacted the Contracts Honoring Opportunity, Investment, Confidentiality, and Economic Growth (CHOICE) Act (“The CHOICE Act” or “Act”), which brings significant changes to the manner in which the state...more

Perkins Coie

Washington State Enacts New Notice Requirements for Business Closures and Mass Layoffs

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Key Takeaways - - The Washington state mini-WARN law, effective July 27, 2025, requires employers with 50 or more employees to provide 60 days' advance written notice of mass layoffs or business closures to the Washington...more

Fenwick & West LLP

New Washington Mini-WARN Act for Mass Layoffs and Business Site Closures

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Washington is the latest state to enact a Mini-Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) law. Effective July 27, 2025, the Securing Timely Notification and Benefits for Laid-Off Employees Act (SB 5525) imposes...more

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New Jersey’s Pay Transparency Law Takes Effect June 1: Who’s Covered, What’s Required, and 6 Steps for Employers to Comply

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New Jersey’s far-reaching pay transparency law is about to take effect – is your business ready to comply? Starting June 1, covered employers, including certain businesses outside of the state, must disclose compensation and...more

Perkins Coie

Washington State Passes Law Broadening Pregnancy-Related Accommodations

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Key Takeaways - - A new law in Washington requires all employers, regardless of their size, to have pregnancy and postpartum accommodations in place for their employees by 2027. - The required accommodations include paid...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

Is Your Business Ready for The CHOICE Act?

What is the CHOICE Act?          On April 24, 2025, Florida state lawmakers passed the Contracts Honoring Opportunity, Investment, Confidentiality, and Economic Growth Act or CHOICE Act. The CHOICE Act is a law reforming...more

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New York’s Amended Retail Worker Safety Act To Take Effect on June 2, 2025

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Last year, Governor Kathy Hochul signed into law the Retail Worker Safety Act (Act), one of the most extensive retail workplace violence prevention laws in the nation.  Following an enforcement delay due to a February 2025...more

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Still Waiting - Massachusetts Pay Reporting Guidance Not Yet Published

The deadline for filing the first year of Massachusetts EEO-1 pay data reports is February 1, 2025, but covered employers are still waiting for Massachusetts to publish guidance on this requirement....more

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New York Launches Initiative to Minimize Injuries Among Warehouse Employees

On December 21, 2024, Governor Kathy Hochul signed into law the Warehouse Worker Injury Reduction Program (S5081C/A8907A), requiring certain warehouse employers in New York to prepare and implement formal injury reduction...more

Genova Burns LLC

UPDATE - New Jersey Employers Need To Start Preparing For The New Pay Transparency Law's June 1, 2025 Effective Date

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On November 18, 2024, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy signed into law, Senate Bill 2310, making it the eleventh state to enact a pay transparency law. On June 1, 2025, when the new law goes into effect, certain New Jersey...more

Conn Maciel Carey LLP

Compliance Countdown: New York Retail Worker Safety Act Effective Date Nears

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As we previously reported, on September 5, 2024, Governor Kathy Hochul signed the Retail Worker Safety Act (S8358C/A8947C) into law. This significant legislation requires retail employers in New York State to implement...more

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New Jersey Employers Must Disclose Pay and Benefits Information to Employees and Applicants

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Joining New York, California and several other states, New Jersey has a new wage transparency law, signed by Gov. Phil Murphy this week, that requires certain employers to disclose wage or salary ranges and general benefits...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

San Diego County Adds Local Restrictions for Covered Employers to Comply with in Addition to California’s Fair Chance Act

Many employers are already familiar with California’s Fair Chance Act (“FCA”), which went into effect in 2018 and governs how employers may consider an applicant’s criminal history in hiring decisions. Effective October 10,...more

Jackson Lewis P.C.

What Responsibilities Do Employers Have Under New York State’s Retail Worker Safety Act?

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New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed the Retail Worker Safety Act (S. 8358B/A. 8947C) into law on Sept. 4, 2024. The Act will require covered retail employers to: 1.Adopt a retail workplace violence prevention policy...more

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Retailers Face New Compliance Requirements: Violence Prevention and Panic Buttons Under New York Law

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On September 5, 2024, New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed into law the Retail Worker Safety Act (“Act” and “Legislation”), which in 6 months, will impose a series of new obligations on retail businesses operating in the...more

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Pay Transparency Comes to Massachusetts

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On July 24, 2024, the Massachusetts House and Senate passed a Bill entitled “An Act Relative to Salary Range Transparency.” The Bill, which Governor Healey is expected to sign into law on or before August 3, 2024, requires...more

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Maine’s Mandatory Retirement Savings Program: What Employers Need to Know

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On October 18, 2023, the Maine Retirement Savings Board adopted a final rule implementing Maine’s state-run retirement savings program, the Maine Retirement Investment Trust or MERIT. MERIT is intended to help employees who...more

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California Gives Health Care Workers a Raise

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Depending upon many different factors, a state-wide minimum wage has been established for healthcare workers in California which will be phased in over time. On October 13, 2023, Governor Newsom signed Senate Bill (SB) 525,...more

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Pay Transparency Requirements Are Coming to Illinois in 2025

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Employers hiring for positions that will be performed in Illinois or report to a supervisor or office/worksite in Illinois will soon need to comply with pay transparency requirements recently signed into law by Gov. J.B....more

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC

Exploring the Implications of the 2023 Pregnant Workers Fairness Act

The Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (“PWFA”) was passed as part of the December 29, 2022 Consolidated Appropriations Act, a new federal law that went into effect on June 27, 2023. This federal legislation requires covered...more

Tucker Arensberg, P.C.

The Pregnant Workers Fairness Act: What Employers Need to Know

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The Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (“PWFA”) is a new federal law that went into effect on June 27, 2023, requiring covered employers to provide reasonable accommodation to qualified employees and applicants with known...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Illinois Department of Labor Publishes Final Rules Regarding Illinois Equal Pay Registration Certificates

The Illinois Department of Labor (IDOL) recently published its final rules regarding Illinois Equal Pay Registration Certificates (EPRC).  The final rules largely adopt the proposed rules issued last June, which was discussed...more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

New York Governor Hochul Signs New York Pay Transparency Bill Into Law

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On December 21, 2022, New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed a pay transparency law (Senate Bill 9427), requiring the disclosure of compensation and other information in connection with the advertisement of jobs that can or...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Paid Leave for Any Reason is Coming to Illinois

On January 10, 2023, the Illinois legislature passed a bill, SB0208, which would require most Illinois employers to provide employees with up to 40 hours of paid leave for any reason on an annual basis. The bill, entitled the...more

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California Expands Pay Data Reporting Obligations for Large Employers

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Currently, California requires large private employers that are subject to EEO-1 reporting obligations under federal law to also submit annual pay data reports to the California Civil Rights Division (CRD). Covered employers...more

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