Pending Legislation, Employment Policies, Employee Rights

Washington Amends Employee Personnel File Access Laws

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 4/22/2025

The Washington Legislature has passed a new law affecting employers’ obligations related to employee personnel files. The new law amends RCW 49.12.240 and 49.12.250 in four important ways...more

Virginia General Assembly Passes Workplace Violence Prevention Requirements

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 3/10/2025

On March 7, 2025, Virginia’s General Assembly passed House Bill (HB) 1919, requiring by January 1, 2027, any Virginia employer of one hundred or more employees to develop, implement, and maintain a workplace violence policy....more

4 Steps to Prepare for Kenya’s Proposed “Right to Disconnect” Law

Fisher Phillips on 12/21/2023

Kenya has taken a significant step in addressing the balance between work and personal life by introducing a “right to disconnect” law. The Employment (Amendment) Bill 2022, which is pending before the Kenyan Senate, would...more

California Passes Bill Protecting Employees’ Off-Duty Marijuana Use

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 9/7/2022

California employers may soon be barred from discharging employees or refusing to hire individuals based on their off-duty use of marijuana, under a new bill headed to the governor’s desk. On August 30, 2022, the...more

New York City To Require Lactation Rooms In The Workplace

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 10/29/2018

Seyfarth Synopsis: Recently passed “Mother’s Day bills” will require employers to provide lactation rooms to employees expressing milk and to implement a policy informing employees about the right to a lactation room and...more

Illinois Increases Protected Leaves for Employees

Littler on 9/2/2016

Just two months after Chicago became the second city in the Midwest to require employers to provide paid sick leave, Illinois has enacted three laws that entitle employees to additional protected leaves. The Child...more