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Effective July 1, hospitals and other healthcare institutions licensed in Virginia are required to establish a workplace violence reporting system to track, analyze and respond to incidents of workplace violence. Under the...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
Oregon law requires employers to provide employees with itemized wage statements on regular paydays. Such statements must include details, such as date of payment, dates of work covered, employee’s name, employer’s name and...more
July 1 marked the effective date for three new laws that will create new rights for workers and new obligations for employers in Virginia: - Expansion of Non-Compete Ban – Virginia employers are now prohibited from...more
Consistent with the expanding attention afforded to prenatal health and workplace protections nationally, New York State implemented a new paid prenatal leave requirement as an amendment to the state sick leave law, which...more
To align with the new statewide paid prenatal leave law, the NYC Department of Consumer and Worker Protection has amended its rules related to the NYC Earned Safe and Sick Time Act (“ESSTA”) to address the paid prenatal leave...more
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
Oregon has added another detailed payroll documentation requirement for employers. Oregon law has long required employers to provide employees with detailed written wage statements, including pay rates, pay basis (e.g.,...more
The New York Retail Worker Safety Act is now in effect as of June 2, 2025. Following months of anticipation and planning, covered employers in New York State will now have to comply with the act’s workplace violence...more
The New York State Department of Labor (NYSDOL) has launched the much anticipated guidance website on the New York Retail Worker Safety Act (RWSA). The guidance answers retail employers’ questions regarding implementation of...more
Some Washington healthcare employers will be subject to new requirements for meal and rest breaks starting next year. Moving forward, under amended RCW 49.12.480, there are new hoops these employers must jump through in order...more
On May 13, 2025, Cal/OSHA released a new discussion draft of its proposed regulation on Workplace Violence Prevention in General Industry. This latest version updates the July 15, 2024 draft we previously blogged about, and...more
In this edition of California Employment News, Meagan Bainbridge and Nikki Mahmoudi break down the basics of California paydays — from the timing of wage payments, payday considerations, and posting obligations. Whether...more
In November 2024, Missouri voters passed Proposition A, which requires employers to provide 1 hour of paid sick leave for every 30 hours worked. This requirement is currently set to take effect on May 1, 2025. The law is the...more
The Ohio General Assembly recently enacted HB 106, which has been signed by Governor DeWine, providing employees with the right to a written or electronic paystub. Effective April 9, 2025, employers in Ohio will be required...more
For multi-state employers, pay transparency requirements often get lost in the shuffle in the ever-changing landscape of federal, state, and local employment laws. A number of states, including California, Colorado, and New...more
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
One trend we see continuing in 2025 is state and local laws requiring employers to be more transparent in how they pay their employees. These requirements come in two varieties. First, more states and cities are requiring...more
A bill introduced in the Georgia state legislature, if passed, would exclude overtime compensation from Georgia state income taxes starting in 2026. House Bill 375 (H.B. 375), introduced on Feb. 11, 2025, would exclude from...more
Over the last several years, California and other jurisdictions have passed various laws aimed at increasing pay transparency in the workplace. These laws are primarily intended to reduce pay disparities among demographic...more
Effective February 21, 2025, all Michigan employers will be required to provide employees with paid sick time under the Earned Sick Time Act (ESTA). The ESTA replaces the current rules under the Michigan Paid Medical Leave...more
Beginning April 9, 2025, Ohio employers must produce detailed and accurate pay stubs under the new Pay Stub Protection Act (PSPA). Employers must provide employees with a statement, or access to a statement, of the...more
Effective April 9, 2025, the Pay Stub Protection Act, codified as Ohio Revised Code Section 4113.14, mandates that every employer in the state provide each of their employees with a written or electronic pay statement that...more
Pay transparency laws have taken the country by storm over the last few years, and 5 additional states (Illinois, Minnesota, Massachusetts, New Jersey, and Vermont) have debuted or will debut their own versions in 2025. ...more