Utah has increased the civil penalty amounts for Occupational Safety and Health violations, as follows: The increases take effect on May 7, 2025. Find more here.

Kansas has amended the state’s Restraint of Trade Act, providing that restrictive covenants in certain contracts are enforceable and not considered a restraint of trade in

As you know, on November 5, 2024, Missouri voters approved Proposition A, providing changes to the state’s minimum wage and establishing a new earned paid

Under Virginia law, employers may not enter into, enforce, or threaten to enforce a covenant not to compete with any “low-wage employee.” Previously, a “low-wage

In February, a federal judge for the U.S. District Court of Maryland issued a preliminary injunction, effective nationwide, blocking certain aspects of the current administration’s recent

Virginia has passed a new law requiring hospitals in the Commonwealth to establish a workplace violence incident reporting system to document, track, and analyze any

The Arkansas Code § 11-3-204(a)(1), concerning the information that may be disclosed by a current or former employer to a prospective employer, has been amended to

Illinois has amended the state’s One Day Rest In Seven Act, which requires employers to provide employees a minimum of 24 hours of rest within every

Wyoming has passed a new law that essentially bans the use of noncompete agreements. The ban applies to contracts entered into on and after July 1,

Arkansas has amended its non-compete statute as it concerns physicians. Specifically, the amended statute states that a covenant not to compete agreement that restricts the right of

Kentucky has amended its minimum wage statute to no longer classify professional baseball players as covered employees under the statute. Specifically exempted are “Any individual

The Iowa state legislature has amended the Iowa Civil Rights Act to remove “gender identity” as a protected class. The effective date of the amendment is July 1,