Legal Updates

The California Department of Industrial Relations (DIR) has announced that California’s statewide minimum wage will increase from $16.90 to $17.40 per hour effective January 1, 2027. The increase follows the state’s annual inflation-adjustment process and was certified by the California ... Read More

Illinois has enacted HB 1353 (Public Act 104-0581), amending the Volunteer Emergency Worker Job Protection Act to expand employment protections for volunteer emergency workers. The law becomes effective January 1, 2027. The amendments broaden the circumstances under which employees are ... Read More

Connecticut has enacted Public Act 26-73 (SB 472), amending the state’s employee electronic monitoring law and imposing new notice obligations on employers that monitor employee activities or communications in the workplace. The law takes effect October 1, 2026. New Hire ... Read More

Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker recently signed SB 3777, the Civil Rights Safeguard Act, into law. The legislation codifies disparate impact protections under the Illinois Human Rights Act and is intended to preserve the ability to challenge policies and practices that, ... Read More

The U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) has confirmed that the Voluntary Self-Identification of Disability Form (CC-305) remains an OMB-approved form, and the current version has been approved for use through July 31, 2029. The ... Read More

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has issued Revenue Procedure 2026-26, providing annual inflation-indexed adjustments used to determine eligibility for Affordable Care Act (ACA) premium tax credits and whether employer-sponsored health coverage is considered affordable for ACA purposes beginning in calendar ... Read More

Effective January 1, 2027, Illinois will significantly expand employee jury duty protections under House Bill 4844, which amends the Jury Act and the Jury Commission Act. The new law requires many Illinois employers to compensate employees while they are serving ... Read More

Colorado has enacted House Bill 26-1207, creating a new state-level workforce demographic reporting requirement for certain large employers. Beginning July 1, 2027, covered employers must submit EEO-1 workforce data to the Colorado Secretary of State as part of their periodic ... Read More

Effective August 10, 2026, San Francisco is amending its Fair Chance Ordinance (FCO), the city’s “ban-the-box” law governing the use of criminal history information in employment decisions. The amendments expand the types of criminal records employers may not consider and ... Read More

Colorado has enacted House Bill 26-1113 (effective as of June 1, 2026), amending the state’s employee voting leave law to better reflect Colorado’s election system, which allows voting at voter service and polling centers before Election Day. The changes expand ... Read More

This week, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) voted to issue a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) that would rescind longstanding federal requirements requiring employers and other covered entities to submit annual workforce demographic reports, including the EEO-1, EEO-2, ... Read More

The New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development has published a new informational guidance page explaining significant expansions to employee job-protection rights that became effective July 17, 2026. The webpage provides an overview of the law changes, explains eligibility ... Read More