Legal Updates

Beginning January 1, 2026, agricultural workers in Maine will be subject to the a new minimum hourly wage. The minimum hourly wage will be $14.65 per hour (increased by any cost of living increases). Previously, agricultural workers were exempt from the ... Read More

Effective immediately, New Hampshire has updated and expanded the state’s current “Fair Employment Practices” statute pertaining to pregnancy accommodations to include menopause and menopause-related conditions. It is now an unfair employment practice for an employer to refuse to reasonably accommodate ... Read More

Maine has passed “reporting time pay” requirements for employers with at least 10 employees in the usual and regular course of business for more than 120 days in a calendar year. On any day an employee reports to work at ... Read More

Oregon has passed a new law that makes workers on strike eligible for unemployment benefits. Specifically, after the first week on strike, striking employees are now eligible for up to 10 weeks of unemployment benefits. Employees on a “lockout” are also eligible ... Read More

Recently, Washington state lawmakers signed a new law expanding Washingtonians’ options for accessing long-term care support through the WA Cares Fund. The law creates opportunities for Washingtonians to purchase affordable supplemental long-term care coverage from private insurers in the future, allows workers ... Read More

Pittsburgh has amended the city’s Paid Sick Days Act to provide for faster accrual and increased paid sick leave hours. The amended law will go into effect January 1, 2026. You can monitor these changes on the city’s web page.

innesota has made several changes to its Earned Sick and Safe Time (“ESST”) law, Paid Leave program, and meal and rest break rules, as follows: You can access the enacted bill here.

Under Chicago’s Paid Leave and Paid Sick Leave ordinance, a medium employer (i.e., anyone with 51 – 100 eligible employees) has only had to pay out a maximum of 16 hours of unused, accrued paid leave upon an employee’s termination, resignation, ... Read More

As you know, Section 196-b of the New York state Labor Law was amended in 2024 to require, on and after January 1, 2025, that every employer provide its employees twenty hours of paid prenatal personal leave during any fifty-two-week calendar period. ... Read More

A you know, last year, Nebraska passed the Healthy Families and Workplaces Act, bringing paid sick time to the state effective October 1, 2025. Now, Nebraska has amended the Act in the following ways: The state’s Healthy Families and Workplaces Act FAQ has been updated ... Read More

Colorado has passed a new bill regarding limitations on restrictive covenants (e.g., noncompete agreements), specifically in the healthcare industry. Under current Colorado law, restrictive covenants are generally banned, but several exceptions exist, including for individuals in the healthcare industry. For example, there ... Read More

A newly passed Washington law protects employees from coercion in the workplace based on immigration status. Employers are prohibited from coercing an employee in furtherance of the employer committing a violation of wage payment, condition of labor, or agricultural labor requirements ... Read More