Legal Updates

Starting October 1, 2025, Nevada employees who are volunteer members of the Nevada Wing of the Civil Air Patrol are entitled to a leave of absence from employment without loss of position, seniority, accrued leave or benefits on all days ... Read More

Colorado has made changes to the state’s paid family and medical leave insurance program. A newly passed bill extends the duration of paid family and medical leave, up to an additional 12 weeks, for a parent who has a child ... Read More

Oregon has expanded the qualifying reasons to use leave under the state’s sick leave law to include taking leave “for blood donation that is made in connection with a voluntary program for the donation of blood that is approved or ... Read More

Oregon has amended its anti-employment discrimination statute to make it illegal for an employer, prior to completing an initial interview (or if there is no initial interview, prior to making a conditional offer of employment) to request or require disclosure of the ... Read More

Maryland has passed an earned wage access law, allowing employees to access their earned wages before their scheduled payday. You can access a letter written by Governor Wes Moore explaining his decision to allow the law to go into effect. The law covers ... Read More

A new Colorado law updates several rules regarding the enforcement of wage and hour laws in the state: This law is effective on the 91st day after final adjournment of the general assembly (likely August 6, 2025).

Iowa has passed a new bill relating to the treatment of adoptive parent employees. Employer must now treat an employee who chooses to adopt a child up to six years of age in the same manner as an employee who is the ... Read More

Washington state has updated several aspects of its pay transparency law: The updates go into effect on July 27, 2025.

A federal district court judge for the Western District of Louisiana has struck down part of a final rule implementing the Pregnant Workers’ Fairness Act (PWFA). The PWFA requires a covered employer to provide a reasonable accommodation to a qualified ... Read More

Washington state is expanding pregnancy-related accommodations by requiring all employers, regardless of size, to provide reasonable accommodations for pregnant and postpartum employees by January 1, 2027. Employers must make reasonable accommodation for an employee’s pregnancy — which includes the employee’s pregnancy and pregnancy-related ... Read More

Washington has passed a new bill relating to employee access to personnel records. The bill modifies the state’s Industrial Welfare Act (IWA) to require private employers to provide a copy of a personnel file within 21 calendar days after an employee, former ... Read More

Oregon has amended the state’s Family Leave Act (OFLA) to clarify when leave may be taken by an employee to care for a child of the employee who is suffering from an illness, injury or condition that requires home care or who ... Read More