Legal Updates

Washington has made several changes to the state’s Paid Family and Medical Leave Program (PFML), which provides partial wage replacement benefits to employees on leave for specified family and medical reasons: The changes take effect on January 1, 2026.

The 2024 EEO-1 Component 1 data collection portal is now open. The deadline to file the 2024 EEO-1 Component 1 report is Tuesday, June 24, 2025. After the Tuesday, June 24, 2025 “Published Due Date” passes, no additional 2024 EEO-1 ... Read More

Currently, Montana law requires employers to grant leave to an employee who is a public official and is requesting leave to perform public service. A new law places the following additional requirements on employers: The new requirements are effective immediately, and apply retroactively ... Read More

Minneapolis has amended its Civil Rights Ordinance to include justice-impacted status, housing status, height and weight as protected classes. “Justice-impacted status” means the state of having a criminal record or history, including any arrest, charge, conviction, period of incarceration, or past or ... Read More

Maryland has passed the “Employment and Insurance Equality for Service Members Act,” which generally makes some statutory provisions in the Maryland Code more broadly applicable to additional service members, including those related to eligibility for certain benefits. For example, deployment ... Read More

The Cleveland City Council has passed Ordinance No. 104-2025, which requires employers with 15 or more employees within the City of Cleveland to provide the salary range or scale in notifications, advertisements, or other formal postings for employment. The ordinance applies ... Read More

Under a new Indiana law, a physician may not enter into a noncompete agreement on or after July 1, 2025, with the following: “Noncompete agreement” means a contract, or any part of a contract, to which a physician is a party that ... Read More

Washington has passed the “Securing Timely Notification and Benefits for Laid-Off Employees Act,” requiring covered employers to provide at least 60 days’ notice before a business closing or mass layoff.  A “covered employer” is a person who employs 50 or ... Read More

Maryland has passed a law that explicitly excludes from coverage under the state’s Parental Leave Act (MPLA) employers who are already covered under the federal Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) for the current calendar year. The MPLA requires certain employers in Maryland to ... Read More

Ohio has passed a bill, effective July 21, 2025, allowing employers to post notices regarding the following labor laws on the internet in a manner that is accessible to the employer’s employees: Under former law, an employer’s only option for ... Read More

The U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division recently issued a field assistance bulletin providing guidance on how to determine employee or independent contractor status when enforcing the Fair Labor Standards Act. WHD will no longer apply the 2024 rule’s analysis when determining ... Read More

Washington recently passed a bill allowing the use of paid sick leave to prepare for or participate in certain immigration proceedings. Employees will be allowed to use sick leave to prepare for, or participate in, any judicial or administrative immigration proceeding involving ... Read More