Legal Updates

Based on proposed dates by the EEOC, it appears that the EEO-1 Component 1 data collection period will run from May 20, 2025, to June 24, 2025. Please refer to the EEOC’s EEO-1 reporting website for updates and changes. The EEO-1 Component ... Read More

A newly passed Washington bill expands protections for applicants and employees under the Washington Fair Chance Act. Currently, an employer may not include any question on any application for employment, inquire either orally or in writing, receive information through a criminal ... Read More

Arkansas will require employers in the state with 50 or more full-time equivalent employees to display a veterans’ benefits and services poster in a conspicuous place accessible to employees in the employer’s workplace. The state’s Department of Labor and Licensing, in ... Read More

The first quarterly wage reporting and premium payments under Maine’s paid family and medical leave insurance program are due by April 30th, 2025. Employers can access the online contributions portal here.

Cook County has amended the procedural rules for the county’s Paid Leave Ordinance. Here is a summary of the changes: You can find the changes here.

The Maryland General Assembly recently passed a bill to establish new implementation dates for Maryland’s paid family and medical leave insurance program. Payroll deductions have been delayed until January 1, 2027, while leave benefits for employees have been delayed to January 3, ... Read More

Four of the world’s largest law firms—Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Latham & Watkins LLP, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, and A&O Shearman Sterling, LLC—recently entered into a settlement agreement with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) over DEI-practices. On ... Read More

Washington state currently requires every hotel, motel, retail, or security guard entity, or property services contractor that employs an individual who spends a majority of her or his working hours alone, or whose primary work responsibility involves working without another ... Read More

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 certain circumstances. Specifically, the amended law states that a covenant in writing in which an ... Read More

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 sick time benefit for employees. Earned paid sick time benefits are effective May 1, 2025. ... Read More

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 employee” meant one who earns less than the average weekly wage in the Commonwealth. Now, ... Read More