Legal Updates

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

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