Legal Updates

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

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.