Legal Updates

The U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) has confirmed that the Voluntary Self-Identification of Disability Form (CC-305) remains an OMB-approved form, and the current version has been approved for use through July 31, 2029. The ... Read More

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has issued Revenue Procedure 2026-26, providing annual inflation-indexed adjustments used to determine eligibility for Affordable Care Act (ACA) premium tax credits and whether employer-sponsored health coverage is considered affordable for ACA purposes beginning in calendar ... Read More

Effective January 1, 2027, Illinois will significantly expand employee jury duty protections under House Bill 4844, which amends the Jury Act and the Jury Commission Act. The new law requires many Illinois employers to compensate employees while they are serving ... Read More

Colorado has enacted House Bill 26-1207, creating a new state-level workforce demographic reporting requirement for certain large employers. Beginning July 1, 2027, covered employers must submit EEO-1 workforce data to the Colorado Secretary of State as part of their periodic ... Read More

Effective August 10, 2026, San Francisco is amending its Fair Chance Ordinance (FCO), the city’s “ban-the-box” law governing the use of criminal history information in employment decisions. The amendments expand the types of criminal records employers may not consider and ... Read More

Colorado has enacted House Bill 26-1113 (effective as of June 1, 2026), amending the state’s employee voting leave law to better reflect Colorado’s election system, which allows voting at voter service and polling centers before Election Day. The changes expand ... Read More

This week, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) voted to issue a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) that would rescind longstanding federal requirements requiring employers and other covered entities to submit annual workforce demographic reports, including the EEO-1, EEO-2, ... Read More

The New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development has published a new informational guidance page explaining significant expansions to employee job-protection rights that became effective July 17, 2026. The webpage provides an overview of the law changes, explains eligibility ... Read More

Effective immediately, Colorado has enacted House Bill 26-1283, creating new protections against the confiscation or retention of workers’ government-issued identification documents. The law imposes new restrictions on employers, establishes notice and recordkeeping requirements related to Form I-9 verification, and creates ... Read More

Massachusetts has announced changes to the way Paid Family and Medical Leave (PFML) contributions may be allocated between employers and covered individuals beginning January 1, 2027, as new Massachusetts legislation (Chapter 101 of the Acts of 2026) shifts employer contributions ... Read More

On July 9, 2026, the Washington Supreme Court issued a significant employment law decision in Bolina v. AssureCare Adult Home LLC, holding that Washington’s former exemption from minimum wage protections for certain live-in workers violates the Washington Constitution. The ruling ... Read More

New York City’s Department of Consumer and Worker Protection (DCWP) has adopted final rules under the Earned Safe and Sick Time Act (ESSTA) that take effect July 23, 2026. The final rules follow significant ESSTA amendments that became effective in ... Read More