As you know, New York City has enacted Int. 780-A, amending the city’s Earned Safe and Sick Time Act (ESSTA). Among other things, the amendments expand the permissible uses of ESSTA leave and introduce a new front-loaded allotment of 32 ... Read More

Late last year, New York enacted the Trapped at Work Act, a law aimed at protecting workers from restrictive employment agreements. The Act generally prohibits employers from requiring workers or job applicants to sign employment promissory notes that typically require ... Read More

The federal contractor minimum wage has gone through several changes over the past decade, creating some confusion about which rules apply to which contracts. President Obama’s Executive Order 13658 originally established a higher minimum wage for workers performing on or ... Read More

Nebraska has made changes to the state’s minimum wage provisions, training wage provisions, and youth minimum wage. Access the enacted bill here.

New York City has passed a new law directing employers who provide at least one security guard in the city to provide their security guard employees with minimum wage, paid vacation time and supplemental benefits that meet or exceed the ... Read More

The Federal Trade Commission has issued warning letters to 42 major U.S. law firms regarding concerns about potentially anticompetitive hiring practices connected to participation in the Mansfield Certification program. According to the FTC, the program, developed by Diversity Lab, requires ... Read More

New York has amended its labor law to require most employers (other than government agencies) that are federally mandated to have first aid supplies readily available in the workplace to include an opioid antagonist (e.g., Narcan) in such first aid ... Read More

The State of Ohio has introduced a new requirement for companies engaged in non‑residential construction work within its borders. With the signing of the E‑Verify Workforce Integrity Act on December 19, 2025, the governor established a mandatory framework that will ... Read More

California enacted SB 729 in 2024 with the goal of expanding access to fertility‑related medical care across the state. Signed on September 29 of that year, the legislation introduced a new coverage framework for infertility treatment and modernized the criteria ... Read More

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced that its Commissioners have voted to rescind the agency’s 2024 Enforcement Guidance on Harassment in the Workplace. The decision removes the guidance from the EEOC’s official resources, though the agency emphasized that the ... Read More

New Jersey Assembly Bill 4374 enhances enforcement under the state’s Prevailing Wage Act by establishing criminal penalties for specific employer violations. The legislation supplements Title 2C of the New Jersey Statutes and is intended to strengthen oversight on public works ... Read More

Maine has enacted new workplace electronic surveillance requirements through Legislative Document 61, with enforcement beginning ninety days after the adjournment of the current legislative session. The statutory adjournment date is April 15, 2026, which would make the requirements effective on ... Read More