Oregon has amended its anti-employment discrimination statute to make it illegal for an employer, prior to completing an initial interview (or if there is no initial interview, prior to making a conditional offer of employment) to request or require disclosure of the ... Read More
Maryland has passed an earned wage access law, allowing employees to access their earned wages before their scheduled payday. You can access a letter written by Governor Wes Moore explaining his decision to allow the law to go into effect. The law covers ... Read More
A new Colorado law updates several rules regarding the enforcement of wage and hour laws in the state: This law is effective on the 91st day after final adjournment of the general assembly (likely August 6, 2025).
Iowa has passed a new bill relating to the treatment of adoptive parent employees. Employer must now treat an employee who chooses to adopt a child up to six years of age in the same manner as an employee who is the ... Read More
Washington state has updated several aspects of its pay transparency law: The updates go into effect on July 27, 2025.
A federal district court judge for the Western District of Louisiana has struck down part of a final rule implementing the Pregnant Workers’ Fairness Act (PWFA). The PWFA requires a covered employer to provide a reasonable accommodation to a qualified ... Read More
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
