Legal Updates

As a reminder for California employers, all employers that are required to maintain injury and illness records must post Form 300A by February 1 of the year following the year covered by the records. It must remain posted at the worksite until ... Read More

February 14, 2024 was the deadline for California employers to notify current or former employees employed after January 1, 2022, whose contracts include a noncompete agreement or clause, that the agreement or clause is void. The employee notice must be ... Read More

Under Texas Senate Bill 240, now Chapter 331 of the Texas Health and Safety Code, Texas healthcare facilities are required to establish workplace violence prevention policies and plans by September 1, 2024. This requirement underscores the state’s commitment to enhancing the safety and ... Read More

Virginia law prohibits employers from entering or attempting to enforce any noncompete agreements with “low-wage employees,” defined to include employees whose average weekly earnings are less than the average weekly wage in the state. For 2024, the average weekly wage ... Read More

Washington, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser recently signed the Minimum Wage Clarification Amendment Act of 2023 into law. The Act expands the circumstances under which D.C. employers must pay employees minimum wage. The Act states that an employee may not be ... Read More

The Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination (MCAD) has published a new draft of the state’s guidelines on harassment in the workplace, aimed at updating and expanding the scope of their current guidance on addressing workplace harassment under Chapter 151B of the ... Read More

California law requires private employers of 100 or more employees and/or 100 or more workers hired through labor contractors to annually report pay, demographic, and other workforce data to the Civil Rights Department (CRD). The state has published helpful FAQs ... Read More

Effective March 1, 2024, Columbus’ salary history ban will make it an unlawful practice for an individual, firm, limited liability company, partnership, association, labor organization, corporation, or any other entity whether or not organized for profit, that employs fifteen (15) ... Read More

The District of Columbia has issued a new Paid Family Leave employee notice for 2024. Employers must provide the notice to employees by February 1, 2024, as well as post the notice in a conspicuous place in the workplace.

Maryland has issued draft regulations for its family and medical leave insurance law. As a reminder, benefits under the law begin January 1, 2026. The regulations specifically mention that they are not officially adopted or proposed regulations, but are rather ... Read More

The Biden Administration has issued a proposed rule that would prohibit federal contractors and subcontractors from seeking and considering information about job applicants’ compensation history when making employment decisions for certain positions. Under the proposed policy and the proposed regulatory ... Read More

The District of Columbia has taken a significant step forward in enhancing wage transparency and expanding employee rights with the enactment of the Wage Transparency Omnibus Amendment Act of 2023. This act amends the Wage Transparency Act of 2014, introducing ... Read More