Legal Updates

Changes were recently made to a Washington state regulation regarding coverage and reimbursement for employee mental health services. The amendment expands the types of qualified providers for mental health services, with a focus on incorporating master’s level therapists (MLTs) to address a ... Read More

The White House has issued an executive order focused on ensuring the safe, secure, and trustworthy development and utilization of artificial intelligence (AI). Generally speaking, the executive order speaks to workers’ rights in connection with artificial intelligence and emphasizes the ... Read More

The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) have executed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to strengthen collaboration between the two agencies with a mission to better protect workers and reduce compliance burdens for employers.  The ... Read More

The Employment Security Department of the state of Washington has made an amendment to their emergency rule concerning repayment requirements for pandemic unemployment overpayments.  In particular, the amendment includes two new rules regarding waiver eligibility.  The first clarifies that employees are not ... Read More

The City of Chicago has passed a new ordinance requiring employers to provide employees 10 days of paid time off per year — five sick days and five vacation days. The ordinance also requires companies with 100 or more workers ... Read More

The state of Texas has recently passed Senate Bill 7, which prohibits private employers from requiring an employee, contractor, or applicant to get the COVID-19 vaccine as a condition of employment or a contract position. Employers cannot take an “adverse action” ... Read More

An emergency amendment to the District of Columbia’s Workers’ Compensation Recovery Act has been passed and will only remain in effect temporarily.  The amendment, known as the Parity in Workers’ Compensation Recovery Emergency Amendment Act of 2023, stipulates that receiving workers’ compensation ... Read More

For the tax year beginning on or after January 1, 2024, overtime pay received by a full-time hourly wage paid employee for hours worked above 40 in any given week are excluded from gross income and therefore exempt from Alabama ... Read More

As a reminder, the deadline for submitting and certifying 2022 EEO-1 Component 1 reports is Tuesday, December 5, 2023. To meet this deadline, the EEOC strongly encourages eligible filers to begin the filing process as soon as possible. Filers should ... Read More

The state of Ohio has adopted an unemployment compensation regulation that outlines how two states coordinate when a person who has worked in both states files for unemployment benefits. First, the state where the claim is filed (“agent state”) is ... Read More

The Internal Revenue Service has announced that the amount individuals can contribute to their 401(k) plans in 2024 has increased to $23,000, up from $22,500 for 2023. Additionally, the limit on annual contributions to an IRA increased to $7,000, up ... Read More

Illinois Governor J. B. Pritzker has passed two amendments to the state’s Labor Dispute Act (ILDA), which allows lawful picketing on the “public right-of-way,” such as sidewalks, portions of the street, or the area between the street and adjacent property ... Read More