New York City’s Human Rights Law will soon expand to include height and weight as protected classes under the law. Pursuant to the amended law, New York City employers, employment agencies, and labor organizations are prohibited from denying employment opportunities, refusing to hire, or ... Read More

The State of Texas became the most recent state to sign the “Creating a Respectful and Open World for Natural Hair” (CROWN) Act into law, doing so via H.B. 567. The Act aims to combat discrimination on the basis of hair ... Read More

Virginia’s new organ and bone marrow donation leave law will go into effect July 1, 2023. The law will require employers with 50 or more employees to provide eligible employees, upon request, (i) up to 60 business days of unpaid ... Read More

Sick and safe leave is coming soon to Bloomington, Minnesota. On July 1, 2023, Bloomington employers will be required to provide up to 48 hours of sick and safe leave per calendar year to full-time, part-time, and temporary employees who ... Read More

The federal Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA) will go into effect the last week of June 2023, requiring covered employers to provide reasonable accommodations to a worker’s known limitations related to pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions, unless the accommodation will cause ... Read More

Several significant changes regarding voting leave for Georgia employees will take effect on July 1, 2023. Currently, voting leave is available to Georgia employees only on election day, and may be used only by those employees whose hours of work commence at ... Read More

The Oklahoma state legislature recently introduced changes to Section 47 (“Beneficiaries in case of death”) of the state’s workers’ compensation law. Oklahoma House Bill 1738 addresses important provisions related to the compensation amounts provided to surviving spouses and children in ... Read More

Beginning June 9, 2023, Colorado employers will no longer be required to provide employees with COVID-19-related public health emergency (PHE) leave. Pursuant to the Colorado Healthy Families and Workplaces Act, employers have had to provide such leave since January 1, ... Read More

Recently, the Georgia state legislature provided enhanced support and financial security to workers and their families by passing Georgia House Bill 480, relating to workers’ compensation benefits. Amending Chapter 9 of Title 34 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, ... Read More

The Arkansas state legislature recently passed an unemployment insurance program benefits bill to regulate such benefits and prohibit certain individuals from collecting unemployment insurance. Specifically, the Act prohibits an individual who commits fraud to collect or increase the amount of ... Read More

The Maryland legislature recently passed the Fair Wage Act of 2023, which amends Section 3-413 of the Maryland Labor and Employment statute to increase the state minimum wage beginning January 1, 2024, from $13.25 to $15.00 per hour for large ... Read More

Last week, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced that COVID-19 flexibilities regarding Employment Eligibility Verification (Form I-9) will sunset on July 31, 2023, after which employers will have 30 days (i.e., ... Read More