Legal Updates

Oregon has added to its unlawful discrimination law. Effective January 1, 2024, an individual who participates in an on-the-job training program or in a registered apprenticeship program is considered to be in an employment relationship with the employer for the purposes ... Read More

The City of Baltimore has passed a bill titled “Unlawful Practices – Discrimination Based on Characteristics or Status,” which protects against discrimination based on an individual’s HIV or AIDS status or association with individuals with a particular status. The bill ... Read More

Texas has passed The Texas Regulatory Consistency Act, which reaffirms that the state has commercial regulatory authority and prohibits cities and counties from enacting any law that exceeds or conflicts with state law. Regarding the state’s labor code, the law specifically ... Read More

New Hampshire employers with six or more employees working in the state will be required to develop a policy to address the provision of sufficient space and reasonable break periods for nursing employees that need to express milk during working hours, absent ... Read More

Delaware has passed a bill providing employers more time to respond to their employees’ workers’ compensation claims. Effective October 1, 2023, the following deadlines have been extended: Click here to review Delaware’s unemployment compensation law.

The Los Angeles Freelance Worker Protections Ordinance, effective now, requires any contract between a hiring entity and a freelance worker valued at $600 or more to be in writing and include: Under the ordinance, “freelance worker” means an individual natural ... Read More

Nevada has amended its domestic violence leave law to include victims of sexual assault on the list of employees eligible for leave from work. Under the amended law, an employee who has been employed for at least 90 days and who is ... Read More

Effective now, Vermont has amended its anti-discrimination law to include the harassment of an employee as a prohibited employment practice. “Harassment” in this context means to engage in unwelcome conduct based on an employee’s race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, ... Read More

Currently, Maine’s Equal Pay Law prohibits employers from discriminating between employees in the same establishment on the basis of sex by paying wages to any employee in any occupation at a rate less than the rate at which the employer pays any ... Read More

Connecticut is limiting the ability of hospitals to require nurses to work overtime. Under the revised law, no hospital is allowed to require a nurse to work overtime, and employers are prohibited from discriminating against, discharging, disciplining, threatening to discharge or ... Read More

A new Oregon law expands eligibility for protected leave to bias crime victims. Under existing law, employees eligible for crime victim leave in Oregon include those who are a victim of domestic violence, harassment, sexual assault, or stalking, or a parent or ... Read More

North Dakota has updated its Human Rights Act via House Bill 1450 to further define the word “pregnant.” Existing law prohibits employers from failing or refusing to make reasonable accommodations for an otherwise qualified individual with a disability, because that person is pregnant, or ... Read More