Nevada has enacted Senate Bill 8 to revise state wage and hour laws and align them more closely with federal standards. This legislation incorporates the federal Portal-to-Portal Act’s exceptions for certain pre- and post-shift activities. The Portal-to-Portal Act defines compensable ... Read More

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) issued a one-page technical assistance document on national origin discrimination and updated its landing page to help workers and employers understand what this type of discrimination looks like and how employees can seek ... Read More

New Jersey Regulation 23913 establishes rules that explicitly prohibit dental licensees and registrants from engaging in sexual contact with patients, soliciting sexual acts in exchange for services, discussing intimate matters unrelated to patient care, and exposing patients unnecessarily. The regulation ... Read More

New Jersey has enacted Senate Bill 4506 to address wage laws for minor league baseball players. The legislation exempts these players from state wage and hour laws and recordkeeping requirements when they are covered by a collective bargaining agreement that ... Read More

Beginning December 1, 2025, hotel employers in the City of Los Angeles will be required to comply with the Hotel Worker Training Ordinance (HTO), which mandates public housekeeping training for staff. This training must be delivered by a certified third-party ... Read More

The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors has enacted a new Hotel Worker Protection Ordinance, applicable to hotel employers in unincorporated areas of the county. Effective April 1, 2026, the ordinance requires hotel employers, including contractors, to provide personal security ... Read More

The One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB) introduces new individual tax deductions effective from tax year 2025 through 2028. These include deductions for qualified tips received in certain occupations, qualified overtime compensation, interest paid on car loans for personal-use vehicles, and ... Read More

Columbus mayor Andrew Ginther has signed a new law that, starting December 3, 2025, will prohibit employers with 15 or more employees in the City of Columbus from asking about a job applicant’s salary history and will require them to ... Read More

New York has officially opened employer registration for the Secure Choice Savings Program, a state-run retirement initiative established in 2021 under New York General Business Law Article 43. The program is designed to provide Roth IRAs for private-sector employees who ... Read More

The Rochester City Council has unanimously approved Ordinance No. 2025-283. The ordinance incorporates the city’s sanctuary policy into municipal law and expands anti-discrimination protections. It applies to employers, businesses contracting with the city, and places of public accommodation. The ordinance ... Read More

California has enacted Senate Bill 261, which amends existing law to strengthen enforcement against wage theft and improve collection of unpaid wage judgments. Under SB 261, employers who fail to satisfy final judgments for unpaid wages will face additional consequences. ... Read More

The Department of Labor recently published four opinion letters designed to promote clarity, consistency, and transparency in the application of federal labor standards. The letters address emergency pay, tip pooling, family and medical leave, and Fair Labor Standards Act compliance, ... Read More