Philadelphia has amended its Fair Practices Ordinance to expressly prohibit discrimination against employees experiencing menstruation, perimenopause, or menopause. This change expands existing protections related to reproductive health autonomy, pregnancy, childbirth, and related medical conditions. Mayor Parker signed the legislation on ... Read More

The New York City Council overrode Mayor Eric Adams’ veto and approved two new laws, Int. 982-A and Int. 984-A. These measures aim to increase wage transparency and address pay disparities based on race and gender. They require large private ... Read More

Delaware has amended its Paid Family and Medical Leave (PFML) regulations. The changes take effect on December 11, 2025, ahead of the program’s start date of January 1, 2026. Employers need to review these updates as they affect eligibility, timelines, ... Read More

Pennsylvania House Bill 439, effective January 26, 2026, amends the Pennsylvania Human Relations Act. The bill introduces protections against discrimination based on hairstyle and hair texture, and clarifies how workplace policies should be applied. Generally speaking, the Pennsylvania Human Relations ... Read More

Contractors doing business with the federal government should be aware of changes to affirmative action requirements, which were recently announced by the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs. Under Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act, employers with contracts of $20,000 ... Read More

New Jersey Senate Bill 1403 has recently been passed in an effort to strengthen compliance requirements for employers and contractors working for a public body. Under this law, when requested by the Commissioner of Labor and Workforce Development, employers or ... Read More

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