New Hampshire Adds Lactation Protections

Starting July 1, 2025, employers with six or more employees in New Hampshire will be required to provide employees with certain lactation accommodations unless doing so would be an undue hardship (i.e., a significant difficulty or expense). We’ve included the...

Wyoming Bans Many Noncompete Agreements

Beginning July 1, 2025, Wyoming will prohibit new noncompete agreements. Agreements entered into before that date won’t be affected. While the ban will apply broadly, exceptions will be allowed for noncompete agreements that are any of the following: Contained in a...

New York Requires Retail Workplace Violence Prevention Measures

New York’s Retail Worker Safety Act recently took effect and requires employers with 10 or more retail employees (defined as those who work in retail stores) to adopt a written workplace violence prevention policy and provide employee training. Employers with 500 or...

Minnesota Amends Cannabis Protections

Minnesota has broad protections for cannabis in general (namely, you can’t fire someone solely for having a positive drug test for THC) and has added a few details to its law. The changes took effect on May 24, 2025, a day after the governor signed the law. Adverse...

Montana Expands Protections for Elected Officials

Montana employers now can’t prohibit or restrict an employee from seeking public office or discriminate against them for doing so. Additionally, employees can’t be required to use employer-provided benefits (e.g., PTO) or perform any work while they’re on leave as an...