Midyear Roundup: Iowa Edition 2025

The following changes to Iowa employment law apply to employers of all sizes and take effect on July 1, 2025. Additional details about these laws are available in the law alerts on the platform and will be added to the laws pages no later than the laws’ effective...

Midyear Roundup: West Virginia Edition 2025

The following changes to West Virginia employment law apply to employers of all sizes and take effect in July 2025. HIRING PREFERENCES FOR MILITARY SPOUSES Starting July 9, 2025, employers can grant hiring preferences to a military spouse without violating the state...

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...

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...

New York Increases Jury Duty Pay

Beginning June 8, 2025, the daily rate for jury duty in New York state will increase from $40 to $72. As was the case before, employers with 11 or more employees must pay employees the daily rate for each of their first three days of jury service. Employees of smaller...