Beginning July 27, 2025, employers of all sizes are prohibited from requiring a driver’s license as a condition of employment or stating that applicants must have a driver’s license in a job posting. There’s an exception if driving is an essential function of the job...
Last year, California expanded its victim protection leave law and added a new notice requirement for employers of all sizes. Although the notice requirement took effect July 1, 2025, employers weren’t required to comply until the California Civil Rights Department...
The laws below were passed in the last week and took immediate effect. They apply to employers with four or more employees unless otherwise noted. GROUNDBREAKING PROTECTIONS FOR MENOPAUSE In a big move from the littlest state, Rhode Island now requires employers to...
Illinois recently expanded its Equal Pay Registration Certification requirements to apply to all private employers that have 100 or more employees in the state. Previously, employers only had to file if they had 100 or more employees in the state and also had to file...
At the last minute, the District of Columbia’s tipped minimum wage increase that was scheduled to take effect on July 1 was delayed until at least October 1, 2025. As a result, the tipped minimum wage remains at $10 per hour. The bill that made this change took...
Beginning July 2, 2025, New York City’s (NYC) Earned Safe and Sick Time Act (ESSTA) rules will be amended to address the state’s paid prenatal leave (PPL) law, both of which apply to employers of all sizes. Below are some of the key updates to the ESSTA rules that NYC...
