Effective July 1, 2025, St. Paul’s minimum wages for small and micro business will increase as follows: $15 per hour for small businesses (6–100 employees) $13.25 per hour for micro businesses (5 employees or fewer) The minimum wage for employers with 101 or more...

Starting July 1, 2025, all Indiana employees will be able to take unpaid job-protected leave once per calendar year for each of the following types of school meetings for their child: Attendance conferences Case conference committee meetings to develop an...

Effective July 1, 2025, the minimum hourly wage in Montgomery County will increase as follows, based on employer size: 1–10 employees: $15.50 11–50 employees: $16 51 or more employees: $17.65 11 or more employees and the employer is tax exempt under § 501(c)(3): $16...

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...

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’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 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 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...

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...

The EEO-1 data collection online filing system is now open for employers to submit 2024 EEO-1 Component 1 reports. The submission period runs from May 20, 2025, through June 24, 2025—a shorter window than in prior years. As a reminder, the EEO-1 Component 1 report is...

Starting May 8, 2025, New York City’s lactation accommodation law will require employers with four or more employees to post their lactation room accommodation policy in a conspicuous place that’s accessible to all employees. The policy must also be posted on the...

Starting June 1, 2025, employers with 10 or more employees will be subject to new pay and promotion transparency requirements. The law is written to apply broadly to employers doing business in the state or accepting applications for employment within the state. Pay...