Starting September 30, 2025, Florida’s minimum wage will increase to $14 per hour. The minimum base wage for tipped employees will increase to $10.98 per hour.

Alaska adopted paid sick leave (PSL) regulations that go into effect September 25, 2025. They apply to employers of all sizes in Alaska. The regulations largely clarify, verify, and expand on the state’s existing FAQs. Below are highlights: Employers that don’t...

As of September 26, 2025, Oregon will update Paid Leave Oregon (PLO) and its sick leave law. Highlights are below. PLO Before an employee returns from PLO medical leave, employers will be allowed to require a certification from the employee’s healthcare provider that...

Beginning September 24, 2025, the following employment laws take effect. REPORTING TIME PAY Employers with 10 or more employees will need to pay nonexempt employees for reporting to work when the employer cancels or reduces the hours they were scheduled to work. In...

Beginning September 26, 2025, Oregon employers of all sizes won’t be able to ask or require applicants to provide their age, date of birth, or school attendance or graduation dates prior to completing an initial job interview. If there’s no interview, the employer...

Illinois employers with 51 or more employees are now required to provide paid leave to employees who participate in a military funeral honors detail. Employees can take up to eight hours per month—but not more than 40 hours per calendar year—to participate in these...

Starting October 1, 2025, Nebraska will have a new paid sick time (PST) law. It applies to employers with 11 or more employees who work 80 or more hours in the state in a calendar year. Below are some of the law’s key provisions. Accrual, Carryover, and Frontloading...

Delaware recently updated its antidiscrimination law to include military status as a protected characteristic. The law applies to employers with four or more employees in the state. While employers of all sizes are already prohibited from discriminating on the basis...

Missouri’s earned paid sick time (EPST) law—approved by voters last November and effective since May 1—has officially called in sick. The governor recently signed off on a bill to repeal the law, effective August 28, 2025. Employees will continue to earn paid sick...

After July 31, 2025, New York employers no longer need to provide COVID-19 sick leave and can do away with any applicable policies.

On July 4, President Trump signed the budget reconciliation bill (aka One Big Beautiful Bill Act) into law, indefinitely extending two key pre-pandemic benefits, described below. High Deductible Health Plans and Telehealth For high deductible health plans (HDHPs) that...

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...