New York Requires Pay for Lactation Breaks
Starting June 19, 2024, New York Stateās lactation break law will be updated to require employers to provide paid breaks. Specifically, employers of all sizes must provide employees with 30 minutes of paid break time and allow them to use other paid break or meal time...
Colorado Employment Law Updates
The following changes to Colorado employment law apply to employers of all sizes. APPLICANT AGE-RELATED INQUIRIES PROHIBITED Beginning July 1, 2024, employers will be prohibited from asking for an applicantās age, birth date, or school attendance or graduation dates...
Oregon Minimum Wage, OFLA, PLO, and Predictive Scheduling Changes
The following changes to Oregon employment laws are effective July 1, 2024, and apply to employers of all sizes unless otherwise noted. MINIMUM WAGE INCREASES The hourly minimum wage in Oregon will increase as follows: Portland Metro (within Portlandās Urban Growth...
California Requires Workplace Violence Prevention Plans
Starting on July 1, 2024, employers of all sizes will be required to have a written workplace violence prevention plan, maintain a violent incident log, and provide workplace violence prevention training to employees. These requirements will apply to nearly all...
Washington: Captive Audience Meetings Limited and Local Minimum Wage Updates
CAPTIVE AUDIENCE MEETINGS Beginning June 6, 2024, employers of all sizes canāt takeāor threaten to takeāadverse action against an employee to get them to attend, or for not attending, a meeting if its primary purpose is to express the employerās opinion on religious...
District of Columbia Wage Transparency and Voting Leave Laws Changes
EXPANDED WAGE TRANSPARENCY LAWS Beginning June 30, 2024, the District of Columbia will have a stronger wage transparency law, which applies to employers of all sizes. Screening and Salary Inquiries Prohibited Under the amended law, employers wonāt be allowed to screen...
Federal: DOL Increases Exempt Employee Minimum Salaries
On April 26, 2024, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) published the much-anticipated final rule that will increase the minimum salary for many exempt employees. The increase will take effect in two steps. If youād like to review the regulations yourself, they are...
Federal EEO-1 Reporting Opens April 30
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has announced that the 2023 EEO-1 Component 1 data collection will open April 30. The deadline to file the report is June 4, 2024. The EEO-1 Component 1 report is a mandatory filing for private employers with 100 or...
Federal: Pregnant Workers Fairness Act ā Final Regulations Published
The final rule for the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA), which applies to employers with 15 or more employees, has been published and takes effect June 18, 2024. With over 100 pages of preamble, regulations, and interpretive guidance, thereās obviously a lot to...
UpdateāCalifornia Fast Food Minimum Wage Exemptions
A mere seven days before the new minimum wage for employees of fast food restaurants is set to take effect in California, the legislature added new exemptions to the law. (Reminder: the law only applies to restaurants that are part of a fast food chain with more than...
Maine Veteransā Benefits and Services Poster Now Available
In June of 2023, Maine passed a law requiring that employers with more than 50 full-time equivalent employees display a yet-to-be-created poster about veteransā benefits and services. Well, the time has comeāitās been created! This poster needs to be displayed in a...
California Fast Food Worker Exempt Salary Increase
In the 11th hour, the California Department of Industrial Relations has updated its FAQs to indicate that the April 1 minimum wage increase for fast food workers will also increase the minimum salary threshold for exempt executive, administrative, and professional...