Effective June 19, 2024, New York employers will be required to provide up to 30 minutes of paid lactation breaks to employees each time an employee has a reasonable need to express breast milk at work.
A Chicago agency recently posted updates to its website regarding minimum wage obligations, paid leave and paid sick and safe leave, new fair work week thresholds, and updated required labor notices.
In recent years, Minnesota has enacted sweeping legislation impacting Minnesota employers at a break-neck pace. As the most recent legislative session came to a close, another set of new and supplemental laws was passed and quickly signed by Gov. Walz.
The 2024 session of the Virginia General Assembly has come to a close, and as with its 2023 session, which saw relatively little action with regard to employment legislation, there were relatively few employment-related bills enacted in 2024.
The Utah legislature wrapped up its seven-week legislative session on March 1, 2024. Among other measures, the legislature passed two laws now in effect related to religious expression in the workplace for both public and private employers.
A new law will significantly expand Connecticut’s existing paid sick leave law by requiring that virtually all private employers in the state provide employees with paid sick leave no later than January 1, 2027.
Colorado Senate Bill 24-205, landmark legislation that expressly creates statutory tort liability for AI algorithmic discrimination in the employment context, has passed both houses of the Colorado General Assembly, and is expected to be signed into law.
On May 8, 2024, the Oregon Bureau of Labor and Industries issued temporary and proposed rules to help employers navigate paid leave changes in the state.
