New York enacted legislation (Assembly Bill A8947C), which added workplace violence prevention requirements for employers. New York has also enacted legislation (Senate Bill S740), to help clarify these requirements. The laws’ workplace violence prevention policy and training requirements take effect on June 2, 2025 and the silence response button (SRB) requirements take effect on Jan. 1, 2027.
Michigan has enacted a law that requires employers to display a notice about resources available to veterans. The new poster requirement takes effect April 2, 2025.
Nevada enacted legislation (Assembly Bill 259), which phases out the ability for employers to pay a subminimum wage to employees with disabilities in the state. The goal of the law is to eliminate the use of the subminimum wage in Nevada by Jan. 1, 2028.
On Jan. 8, 2025, the Governor of Ohio signed into law HB 106 which requires that every employer provide each of its employees with a written or electronic statement or access to a statement of the employee's earnings and deductions for each pay period on the employer's regular paydays.
Current Ohio law does not require that employers provide a pay statement to its employees.
The New Jersey Attorney General’s Office and the Division of Civil Rights have released guidance clarifying how the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination (NJLAD) protects against algorithmic discrimination resulting from the use of technologies, such as artificial intelligence (AI), by employers.
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Colorado’s state-run retirement program, called Colorado SecureSavings, is set to launch in early 2023. Employers with five or more employees must either facilitate the program or offer a qualifying retirement plan to employees.
California has enacted legislation (Senate Bill 523) that will prohibit employers with five or more employees from discriminating against applicants and employees because of their reproductive health decision making. This change takes effect Jan. 1, 2023.
On Nov. 8, 2022, voters in Nevada voted to amend the State Constitution provisions regarding the minimum wage.
On Nov. 8, 2022, Inglewood, California voters approved a ballot measure that increases the minimum wage for healthcare workers.