May 2025

State Updates

 

Vermont Creates State-Sponsored Retirement Savings Program

05/01/25

Vermont has enacted legislation (S.135), which creates a state-sponsored retirement savings program. Covered employers that do not offer a retirement plan to employees must register or certify their exemption to the Vermont Saves program in a phased implementation beginning July 1, 2025 through July 1, 2026.

Monday, April 28, 2025/Author: ADP Admin/Number of views (348)/Comments (0)/

Wisconsin Supreme Court Clarifies Arrest Record Discrimination

05/01/25

The Wisconsin Supreme Court has clarified that employment nondiscrimination protections under the Wisconsin Fair Employment Act apply to arrest records connected to criminal and non-criminal matters. The Court also clarified that arrest record discrimination can occur when the arrest record is a motivating factor in an employer’s decision to take an adverse employment action. The ruling took effect on April 10, 2025.
Monday, April 28, 2025/Author: ADP Admin/Number of views (294)/Comments (0)/

New Jersey Supreme Court Rules Commissions Count as Wages Under State Law

05/01/25

The New Jersey Supreme Court has ruled that workers’ commissions are counted as wages under the New Jersey Wage Payment Law. The ruling was issued on March 17, 2025.

Monday, April 28, 2025/Author: ADP Admin/Number of views (384)/Comments (0)/

Nebraska Voters Approve Paid Sick Leave

05/01/25

Nebraska voters have approved a ballot initiative (Initiative Measure 436), which creates the Nebraska Healthy Families and Workplaces Act (the Act) and will provide paid sick time to employees. Employers must begin providing paid sick leave on Oct. 1, 2025.

Monday, April 28, 2025/Author: ADP Admin/Number of views (350)/Comments (0)/

Alaska Voters Approve Paid Sick Leave Requirement

05/01/25

Voters in Alaska have approved a ballot measure (Ballot Measure 1) that will require employers to provide paid sick leave to employees. The requirement takes effect July 1, 2025.

Monday, April 28, 2025/Author: ADP Admin/Number of views (341)/Comments (0)/

Missouri Voters Approve Paid Sick Leave

04/03/25

Missouri voters have approved a ballot initiative, Proposition A, which requires all employers to provide paid sick leave to employees. Proposition A will take effect on May 1, 2025.

Tuesday, April 1, 2025/Author: ADP Admin/Number of views (1087)/Comments (0)/

Illinois - Deadline for Renewal of Some Illinois Equal Pay Certificates Approaches, Portal Now Open

04/03/25

Employers with 100 or more employees located in Illinois must renew their Equal Pay Registration Certificate (EPRC) every two years. For employers that obtained their initial EPRC in 2023, this means the deadline for renewing their certification falls in 2025.

Employers who have already obtained their initial EPRC should receive an automated reminder from the Illinois Department of Labor (IDOL) prior to the deadline for renewing their EPRC.
Monday, March 31, 2025/Author: ADP Admin/Number of views (1005)/Comments (0)/

California pay data reports due May 14

04/03/25

 We want to inform you that the California Civil Rights Division (CRD) has released new and updated resources for the 2024 pay data reporting period for employers with 100 or more employees. Employers must use the CRD’s online pay data reporting portal to submit their annual reports. The portal is open and the deadline to submit the reporting for 2024 is May 14, 2025open and the deadline to submit the reporting for 2024 is May 14, 2025.
Monday, March 31, 2025/Author: ADP Admin/Number of views (717)/Comments (0)/

Oregon Adds Quota Protections for Warehouse Workers

03/06/25

Oregon has enacted legislation (House Bill 4127), which adds notice and recordkeeping requirements surrounding production quotas for warehouse workers. House Bill 4127 took effect on Jan. 1, 2025.
Wednesday, March 5, 2025/Author: ADP Admin/Number of views (1396)/Comments (0)/

New York - Updated: New York Takes Action to Prevent Violence in Retail

03/06/25

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.

Wednesday, March 5, 2025/Author: ADP Admin/Number of views (1544)/Comments (0)/
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Recent State Updates

Iowa Permits Employers to Provide Employee Wage Statements by Electronic Means

04/19/18

Author: ADP Admin/Wednesday, April 18, 2018/Categories: State Compliance Update, Iowa

Previously, employers were required to mail wage statements, provide them at the place of employment, or provide employees with the means to view and print an electronic wage statement at the workplace. Per House Bill 2240, employers are now allowed to provide wage statements to employees via secure electronic transmission or other secure electronic means.

If the employee is unable to receive his or her wage statement electronically, the employee must notify the employer in writing at least one pay period in advance, and the employer must:
  • Send the statement to the employee by mail;
  • Provide the statement to the employee at the employee’s normal place of business during normal employment hours; or
  • Provide the employee access to view the employee earnings statement electronically and provide the employee free and unrestricted access to a printer to print the statement.
Coverage: Employers with employees in Iowa.

Effective: July 1, 2018

Action Required: Please contact your Human Resources Business Partner or your Payroll Service Representative if you have any questions.

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