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New Jersey Employers Required to Provide Reasonable Accommodations for Breastfeeding

02/01/18

New Jersey expanded its civil rights protections to include breastfeeding, expressing milk, and related medical conditions. Employers must also provide reasonable accommodations for breastfeeding women, including reasonable break time and a suitable location to express milk in private.
Tuesday, January 30, 2018/Author: Andaika Jean-Noel/Number of views (7172)/Comments (0)/
Categories: State Compliance UpdateNew Jersey
Tags: Compliance CornerCompliance updateState Compliance Update02/01/18

Legislature Overrides Veto: Maryland Paid Sick Leave Takes Effect February 11

02/01/18

On January 12, 2018, the Maryland legislature overrode Governor Larry Hogan’s veto of the Healthy Working Families Act, which requires Maryland businesses to provide covered employees with paid sick and safe leave (PSSL). Maryland’s paid sick leave law takes effect on February 11, 2018.
Tuesday, January 30, 2018/Author: Andaika Jean-Noel/Number of views (7175)/Comments (0)/
Categories: Maryland
Tags: Compliance CornerCompliance updateState Compliance Update02/01/18

Wave of Class Action Lawsuits Filed under Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act

02/01/18

Employers using timeclocks that use employee finger or hand scanning technology to clock in and out may have heard about a recent surge of class action litigation asserting that such technologies are covered by the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (“BIPA” or the “Act”). Many lawsuits have been filed against employers operating in Illinois. 
Tuesday, January 30, 2018/Author: Andaika Jean-Noel/Number of views (7915)/Comments (0)/
Categories: Illinois
Tags: Compliance CornerCompliance updateState Compliance Update02/01/18

Chicago Adopts Hands Off Pants On Law to Protect Hotel Workers from Sexual Harassment, Assault

01/18/18

To provide hospitality workers greater protections against sexual harassment and assault, the Chicago City Council has passed the “Hands Off Pants On” Ordinance. The Ordinance requires all hotels in the city to adopt a panic button system and an anti-sexual harassment policy.
Tuesday, January 16, 2018/Author: Andaika Jean-Noel/Number of views (5994)/Comments (0)/
Categories: Illinois
Tags: Compliance CornerCompliance updateState Compliance Update01/18/18

Obesity Discrimination Claims Allowed to Proceed Under California Law

01/18/18

California again takes the road less traveled in the employment world. In a case that serves as a reminder of the nation’s evolving understanding of disability, a California Appellate court published an extensive decision defining obesity as a disability and issuing further guidance.
Tuesday, January 16, 2018/Author: Andaika Jean-Noel/Number of views (5446)/Comments (0)/
Categories: California
Tags: Compliance CornerCompliance update01/18/18

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