The medical marijuana program established by New York’s Compassionate Care Act has been implemented.

The Virginia state poster has been updated in regards to accident reporting. All injuries or illnesses that result in an in-patient hospitalization, amputation or loss of an eye must be reported to Virginia Occupational Safety and Health Program (VOSH) within 24 hours. This Virginia law has been effective as of July 1, 2016.

The Minnesota state poster has been updated to reflect a change in the state minimum wage.

There are several updates to our model handbook.

The Georgia state poster has been updated to reflect changes in the Workers' Compensation Bill of Rights.

Voters in the city of San Diego supported a ballot measure that imposes a citywide minimum wage and also requires employers to provide paid sick leave.  The ordinance is now in effect while an implementing ordinance (“IO”) amending the sick leave requirements remains pending. While the IO requires a second read before it is effective, the City Council has set July 11, 2016 as the effective date for employers to comply with the ordinance’s original requirements. This communication summarizes the current ordinance and highlights changes and clarification provided by the IO.

Our sick leave toolkit which includes Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) and model sick leave policies for jurisdictions with sick leave laws has been updated. The updates reflect new sample policies for Los Angeles, CA and San Diego, CA.

San Francisco, California requires that employers must post the Minimum Wage Poster at each workplace or jobsite as of July 1, 2016.

California has amended Section 6404.5 of its Labor Code to expand its prohibition on the smoking of tobacco products in a place of employment.  In addition to bringing owner-operated businesses into the gambit of environments in which smoking is prohibited, the law eliminates most of the exemptions that permitted smoking in certain work environments, such as hotel lobbies, bars and taverns, banquet rooms, warehouse facilities, and employee break rooms.

Utah Governor Gary Herbert signed legislation (Senate Bill 59) that requires employers with 15 or more employees to provide reasonable accommodations for pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, and pregnancy-related conditions.