With the passage of the Healthy Starts Act, Washington has expanded the rights of pregnant employees to receive reasonable accommodations in the workplace. 

All employers in Minneapolis, Minnesota, must pay their employees at least $15.00 an hour by July 1, 2024.

In an effort to reduce pay gaps between genders, Delaware has enacted a pay history inquiry ban that prohibits employers from screening job applicants based on their salary history and asking a current or former employer about an applicant’s compensation history.

The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court in Barbuto v. Advantage Sales & Marketing, LLC has ruled that handicapped employees, who have been prescribed medical marijuana, may be entitled to a reasonable accommodation and employers, at the very least, have an obligation to engage such employees in an interactive process to assist in making this determination. 

As we previously reported, the Nevada Pregnant Workers’ Fairness Act makes it an unlawful employment practice for an employer to refuse to provide a reasonable accommodation to a female employee or applicant for a condition relating to pregnancy, childbirth or a related medical condition The Act also includes certain notice requirements.