New Mexico has enacted legislation (House Bill 20), also known as the Healthy Workplaces Act ("the Act"), that requires employers to provide paid sick and safe leave to employees. The Act takes effect on July 1, 2022.

Illinois has enacted legislation (Senate Bill 3120) expanding the requirement that employers with 50 or more employees provide bereavement leave. Senate Bill 3120 takes effect January 1, 2023.

Chicago has established an ordinance that will require employers to have a written policy on sexual harassment, provide harassment training annually, and display a poster in the workplace beginning July 1, 2022.

Florida has enacted legislation (Senate Bill 7) that prohibits employers with 15 or more employees from subjecting an individual to training that endorses certain concepts about discrimination. Senate Bill 7 takes effect July 1, 2022.

Connecticut has enacted legislation (Senate Bill 163) that prohibits employers from disciplining employees for refusing to attend an employer-sponsored meeting concerning religious or political matters. Senate Bill 163 takes effect July 1, 2022. Notably, the law’s definition of political matters includes organized labor.

This notice is to inform you about the changes regarding employee’s marital status information. Under the Utah law, an employee is required to use the same marital status for both federal and state income tax withholding elections.

This notice is to inform you that under the North Dakota (ND) law, all withholding elections must be consistent for both federal and state income tax withholding. 

Washington has enacted legislation (Senate Bill 5649), which, among other things, adds bereavement leave for child loss and clarifies conditions for postnatal leave. Senate Bill 5649 takes effect on June 9, 2022.