May 2025

State Updates

 

District of Columbia is implementing Paid Family Leave

05/02/19

The District of Columbia is implementing Paid Family Leave.  Among the requirements, the District will collect taxes from all private sector employers located in the District to fund the Paid Family Leave benefit.  This requires employers to begin recording workers’ wages on April 1, 2019. 
Monday, April 29, 2019/Author: Brent Cranfield/Number of views (5990)/Comments (0)/
Categories: Compliance Corner State Compliance UpdateWashington, D.C.
Tags: 05/02/19

Baltimore Enacts New Lactation Break, Room, and Policy Requirements

05/02/19

Baltimore has enacted new lactation accommodation requirements, including a requirement for covered employers to adopt a lactation room policy.
Monday, April 29, 2019/Author: Brent Cranfield/Number of views (5339)/Comments (0)/
Categories: Compliance Corner State Compliance UpdateMaryland
Tags: 05/02/19

Maine Enacts Salary History Ban

05/02/19

Maine has passed a new law prohibiting employers from inquiring about an applicant’s compensation history until after making an offer of employment.
Thursday, April 25, 2019/Author: ADP Admin/Number of views (6320)/Comments (0)/
Categories: Compliance Corner State Compliance UpdateMaine
Tags: 05/02/19

Kentucky Adopts Pregnant Workers Act

05/02/19

Kentucky employers must provide reasonable accommodations to employees who are limited due to pregnancy, childbirth, and related medical conditions, unless it would impose an undue hardship on the employer to do so.
Thursday, April 25, 2019/Author: ADP Admin/Number of views (6830)/Comments (0)/
Categories: Compliance Corner State Compliance UpdateKentucky
Tags: 05/02/19

California Agricultural Employees Overtime Pay Schedule

05/02/19

The California Labor Commissioner’s Office has issued guidance on the new pay schedule for agricultural workers under the Phase-In Overtime for Agricultural Workers Act of 2016 that took effect January 1, 2019.
Thursday, April 25, 2019/Author: ADP Admin/Number of views (4983)/Comments (0)/
Categories: Compliance Corner State Compliance UpdateCalifornia
Tags: 05/02/19

Virginia Amends Minimum Wage Law

04/04/19

On March 8, 2019, the Governor of Virginia signed into law House Bill 2473 which revised the types of jobs that are included and excluded from the protections of the Virginia state minimum wage law. 
Monday, April 1, 2019/Author: ADP Admin/Number of views (7411)/Comments (0)/
Categories: Compliance Corner State Compliance UpdateVirginia
Tags: 04/04/19

Portland, Oregon Bars Discrimination Against Atheists, Agnostics

04/04/19

An amendment to the civil rights code of Portland, Oregon, extends protections against discrimination in employment, housing, and public accommodations to atheists, agnostics, and other “non-believers.” Religious facilities are expressly exempt.
Monday, April 1, 2019/Author: ADP Admin/Number of views (7637)/Comments (0)/
Categories: Compliance Corner State Compliance UpdateOregon
Tags: 04/04/19

Pittsburgh Now Requires Pregnancy Accommodations for Employees and Partners

04/04/19

In major news for employers in Pittsburgh, the City Council just unanimously passed a new ordinance greatly expanding protections for pregnant employees and imposing several new requirements on private employers, much like those under the federal Pregnancy Discrimination Act, Americans with Disabilities Act, and related EEOC guidance.
Monday, April 1, 2019/Author: ADP Admin/Number of views (7418)/Comments (0)/
Categories: Compliance Corner State Compliance UpdatePennsylvania
Tags: 04/04/19

Oklahoma Employers’ Rights and Obligations in Prohibiting Firearms Clarified

04/04/19

Oklahoma has amended its concealed carry firearm law clarifying employers’ rights and obligations with respect to prohibiting firearms on business premises.
Monday, April 1, 2019/Author: ADP Admin/Number of views (8558)/Comments (0)/
Categories: Compliance Corner State Compliance UpdateOklahoma
Tags: 04/04/19

New York’s Westchester County Implements the Ban-the-Box Law Limiting Criminal Background Inquiries

04/04/19

Private employers in New York’s Westchester County are restricted from inquiring about a job applicant’s criminal background during the preliminary stages of the application process. 
Monday, April 1, 2019/Author: ADP Admin/Number of views (8797)/Comments (0)/
Categories: Compliance Corner State Compliance UpdateNew York
Tags: 04/04/19
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