Overview: Responding to the national “#MeToo” movement, Washington has enacted several new workplace laws primarily intended to protect victims of sexual harassment. The first new law bars employers from requiring employees— as a condition of ...

Overview: Effective January 1, 2019, many Washington employers will have to remit child support orders electronically.  Effective Date: January 1, 2019  Details: Governor Jay Inslee of Washington state has signed into law S6334, which will require employers to remit child ...

Overview: Beginning July 1, 2018, employers in Vermont will be prohibited from requiring a prospective employee to disclose salary and benefit history. Employers will also be prohibited from seeking an applicant’s salary history without the applicant’s authorization. Effective ...

The New York State Legislature has proposed, passed and implemented significant laws combating sexual harassment in the workplace. Provisions on the prevention of sexual harassment in New York workplaces affect state contracts, mandatory arbitration clauses, mandatory nondisclosure agreements ...

Each year, about 500 workers are killed as a result of work-related homicides and about 15,000 are subjected to work-related assaults, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Workplace violence can occur anywhere and at any time. That's why it's important to implement workplace violence ...

Overview: The South Carolina Pregnancy Accommodations Act requires employers with at least 15 employees to provide reasonable accommodations to employees for medical needs arising from pregnancy, childbirth, or other related medical conditions (including lactation), unless the accommodation ...

Below is a summary of compliance requirements that took effect recently or will take effect over the next few months. For more information on these topics, please see this month’s edition of the ADP Comprehensive Services Newsletter or the Comprehensive Services Newsletter Archive located ...

Overview: Earlier this year, Austin City Council passed an ordinance requiring employers to provide paid sick and safe leave (“PSSL”), making Austin the first city in the South to enact this type of law. Effective Date: The new law will take effect for employers with six or ...

Overview: California law now affords strengthened protections to applicants and employees on the basis of their national origin. Effective Date: July 1, 2018 Details: Background: On May 17, 2018, California’s Fair Employment and Housing Commission (“FEHC”) ...

Overview: Connecticut has passed a law that will prohibit employers from asking applicants about their pay history. Effective Date: January 1, 2019. Details:  Connecticut has enacted legislation (House Bill 5386) that will prohibit employers from asking applicants about their pay ...