Illinois has enacted legislation (House Bill 3129), which requires employers with 15 or more employees to include in job postings the pay scale and benefits for the position. House Bill 3129 takes effect Jan. 1, 2025. The details The requirement for job postings only applies to positions ...

Maine has enacted legislation that prohibits employers from taking adverse action against employees because they refuse to attend an employer-sponsored meeting that communicates the opinion of the employer about religious or political matters. The changes take effect Oct. 25, 2023. The ...

Effective for tax years starting on or after Jan. 1, 2024, employers are not required to withhold Montana state income tax from nonresident employee wages earned for work within the state until an employee spends more than 30 days performing work for the employer in Montana.   The ...

All state salary transparency requirements and amendments are set to take effect on Sept.  17, 2023. To prepare for the upcoming requirements and help ensure compliance with Senate Bill 9427A and Assembly Bill 999, covered employers should: Review: ...

Rhode Island has enacted legislation (Senate Bill 0444A), which will make June nineteenth (Juneteenth) a state holiday. Senate Bill 0444A takes effect on Jan. 1, 2024. The details Under the law, for Juneteenth National Freedom Day: Non-exempt (hourly workers) cannot be forced to ...

Texas has enacted legislation (House Bill 2313), which requires Transportation Network Company employers to provide training on human trafficking awareness and prevention. House Bill 2313 takes effect on Sept. 1, 2023. The Details As background, a Transportation Network ...

On July 21, 2023, the New Jersey legislature enacted AB 4694 (P.L.2023, c.125) (NJ AB 4694) to adopt a “convenience of the employer” sourcing rule for nonresident employee wages, but only for states that maintain the same “convenience of the employer” rule.  New ...

Texas has enacted legislation (House Bill 915) that requires all employers to post a notice containing contact information on where to report workplace violence. House Bill 915 takes effect on Sept. 1, 2023. The Details Under the law, an employer must provide a notice to employees that ...

The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has adopted a new standard for determining whether an employer’s policy violates Section 7 of the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA). The NLRB began applying the standard immediately. The details Background Under Section 7 of the NLRA, ...

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has announced that it will begin accepting EEO-1 reports for 2022 via its portal on Oct. 31, 2023. The deadline to file the report is Dec. 5, 2023. The details The EEO-1 is an annual report through which covered employers must ...