Nevada has enacted legislation (Senate Bill 305), which will require covered employers to enroll eligible employees in a retirement program that may include the Nevada Employee Savings Trust (NEST). Employee contributions would begin by July 1, 2025. The details The State of Nevada will ...

Minnesota has enacted legislation that clarifies the anti-retaliation provision of a state law that generally prohibits employers from preventing employees from disclosing their own pay information. The changes took effect July 1, 2023. The details ...

Illinois has enacted legislation that amends the state’s rules for providing certain notices to remote workers and amends the requirements for providing access to employees’ personnel records. The changes made by the legislation (House Bill 3733) take effect Jan.  1, ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

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: ...