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Illinois to Require Pay Scale in Job Ads

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 ...

Illinois Expands Bereavement Leave Requirements

Illinois has enacted legislation that expands requirements for certain employers to provide bereavement leave to employees. The legislation (Senate Bill 2034) takes effect Jan. 1, 2024. The details Under the new law, an employee of an employer with 250 or more full-time employees in ...

Texas Adds Labor Law Protections

Texas has enacted legislation (House Bill 2459) to further protect certain employees from labor law violations. House Bill 2459 takes effect on Sept. 1, 2023. The Details As background, Texas labor laws cover and provide certain employment protections to employees, ...

Rhode Island Prohibits Provisions that Conceal Civil Rights Claims

Rhode Island has enacted legislation (Senate Bill 0342aa), which prohibits employers from requiring that an employee enter into a nondisclosure or confidentiality agreement that requires alleged civil rights violations to remain confidential. Senate Bill 0342aa is effective immediately. The ...

Rhode Island Clarifies and Increases Penalties for Wage Theft and Independent Contractor Misclassification

Rhode Island has enacted legislation (Senate Bill 1079a), which clarifies and increases certain penalties for employers that are found to have violated certain payment laws or misclassified independent contractors. Senate Bill 1079a takes effect on Jan. 1, 2024. The details As background, ...

New Hampshire Clarifies Tip Sharing and Pooling

New Hampshire has enacted legislation (Senate Bill 269), which clarifies the circumstances in which an employer may administer a tip pool or tip-sharing agreement. Senate Bill 269 takes effect on Sept.  26, 2023. The details As background, under New Hampshire law, a "tip" means ...

Maine Expands Equal Pay Law

Maine has enacted legislation that amends the state’s equal pay law to address race-based discrimination in pay. Previously, the state’s equal pay law addressed sex-based discrimination only. The changes take effect Oct. 25, 2023. The details Under the new law, employers are ...

Maine Amends Tip Pooling Rules

Maine has enacted legislation that will allow employees who don’t customarily and regularly receive tips to participate in tip pooling, provided the employer pays the full minimum wage and doesn’t use the tip credit. The change will take effect Oct. 25, 2023. The ...

Illinois Requires Certain Employers to Offer Organ Donation Leave

Illinois has enacted legislation that will require employers with 51 or more employees to provide paid organ donation leave to employees. The law (House Bill 3516) takes effect Jan. 1, 2024. The details To be eligible for paid organ donation leave, the employee must: Be employed ...

Colorado – City of Edgewater Adopts Minimum Wage

The Edgewater, Colorado City Council has adopted Ordinance 2023-07, which establishes a local minimum wage. The new ordinance applies to employers with one or more "covered" employees, which are individuals performing, or expected to perform, four or more hours of work for an employer in any ...

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