Overview: As the 2017-2018 legislative session came to a close, Vermont lawmakers enacted new laws that address gender-free restrooms, crime victim protections and anti-sexual harassment measures. All three laws go into effect on July 1, 2018. Specifically, Vermont enacted a law requiring ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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: 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: Tennessee law now allows an individual, corporation, business entity, or government entity to permit the concealed carry of handguns by permit holders, while still prohibiting other weapons or the open carry of firearms at the workplace. Effective Date: April 24, 2018. Any signs ...

Overview: Rhode Island has signed into law House Bill 5413 (Healthy and Safe Families and Workplaces Act), requiring employers in the state with more than 18 employees to provide eligible employees with three days of paid sick and safe leave effective July 1, 2018. Covered ...

Overview: In response to federal tax changes imposed under the Tax Cut and Jobs Act (TCJA), the state of Oklahoma has created the Employee’s Withholding Allowance Certificate, also known as the OK-W-4.    Effective Date: March 1, 2018.  Details: Historically, Oklahoma ...