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Colorado has enacted legislation to repeal and effectively replace a law intended to establish guardrails against discrimination arising from the use of artificial intelligence. 

 

The Colorado Supreme Court has ruled that Colorado law recognizes a narrow public-policy exception to the at-will employment doctrine when an employee is terminated for lawfully exercising self-defense in response to an unprovoked workplace attack.

Alaska employers are allowed to use payroll cards to pay employee wages.

Virginia has enacted legislation (House Bill 5), which significantly expands the state's existing paid sick leave law, which has covered only certain home health workers since 2021. The new law takes effect beginning July 1, 2027.

Alaska employers are allowed to use payroll cards to pay employee wages.

The Colorado Supreme Court has ruled that Colorado law recognizes a narrow public-policy exception to the at-will employment doctrine when an employee is terminated for lawfully exercising self-defense in response to an unprovoked workplace attack.

Connecticut has enacted legislation that adds rules for employers that use automated employment-related decision technology, amends the state’s nondiscrimination law, and establishes certain disclosure requirements for federal mass-layoff notices. 

Alaska employers are allowed to use payroll cards to pay employee wages.

Connecticut has enacted legislation that adds rules for employers that use automated employment-related decision technology, amends the state’s nondiscrimination law, and establishes certain disclosure requirements for federal mass-layoff notices.