The state of Connecticut has passed a new law that will require employers to provide reasonable accommodations for an employee or job applicant related to pregnancy, childbirth, or a related condition. Reasonable accommodations for pregnant employees can include: sitting while working, frequent or longer breaks, periodic rest, assistance with manual labor, job restructuring, light duty Read more
The New Hampshire Department of Labor has released the updated Protective Legislation Law posting. Our readers may recall that Governor Chris Sununu signed House Bill 194 on May 12, 2017, amending the New Hampshire Revised Statutes Annotated (RSA). Under the new law, employers are allowed to pay employees biweekly without having to get a special Read more
Just when we thought it was over, Missouri’s Legislature makes a surprise. Starting August 28, 2017, the minimum wage rate in the City of St. Louis will drop from $10.00 per hour to $7.70 per hour. A house bill (1194) preempting local minimum wages in the state has been passed. Political subdivisions are prohibited from requiring Read more
Pennsylvania’s Supreme Court has recently ruled that former employees are not entitled to review their personnel files. In the Inspection of Employment Records Law (Act of 1978, No. 286), an employee is authorized to inspect certain information from his or her own personnel files maintained by the employer. The question is whether a recently terminated Read more
New Hampshire employers will soon be permitted to pay wages to employees biweekly. Currently, employers must pay workers each week. Payday must be no later than seven days after the end of the week when employees earned the wages. On May 12, 2017, Governor Chris Sununu signed House Bill 194 amending the Revised Statutes Annotated Read more
On June 14, 2017, Delaware Governor John Carney signed House Bill 1 prohibiting employers from requesting the salary history of job applicants. The purpose of this legislation is to help close the pay gap between men and women by stopping employers from using a salary history as a legitimate basis to pay a man more Read more
Missouri state employees can finally heave a sigh of relief when it comes to taking time off to bond with their children. On March 13, 2017, Governor Eric R. Greitens signed Executive Order 17-09 that entitles every parent working for the state to receive parental leave following the birth or adoption of a child. The Read more
The City of Philadelphia has agreed to honor the decision to delay the Wage Equity Ordinance that was scheduled to go into effect May 23rd until the lawsuit for a preliminary injunction brought by the Chamber of Commerce for Greater Philadelphia is resolved. Our readers may recall that on January 23, 2017, Philadelphia Mayor Jim Read more
On May 17, 2017, the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court ruled that the City of Pittsburgh was without authority to enact the Paid Sick Days Act. Background The Paid Sick Days Act, enacted on August 3, 2015, was set to require employers to provide paid or unpaid sick time to their employees working within the geographical boundaries Read more
On May 24, 2017, the New York Workers’ Compensation Board released new proposed regulations for the New York Paid Family Leave Law. Our readers may recall that last year Governor Andrew Cuomo signed the 2016-2017 state budget, adopting a paid family leave policy that is scheduled to go into effect January 1, 2018. The program Read more
