Legislation

Now effective, Montana law (H 343) prohibits employers from requesting employees and prospective employees’ personal social media passwords. As defined in the law, personal social media means password-protected electronic service or account containing content, including but not limited to email, videos, photographs, blogs, video blogs, podcasts, instant and text messages, internet website profiles or locations, Read more

A bill was recently passed in the city of New York that may prohibit discrimination based on consumer credit history. The term consumer credit history is defined in the bill as the individual’s credit worthiness, credit standing, credit capacity, or payment history as indicated by a consumer credit report, credit score, or information the employer Read more

Employers in the state of Virginia must now review their employment policies regarding their current and prospective employees’ social media. Under the new law (Bill 2081), Virginia employers are restricted from accessing personal social media accounts of employees and prospective employees. With the increasing interest in social networking, the aim of the new law is Read more

In the last three years, Puerto Rico enacted two laws that extended protections against employment discrimination available under Act No. 100 of June 30, 1959 to employees based on their military status, sexual orientation, and gender identity. In May 29, 2013, Puerto Rico’s government passed Law 22. This law makes it illegal to discriminate on Read more

Minnesota’s Bill H 1093, introduced on February 19th, proposes numerous changes to Minnesota’s employment provisions. The bill also known as “Working Parent Act,” covers employee rest and meal breaks, fair scheduling, and earned sick and safe time. Under the proposed bill, employees must get a 10 minute break for every four hours worked. An employer must Read more

Kentuckians earning minimum wage may see an increase in their pay starting this July, if Bill H2 is passed. The current minimum wage rate is $7.25 per hour and may increase to $8.20 per hour beginning July 1st, if bill is approved. The bill would also increase the rate to $9.15 per hour on July Read more

The state of Minnesota has introduced a bill that if passed, will provide employees with a pregnancy, parenting and caregiver leave with some level of compensation. Under Bill H 580, an employer with one or more employees will be required to provide a 12-week pregnancy, parenting and caregiver leave. Employees will be eligible for leave Read more

New York Governor Andrew M. Cuomo signed Bill A 08106 on December 29, 2014, amending the New York Wage Theft Prevention Act. As shared in our July 1, 2014 CPC blog, the new law eliminates employer’s annual wage notice requirement. Employers, however, are still required to provide wage notice to employees at time of hire. Read more

On Wednesday, January 7, 2015, Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick signed the Parental Leave Bill. The new law amends the Maternity Leave Act by extending the eight weeks of job-protected leave for the adoption or birth of a child to a male employee, and expanding on other provisions. Like the Maternity Leave Act, employees are required Read more