This was a good year for working moms and their families in Washington State. Over the next two years, Washington is ushering in several new laws that will be particularly beneficial to pregnant workers. Two new leave laws, the Paid Sick Leave law (operative Jan. 1, 2018) and the Paid Family and Medical Leave law Read more
Combating the Wage Gap from Different Angles To address the gender wage gap and other pay inequities in the workplace, more states and even some cities have taken affirmative measures aimed at eliminating pay differentials on the basis of sex. In some cases, these measures apply to other protected groups as well. Some of the 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
On April 27, 2017, the Kentucky Supreme Court found a section in the Kentucky Revised Statute to be a violation of the Equal Protection Clause. In Marshall Parker v. Webster County Coal LLC, the plaintiff challenged the constitutionality of the Kentucky Revised Statute. Marshall Parker was an underground coal miner for Webster County that got Read more
The Missouri Division of Workers’ Compensation has recently updated the mandatory workers’ compensation posting. By law, all Missouri employers are required to post the Workers’ Compensation Law posting in a prominent and easily accessible location in the workplace (Missouri Revised Statutes, Section 287.127). If employers do not have a permanent work site regularly accessed by Read more
Our readers may recall that the City of St. Louis, MO passed the Minimum Wage Law (Ordinance 70078) in 2015. The law was blocked that same year by a Circuit Court Judge that decided the local law conflicted with the state’s minimum wage. On February 28, 2017, the Supreme Court of Missouri determined that the City’s Read more
On March 22, 2017, House Bill 156 was signed by Utah Governor Gary Herbert. The law, also known as “Reducing Barriers to Employment for Individuals with Criminal Records” prohibits public employers from excluding a job applicant from an initial interview because of a criminal conviction. As defined in the text of the law, a public Read more
