Labor Law Updates

Keeping you current on the ever changing labor laws

Pregnant employees in West Virginia may find it easier to perform their jobs. West Virginia has enacted the Pregnant Workers’ Fairness Act (PWFA) prohibiting discrimination in employment based on pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions. The law also requires employers to make reasonable accommodations for limitations related to pregnancy and childbirth. Although not defined in Read more

Employers in the City of Los Angeles had more than a year to prepare for the City’s minimum wage hike that went into effect at the beginning of this month, but relatively little time to prepare for the mandatory paid sick leave benefits that also began to accrue to their employees since the beginning of Read more

During Utah’s 2016 legislative session, a bill modifying the Workers’ Compensation Act to address volunteers was passed. The enacted bill (S. 76), which became effective May 10th, provides that volunteers are not employees for purposes of workers’ compensation, unless the nongovernment entity chooses to cover the volunteer with workers’ compensation coverage. A volunteer is defined Read more

Add one more city to the country’s new era of the mandatory paid sick leave ordinance. Recently, the Chicago City Council passed the Paid Sick Leave Ordinance, effective next year on July 1, 2017. Covered employees, which are employees who work at least 80 hours for an employer within any 120-day period, can accrue hours Read more

Last year, former Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter signed the Wage Theft Law making amendments to Title 9 of The Philadelphia Code. Starting today, employers that violate the Pennsylvania Wage Payment and Collection Law or the Pennsylvania Wage Payment and Collection Law will receive higher penalties. If it is determined that wages are owed by the Read more

Colorado has enacted a new Pregnancy Accommodation Law prohibiting discrimination in employment based on pregnancy, childbirth, and related health conditions. The law also requires employers to provide reasonable accommodations to job applicants and employees affected by pregnancy-related conditions. An employer is not required to provide accommodations that would impose an undue hardship on the employer’s Read more

By now, California employers have heard that several California localities will implement minimum wage rates that exceed state minimum wage rates effective July 1, 2016. Compliance Poster Company has all of the mandatory Minimum Wage posters in the required formats and languages. Click on a city/county below to order the poster for your community. CA Read more

On March 23, 2016, Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam signed Bill H 682. Under the new law, the Tennessee Code Annotated is amended by changing how business owners and employers prohibit weapons on their premises. An individual, corporation, business entity, or government entity may continue to display a notice that prohibits weapon possession on their property Read more

Effective August 1, 2016, handgun license holders are allowed to carry a concealed handgun on the campuses of public and private colleges and institutions in the state of Texas. Campuses cannot adopt any rule, regulation, or other provision prohibiting license holders from carrying handguns. As stated under enacted Bill S. 11, an institution of higher Read more