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HR - General
July Is the New January – 2025 States and cities are as busy as ever passing new workplace regulations throughout the calendar year. Here is our mid-year report summarizing the notable labor and employment laws that take effect from roughly July through October. tgelbman@littler.com Tue, 06/17/2025
Pennsylvania - Wage & Hour
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Joins the Over-40 Club for Paid Sick Leave On June 12, 2025, Mayor Ed Gainey signed into law an amendment to the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania’s Paid Sick Days Act (PSDA) that changes the accrual requirements and amount of paid sick leave that must be provided under the Act. tgel
Immigration - General
DHS Issues Notices of Termination for the CHNV Parole Program On June 12, 2025, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) began sending termination notices, by email, to approximately 530,000 individuals who entered the United States under a recent parole program for Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans, a
Washington State - General
WA Cares Gets a Makeover: What’s Changing in 2026 Washington State enacted significant amendments to the WA Cares Fund (“WA Cares”), the nation’s first mandatory, publicly funded long-term care insurance program for workers. WA Cares was established under the Long-Term Services and Supports (LTSS) T
HR - General
Policy Week in Review – June 13, 2025 Bipartisan Legislation Introduced to Raise the Minimum Wage tgelbman@littler.com Fri, 06/13/2025 - 09:24
HR - General
Deepfakes and Digital Harassment: What Employers Need to Know in 2025 The landscape of workplace harassment has evolved beyond physical offices, after-hours texts and off-site events. Employers now face a sophisticated and deeply unsettling threat: deepfake technology. Once the domain of tech expert
New York - Wage & Hour
New New York City Rules for Paid Prenatal Leave to Take Effect in July 2025 On the heels of New York State’s amendment of its Paid Sick Leave Law to create a first-in-the-nation paid prenatal personal leave (PPPL) entitlement, the New York City Department of Consumer and Worker Protection (DCWP)
Nebraska
Nebraska Legislature Narrows Application of Upcoming Paid Sick Time Law On June 4, 2025, Nebraska Governor Jim Pillen signed LB 415 , which modifies the Nebraska Healthy Families and Workplace Act (HFWA) in advance of its October 1, 2025 effective date. tgelbman@littler.com Thu, 06/12/2025 - 13:44
Colorado - General
Colorado Labor Wants Big Changes for Colorado Employers Colorado Union Dues System Remains Unchanged – For Now tgelbman@littler.com Thu, 06/12/2025 - 10:22
HR - Whistleblowing
Littler Lounge: Don’t Let That Whistle Blow Up Your Business The whistle’s blowing – and it’s louder (and more lucrative) than ever. In this episode, hosts Claire Deason and Nicole LeFave are joined by Littler attorney Greg Keating for a high-energy and detailed conversation about the rising tide of
New York - General
NYS Legislature Increases Daily Jury Duty Fee From $40 to $72 For the first time in decades, the New York State Legislature and governor amended Sections 519 and 521 of the Judiciary Law, to increase the daily rate of pay for trial and grand jurors serving in New York State,
HR - Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI)
Federal Court Partially Blocks Enforcement of Parts of Executive Orders on DEI and Gender Identity On June 9, 2025, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California issued a ruling in San Francisco AIDS Foundation v. Trump , temporarily blocking the enforcement of several provisions i
Pennsylvania - Wage & Hour
Philadelphia POWER Act Affects Paid Sick Leave Obligations On May 27, 2025, the mayor in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania signed into law File # 250065 , which took effect immediately . Although the ordinance amended a variety of local employment standards, our focus is their impact on the Promoting Healt
Oregon - General
Oregon Enacts Landmark Law Making Owners and Contractors Liable for Subcontractor Wage Theft On June 9, 2025, Oregon enacted Senate Bill 426, a significant new law aimed at protecting construction workers from wage theft by imposing strict joint and several liability on both property owners and dire
Labor Law - Coverage
First Circuit Finds University Police Sergeants and Sergeant Detectives are “Supervisors” Under the National Labor Relations Act On May 23, 2025, the First Circuit Court of Appeals reversed the National Labor Relations Board’s 2024 decision that police sergeants and sergeant detectives in Northeaste
HR - General
Littler Lightbulb –May Employment Appellate Roundup Fourth Circuit Dismisses White Employee’s Race, Gender, and Retaliation Claims tgelbman@littler.com Tue, 06/10/2025 - 08:46
Colorado - General
Colorado Enacts Increased Wage Act Penalties and Enforcement, Allows Local Governments to Increase Tip Credit Colorado has enacted House Bill 25-1001 , which significantly amends the state’s wage and hour laws by enhancing enforcement mechanisms, expanding employer liability, and strengthening emplo
Federal Gov't - General
Policy Week in Review – June 6, 2025 U.S. Department of Labor Expands Opinion Letter Program In an effort to increase official guidance and provide compliance assistance to the regulated community, the U.S. Department of Labor expanded its opinion letter program on June 2, 2025. This effort should p
Title VII - Burden Of Proof
High Court Eliminates “Background Circumstances” as a Requirement in “Reverse Discrimination” Cases On June 5, 2025, the Supreme Court in Ames v. Ohio Department of Youth Services unanimously struck down the Sixth Circuit’s “background circumstances” rule, which had required majority-group plaintiff
HR - Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Littler Lounge: AI on the Job – The Newest Member of Your Workforce In this episode of Littler Lounge, hosts Claire Deason and Nicole LeFave sit down with Littler attorneys Niloy Ray and Alice Wang to unpack the buzz – and the reality – around artificial intelligence in the workplace.