State Employment Law Articles

New York City’s Safe Hotels Act, effective May 3, 2025, will impose new requirements on hotel owners and operators in the city. The law includes a new licensing requirement with staffing, safety, cleanliness, direct employment, and panic button obligations. Large hotels will no longer be permitted t

By: New California Laws Regulating Privacy and Artificial Intelligence In September, Gavin Newsom signed a host of new legislation into law, including two bills – AB 3030 and SB 1223 , designed to help regulate health data and generative AI in the healthcare space. SB 1223 is a less highlighted bill

Employers with workers in New York State may want to start preparing now for several new rules that will take effect on January 1, 2025. Most of them are likely to impact employers’ bottom lines.

By: California Court of Appeal Supports Employers’ Fight Against “Headless” PAGA Actions In 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court published its decision in Viking River Cruises v. Moriana ( Viking River ), which was hailed as a “Big Win for California Employers.” The decision allowed for partial enforcement

California voters narrowly rejected a ballot measure that would have raised the state minimum wage for some employees to $18.00 per hour by January 1, 2025, and for all California employees by January 1, 2026. This reportedly is the first rejection of a minimum wage ballot measure in the state’s

California Captive Audience Ban At the end of September, Governor Newsom signed SB 399, the California Worker Freedom from Employer Intimidation Act (“Act”), which was discussed in this blog post. This new law, which will take

In this episode, Jen explains why you need to be careful administering modified duty programs.

On November 18, 2024, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy signed statewide pay transparency legislation that will require employers, beginning in June 2025, to disclose compensation and benefits in job postings and notices of promotion opportunities.

With the close of 2024 comes the 2025 notices, posters, and rate sheets from the Massachusetts Department of Family and Medical Leave (DFML). In addition, the fiscal year (FY) 2024 DFML annual report is now available with interesting statistics about the overall administration of the Massachusetts P

Georgia Senate Bill 384 , signed into law this year, establishes the State of Georgia as a Model Employer (the “GAME”) Program.1 The GAME Program regulates labor practices of public offices related to the recruitment, hiring, advancement, and retention of qualified individuals with disabilities.2 In

The New York Retail Worker Safety Act (S8358B/A8947C) has been signed into law and the effective date of March 3, 2025, is fast approaching. Meanwhile, there have been some discussions of a possible amendment before the law goes into effect. The governor’s office has been working with the legislatur

The New York State Clean Slate Act (“Clean Slate Act”) takes effect Saturday, November 16, 2024. Littler previously summarized the requirements of the statute when it passed the state legislature and was signed by Governor Hochul last year. In short, to relieve the barriers to employment for persons

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On November 4, 2024, New York City Mayor Eric Adams signed legislation to ensure hotel safety that will mandate a comprehensive licensing system for hotels to operate in New York City, implement several consumer safety protections, and require hotels to maintain continuous front-desk coverage, direc

New statewide paid sick leave law would take effect on July 1, 2025. Although there is no designated carryover or balance caps, the law would allow employers to limit annual accrual and use to either 40 or 56 hours, depending on employer size. Employees are entitled to use paid sick

By: California Employers: Are You Ready for the New Laws of 2025? The California legislature is never dormant when it comes to enacting new laws for California employers. This year, the statutes are less numerous than most other years, but there are still some important new changes that all Californ

On October 16, 2024, the New York State Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) released guidance highlighting the cybersecurity risks associated with artificial intelligence (AI) and how covered entities regulated by NYDFS can mitigate those risks.