With new state employment laws continuously being enacted, it can be challenging to keep up on each change and ensure that your policies and practices are compliant. We have your solution.
This monthly digest is designed to keep you apprised of upcoming major state law changes in areas including paid sick and safe leave laws, family and parental leave, recreational and medicinal marijuana use, workplace gun laws, asking candidates about salary history and unpredictable scheduling.
Here’s what’s on the horizon:
October 2024
- Maryland pay transparency requirements effective October 1.
January 2025
- California SDI payments increase January 1.
- Connecticut expands paid sick leave eligibility effective January 1.
- Delaware paid family and medical leave law contributions expected to begin January 1.
- Illinois Equal Pay Act amendment effective January 1.
- Maine paid family and medical leave contributions begin January 1.
- New York mandates paid prenatal leave effective January 1.
- Minnesota pay transparency requirements effective January 1.
- Rhode Island enhances its Temporary Caregiver Insurance (TCI) program effective January 1.
- Washington expands paid sick leave law effective January 1.
February 2025
- Michigan paid sick leave expansion effective February 21.
July 2025
- New Hampshire accommodations for nursing mothers effective July 1.
- Maryland paid family and medical leave contributions begin July 1.
- New York repeals COVID-19 leave provisions July 31.
2026
- Connecticut further expands paid sick leave eligibility effective January 1.
- Delaware paid family and medical leave benefits begin January 1.
- Minnesota paid family leave contributions begin January 1.
- Maine paid family and medical leave benefits available May 1.
- Maryland paid family and medical leave benefits begin July 1.
2027
- Connecticut paid sick leave law covers all employees effective January 1.
In case you missed it:
August 2024
- Minnesota Pregnancy and Parenting Leave Law enhancements effective August 1.
What to Watch:
Employment issues are on the ballot this fall. Ballot initiatives in Florida, North Dakota, and South Dakota will ask voters to legalize the recreational use of cannabis. Measures in Alaska and Missouri would raise the hourly minimum wage to $15, while a California proposal would raise the minimum wage to $18 per hour. In Nebraska, Initiative 436 would require employers to offer eligible employees up to seven days of earned paid sick leave annually. Missouri voters will decide whether all employers in the state must offer paid sick leave.