Philadelphia has progressively strengthened its ban the box law, introducing stronger protections for applicants and employees and enhanced penalties for violations.
Beginning Jan. 6, 2026, the latest amendments further...more
11/14/2025
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Amendments to the New York City Earned Safe and Sick Time Act (ESSTA) and Temporary Schedule Change Act (TSCA) will take effect on Feb. 22, 2026.
The changes expand employee rights and increase employers’ safe and sick...more
11/5/2025
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As Election Day 2025 approaches, employers should ensure compliance with state and local laws governing employee voting leave. While not all jurisdictions require employers to provide time off to vote, many do—often with...more
10/29/2025
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In the 2025 legislative session, Washington State expanded its Fair Chance Act in a number of different ways to impose additional limits on employers’ criminal background inquiries of applicants and employees. The changes go...more
10/23/2025
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New York City Council members voted to override the mayor’s vetoes of bills requiring third-party app companies to pay their grocery delivery workers a minimum wage of $21.44 per hour. The bills extend an existing wage...more
9/22/2025
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The New York City Council has passed a several bills that would extend pay and other protections to many more app-based delivery workers and entitle them to a minimum pay-rate of $21.44 per hour.
In December 2023, New York...more
7/25/2025
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Consistent with the expanding attention afforded to prenatal health and workplace protections nationally, New York State implemented a new paid prenatal leave requirement as an amendment to the state sick leave law, which...more
6/18/2025
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On April 1, 2025, New York City Mayor Eric Adams and the New York City Department of Consumer and Worker Protection (DCWP) announced that, effective immediately, delivery platform companies must pay delivery workers a minimum...more
Under the recent amendment to the New York Retail Worker Safety Act (RWSA), retail employers have until June 2, 2025, to implement workplace violence prevention programs. Along with modifying the effective date, the amendment...more
2/24/2025
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Effective June 1, 2025, employers that employ more than 100 employees at a single warehouse distribution center or more than 1,000 employees at one or more warehouse distribution centers within New York must establish an...more
1/16/2025
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Beginning Jan. 1, 2025, all private-sector employers in New York must provide eligible employees 20 hours of paid prenatal leave. An amendment to the New York Paid Sick Leave Law (Labor Law Section 196-b) mandates employers...more
Voters in several states made decisions on key employment mandates on election day. These results will have significant implications for employers, particularly in terms of compliance and day-to-day operational issues. Below...more
While employers may not think about election days vis-à-vis labor and employment law obligations, this year, there are several states with ballot measures where voters will decide employment mandates. Issues for voters...more
As election day 2024 approaches, it is crucial that employers are aware of and comply with state law requirements on employee rights to voting leave. While not all states impose obligations on employers, many states do...more
New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed the Retail Worker Safety Act (S. 8358B/A. 8947C) into law on Sept. 4, 2024. The Act will require covered retail employers to:
1.Adopt a retail workplace violence prevention policy...more
The New York State Department of Labor has issued revised materials, including an updated mandatory model policy, ahead of the June 19, 2024, effective date for the transition of workplace lactation breaks from unpaid to paid...more
The New York State enacted budget for fiscal year 2024 changes employers’ obligations by adding paid leave for prenatal care, converting unpaid break time for purposes of expressing breast milk into paid time, and...more
Delivery platform companies must pay delivery workers in New York City a minimum rate of at least $19.56 per hour, Mayor Eric Adams and the New York City Department of Consumer and Worker Protection (DCWP) announced on April...more
The New York Department of Consumer and Worker Protection (DCWP) published the “Workers’ Bill of Rights” on March 1, 2024. The Workers’ Bill of Rights is meant to serve as a comprehensive guide to rights in the workplace in...more
New York State and City law already impose a myriad of posting and notice distribution requirements on New York City employers. Beginning July 1, 2024, New York City employers must distribute to employees and “conspicuously...more
The New York State Department of Labor has approved and made final its proposed regulations to align the state’s industry-specific regulatory wage requirements with the upcoming legislatively approved increases in the state...more
New York City is the first major U.S. city to implement a minimum pay-rate for app-based restaurant delivery workers. Delivery platform companies should immediately pay delivery workers the minimum pay rate of at least $17.96...more
New York Governor Kathy Hochul has signed bills enacting the Freelance Isn’t Free Act, extending the statute of limitations to file a lawsuit alleging unlawful discriminatory practices, and barring the inclusion of liquidated...more
The New York State Department of Labor (NYSDOL) has issued proposed regulations to align the state’s industry-specific wage requirements with the upcoming increases in the state minimum wage.
In May 2023, Governor Kathy...more
On September 15, 2023, the New York City Department of Consumer and Worker Protection (“DCWP”) issued a final rule (“Final Rule”) on the City’s Earned Safe and Sick Time Act (“ESSTA”).
As summarized below, the Final Rule...more