Leave policies that allow employees to take leave to care for or assist their sick biological or adopted children must also allow leave to care for or assist a sick foster child.

Effective July 1, 2017, Nevada employers must provide a nursing mother of a child less than one year of age reasonable break time, with or without permission and with or without pay, to express breast milk as needed.  

Effective July 1, 2017, large employers in Georgia that pay sick leave to their employees—or choose to do so in the future—must allow their employees to use paid sick leave to care for their “immediate family members.” 

California’s Department of Fair Employment and Housing (“DFEH”) has approved new regulations that expand the protections available for people who identify as transgender.  The regulations also expand protections for gender identity and gender expression.

In the May 18, 2017, Insights and Solutions Newsletter, we informed you of upcoming changes to our Job Description Service. This is a reminder that the process improvements are complete.