After months of watching the spread of the Ebola virus, the United States has recently reported its first cases. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is moving quickly to assure Americans, in every state, that is not a cause for alarm as much as it is a cause for vigilance. 

Delaware has enacted the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act, extending workplace protections afforded to pregnant employees, and employees who have recently given birth, to include requiring employers provide reasonable accommodations to such employees.

With the enactment of the Healthy Workplaces, Healthy Families Act of 2014 (AB1522), California has become the second state in the nation, after Connecticut, to mandate employers provide their employees, including part-time and temporary workers, paid sick leave.

A new Massachusetts law gives employees who are victims of domestic violence a right to job-protected leave from work.

Until recently, California had a state insurance law that prohibited insurance companies and/or employers from imposing a waiting period in excess of 60 days.