Austin, Texas has enacted a city ordinance prohibiting employers from asking about or considering a job applicant’s criminal history before making a conditional offer of employment. Austin is the first city in the South to enact such a “Fair Chance” or “Ban the Box” law. Also, please be reminded that clients taking advantage of ADP Screening and Selection Services should use the most recent version of the Background Check Consent Form, which is available on FormSource in the pre-employment section. 

The  “EMPLOYERS EMPLOYING WORKERS UNDER THE AGE OF 16" section of the Missouri state poster has been updated. 

The West Virginia state poster has been updated to include the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA).

Governor Brown signed SB 3 into law raising the state minimum wage to $15.00 per hour by 2022.  California’s minimum wage currently is $10.00 per hour.  The new law also amends the existing paid sick leave law to provide paid sick leave to in-home supportive services employees beginning July 1, 2018.  The sick leave entitlement will provide up to one day of leave per year and increase over time to three days per year.

The San Francisco Board of Supervisors has approved an ordinance requiring employers to provide employees with up to 6 weeks of fully paid parental leave for the birth or adoption of a child. 

The United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit recently ruled, in Olson v. Push, Inc., that multistate employers with operations in Minnesota must comply with the Minnesota Drug and Alcohol Testing in the Workplace Act (“DATWA”), even at their non-Minnesota locations. 

The Missouri Department of Revenue has issued a new "Employee's Withholding Allowance Certificate" Form MO W-4 and is requiring that all Missouri employees complete a new form for the 2016 tax year.

An email will be sent to active worksite employees who are living or working in Missouri on April 22, 2016. 

The Wisconsin state poster has been updated, and a new Wisconsin all–in-one poster is required.

The City of Seattle recently amended four labor standards ordinances:  Paid Sick and Safe Time, Fair Chance Employment, Minimum Wage, and Wage Theft.