State Alerts

Eligible New Jersey employees are entitled to job-protection while receiving TDI benefits and FLI benefits, with reinstatement rights to their job (or an equivalent position) when the benefits end.

Minnesota has published regulations clarifying and defining various aspects of the state’s law entitling employees to earned sick and safe time (ESST).  

Colorado has enacted legislation that prohibits employers or their agents from demanding, confiscating, retaining, or otherwise requiring individuals performing or seeking work to surrender a government-issued identification card, subject to limited exceptions. Employers must also notify individuals of this prohibition when they verify their employment eligibility.

The State of Washington has released an updated version of the guide that must accompany the requisite notice under the state’s amended Fair Chance Act.

Virginia has enacted legislation which expands the number of employers that may be required to participate in the Virginia RetirePath program.   

New York City has issued final amendments to the rules that implement the City’s Earned Sick and Safe Time Act. The final amended rules provide guidance on how to administer the law’s expanded leave requirements, and impose new administrative and recordkeeping obligations.

Covered employers must pay a fee for employees and their dependents who receive New Jersey Medicaid benefits.

Colorado has enacted legislation to repeal and effectively replace a law intended to establish guardrails against discrimination arising from the use of artificial intelligence. 

 

The Colorado Supreme Court has ruled that Colorado law recognizes a narrow public-policy exception to the at-will employment doctrine when an employee is terminated for lawfully exercising self-defense in response to an unprovoked workplace attack.

Alaska employers are allowed to use payroll cards to pay employee wages.