Employment Law Now: III-47 - New York, New World
On April 20, 2024, New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed a significant amendment to New York State’s Paid Sick Leave law (NY State Labor Law § 196-b), mandating that all New York employers provide 20 hours of paid prenatal...more
All New York employers are now required to provide 30-minute paid lactation breaks following a recent amendment to Labor Law § 206-c. New York State has long required employers to support working mothers by providing...more
As of June 19, employees working in New York are entitled to 30 minutes of paid break time (plus additional unpaid break time, as needed) to express breast milk. The New York legislature has been increasing protections for...more
EEOC Publishes Final Regulations on the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act. On June 18, 2024, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s (EEOC) final regulations clarifying the scope of the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act...more
It’s hard to keep up with all the recent changes to labor and employment law, especially since the law always seems to evolve at a rapid pace. In order to ensure you stay on top of the latest changes and have an action plan...more
New York is the first state in the United States to require employers to pay for prenatal personal care for their employees. On April 20, 2024, New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed into law a budget bill that amends New...more
On April 20, 2024, New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed into law New York State’s Budget for fiscal year 2025. The new Budget includes a few key bills impacting New York employers and employees alike, as stated in depth...more
New York will be the first state to require employers to provide paid leave to pregnant employees for prenatal care under one of a series of proposals included in legislation recently signed by Governor Kathy Hochul to...more
Balancing work and motherhood raises age-old questions for women in virtually every industry. Amongst these are how to navigate work during both pregnancy and the transition back to work after the baby is born, which present...more
Employers in New York State are required to comply with new obligations to accommodate nursing employees and to issue a mandatory lactation policy released by the Department of Labor beginning June 7, 2023. The expanded...more
On May 24, 2023, Governor Tim Walz signed into law an omnibus jobs and economic development bill that included, among its many workplace-related provisions, the establishment of a statewide paid sick leave program, effective...more
The Minnesota Legislature recently concluded its 2023 session with the passage of a comprehensive paid family medical leave bill Mn Chapter 59 and an omnibus labor bill Mn Chapter 53 that will impose significant new...more
In December 2022, Congress enacted two new federal laws that protect employees and applicants who are pregnant or postpartum: the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA) and the Providing Urgent Maternal Protections for Nursing...more
California law provides various leaves and accommodations to pregnant employees, and to employees who have recently had babies and are breastfeeding or expressing milk. The requirements of each law and interactions with other...more
Within the last week, the State of Illinois issued two new workplace posters and the District of Columbia issued a revised COVID-19 poster. The State of Minnesota and the State of Colorado also updated their legislation on...more
As companies returned to work following the holidays, changes to Minnesota’s nursing mothers statute and pregnancy accommodations law (Minn. Stat. § 181.939) went into effect on January 1, 2022. Minnesota employers may want...more
The allure of doing business in California is undeniable. It is the world’s sixth largest economy and a market of more than 36 million people. For employers, however, California presents unique challenges because its laws...more
During the summer of 2019, the Oregon legislature passed two bills broadening protections for pregnant and lactating employees, including extending lactation break requirements to apply to employers of all sizes, requiring...more
Oregon passed several employment bills this year that will affect Oregon employers. The following article provides an update on the new laws and a list of tasks for Oregon employers to make sure that they are in compliance....more
The Oregon Legislature adjourned June 30 with many proposed new employment laws not enacted, however, several others have passed and will become effective soon. ...more
The New York City Council just passed two bills that will require employers to provide lactation rooms to breastfeeding employees, as well as develop a lactation policy and processes for employees to request accommodations...more
California Governor Jerry Brown signed into law Assembly Bill 1976, expanding California employer obligations respective to employee lactation accommodation. Under preexisting California Labor Code section 1031, an employer...more