Recent settlements between California’s Civil Rights Department and multiple companies over alleged violations of the state’s ban-the-box law remind employers that considering an applicant’s criminal history carries legal risk. CWC encourages members

MEMBER FEEDBACK REQUESTED. Our latest update of state and local workplace compliance requirements summarizes developments that have occurred since our last update in September.

With the federal elections now upon us, CWC members may wish to review our guide on political discourse in the workplace.

This Interstate Special Edition summarizes employment bills signed by California Governor Gavin Newsom after the close of the state legislature’s 2024 session.

With election season upon us, companies should be aware that many states have laws that give employees the right to take time off to vote. CWC’s State Voting Leave Laws resource summarizes each of these state laws.

MEMBER FEEDBACK REQUESTED. Our latest update of state and local workplace compliance requirements summarizes developments that have occurred since our last update in August.

The state of Washington’s pay transparency law has generated a lot of litigation against employers since it went into effect in 2023. The reason: a private right of action which allows employees and applicants to sue for alleged violations.

MEMBER FEEDBACK REQUESTED. Our latest update of state and local workplace compliance requirements covers developments that have occurred since our last update in July.

Massachusetts has become the latest state to require covered employers to post salary ranges in their job listings.

Under pressure to sidetrack an initiative to repeal the law, California legislators have amended the state’s controversial Private Attorneys General Act in an attempt to mitigate some of its more egregious abuses.

MEMBER FEEDBACK REQUESTED. Our latest update of new state and local compliance requirements summarizes laws enacted since our last update in May.

Illinois is contacting employers that have an Equal Pay Registration Certificate (EPRC) to remind them that they must apply for a recertification every two years. However, the state’s reminders included the wrong date for the employee-level data that

MEMBER FEEDBACK REQUESTED. CWC is pleased to announce the launch of a new online resource designed to keep our members apprised of new state and local laws that regulate the use of artificial intelligence tools for employment purposes.

The state of Colorado has enacted a comprehensive new law regulating the workplace use of artificial intelligence, the most expansive effort to regulate AI use for employment purposes that we’ve seen so far.

MEMBER FEEDBACK REQUESTED. Our latest update of new state and local compliance requirements summarizes laws enacted since our last update in April.

Two recent case developments involving lawsuits brought under Washington state’s salary disclosure law offer some insights as to the types of challenges that are being brought under similar state laws and how the courts might deal with them.

MEMBER FEEDBACK REQUESTED. Our latest update covers state and local workplace law developments occurring since CWC’s last update in February.

MEMBER FEEDBACK REQUESTED. Our latest update of workplace-related state and local developments covers activity that has occurred since our last update in December 2023.

MEMBER FEEDBACK REQUESTED. We are pleased to present an updated version of CWC’s guide for meeting California’s annual pay data reporting requirements that incorporates changes that the state has made for the 2023 reporting cycle.

CWC WEB WORKSHOP ON THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 22. The state of California has opened its mandated pay data reporting cycle covering calendar year 2023, and for the third time in three years since the program was launched in 2020, the state has made changes

Enforcement of a 2019 California law (AB 51) that bans mandatory employment arbitration agreements has been permanently enjoined pursuant to a federal court order entered on January 2, 2024.

MEMBER FEEDBACK REQUESTED. CWC is pleased to present a handy digest of the notable state and local employment law developments that we reported on during 2023.

A number of new state laws that we reported on previously are scheduled to go into effect on January 1, 2024. Our memo provides a handy digest.

The Colorado Department of Labor and Employment has issued regulatory guidance on the state’s recently amended and highly prescriptive Equal Pay for Equal Work Act. The amendments go into effect on January 1, 2024.

Under federal law and implementing regulations issued by the Labor Department, a salaried executive, administrative, or professional employee must be paid a minimum salary to be considered exempt from overtime. The federal threshold is a floor, howev