5+ day, 2+ hour ago   (179+ words) Effective Jan. 1, 2027, Washington’s SB 5217 extends the Healthy Starts Act to employers of any size – dropping the current 15-employee threshold to one or more employees – and adds new compliance obligations for lactation and pregnancy accommodations. Lactation breaks must now be paid…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (202+ words) New Jersey’s Employer Response Portal for unemployment separation reporting is now live, under P.L. 2022, c. 120 (S2357). Employers must report every employee separation to the Division of Unemployment Insurance within seven days of the separation date, or within seven days of receiving…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (210+ words) Connecticut employers must include a wage or a good-faith wage range and a general description of benefits in public and internal job postings under Public Act 26-12, signed by Gov. Ned Lamont on May 11, 2026. The requirement takes effect Oct. 1, 2026. The Constitution…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (331+ words) Against that backdrop, state legislatures are beginning to mandate that employers stock opioid-reversal agents—primarily naloxone—alongside bandages and CPR masks in workplace first-aid supplies. New York has enacted the first comprehensive requirement, California is directing its workplace safety agency…...