May 2025 Legal Updates

May 5, 2025

May 2025 Legal Updates

If you’re an existing ComplianceHR client, not only can you access these updates through the PolicySmart™ solution, but also robust links to learn more about each of these changes. However, if you are not a subscriber to our solutions, we are pleased to provide you with abbreviated May 2025 Legal Updates. Lastly, to view developments taking effect this month, click here.

National

  • USERRA Protections Broadened by Dole Act

Alabama

  • Alabama Establishes Portable Benefits Accounts for Independent Contractors

Arkansas

  • Arkansas Amends Income Tax Withholding Law
  • New Arkansas Law Requires Veterans’ Benefits and Services Poster
  • Arkansas Amends Independent Contractor Test
  • Arkansas Passes Law Allowing Private Property Owners to Ban Emotional Support Animals

California

  • Los Angeles County Enacts Predictive Scheduling Ordinance–Now Includes Sample Policy 

Georgia

  • Georgia Passes Religious Freedom Restoration Act

Idaho

  • Idaho Expands Law Prohibiting Required Vaccinations

Illinois

  • Illinois Amends One Day Rest in Seven Act to Prohibit Retaliation–Includes Updated Policy
  • Cook County, IL Clarifies National Origin Discrimination
  • Cook County, Illinois Further Revises Mandatory Paid Leave Rules

Iowa

  • Iowa Enacts New Law on Employment Status for Motor Carriers

Kansas

  • Kansas Law Mandates Reformation and Strengthens Non-Solicitation Covenants 

Kentucky

  • Kentucky Amends Occupational Safety and Health Laws

Maryland

  • Maryland Changes Definition of Armed Services, Impacting Leave for Military Family Members–Includes Updated Policy

Nebraska

  • Nebraska Amends Law on Veteran Hiring Preference

Nevada

  • Nevada OSHA to Begin Enforcing Heat Illness Prevention Regulation on April 29, 2025–Requires Written Program

New Hampshire

  • New Hampshire Passes Lactation Accommodation Law–Now Includes Sample Policy

New Mexico

  • New Mexico Passes Law Allowing Psilocybin use in Approved Medical Settings

Ohio

  • Ohio Amendments Allow Electronic Notices

Tennessee

  • Tennessee Passes Law on Portable Benefit Plans for Independent Contractors
  • Tennessee Amends Law on Wage Payment for Deceased Employees

Utah

  • Utah Passes Law Prohibiting Certain Mask Requirements
  • Utah Extends Repeal Date of Artificial Intelligence Policy Act
  • Utah Amends Penalty Provisions of Child Labor Laws
  • Utah Adopts federal OSHA Rule on Hazard Communication
  • Utah Repeals and Replaces Notification Requirements in Artificial Intelligence Policy Act

Virginia

  • Virginia Amends Threshold Compensation Level for Ban on Non-Competes for “Low-Wage Employees”
  • Virginia Enacts Law Requiring Reporting of Workplace Violence in Hospitals

Washington

  • Washington Amends Child Labor Laws
  • Washington Amends Harassment Protections for Isolated Employees
  • Washington State Updates Rules on Wildfire Smoke Exposure
  • Seattle Passes City Shield Law to Protect Certain Health Care Services
  • Relief from Steep Pay Transparency Penalties for Businesses in Washington State
  • Washington Amends Fair Chance Act
  • Seattle Passes Final Rules Implementing App-Based Worker Deactivation Rights Ordinance–Includes Notice Requirement
  • Washington Expands Covered Uses of Paid Sick Leave to Include Immigration Proceedings–Policy Update Forthcoming

West Virginia

  • West Virginia Expands Unemployment Benefits Disqualification for Drug Use

Developments Taking Effect This Month

Without doubt, employment law policies are ever changing, with some going into effect this month. Below is a reminder of May 2025 legal updates with effective dates.

Missouri

  • Missouri Appears to Have Approved Paid Sick and Safe Time Ballot Measure as Rumors of Potential Challenge Circulate–Now Includes Policy Template (effective May 01, 2025)

Ohio

  • Ohio Expands Military Leave and Military Status Protections to Cover Membership in the United States Space Force (effective May 20, 2025)

Utah

  • Utah Passes Law Prohibiting Certain Mask Requirements (effective May 07, 2025)
  • Utah Amends Penalty Provisions of Child Labor Laws (effective May 07, 2025)
  • Utah Repeals and Replaces Notification Requirements in Artificial Intelligence Policy Act (effective May 07, 2025)

Washington

  • Washington State Updates Rules on Wildfire Smoke Exposure (effective May 16, 2025)


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