September Legal Updates
If you’re an existing ComplianceHR client, you can access these updates and robust links to learn more about each of these changes through the PolicySmart™ solution.
The below list contains September Legal Updates, which have been added to the PolicySmart solution in the last month. To view developments taking effect this month, click here.
National
- The Fourth Circuit is First to Rule that ADA Protects Gender Dysphoria
- Monkeypox: What Does this Mean for Employers?
Alaska
- Alaska Amends Law on Veterans Hiring Preference
California
- California Amends CalSavers Program
- Inflation Disrupts California’s Minimum Wage Rate Schedule, Prompts Pay Increases for Non-Exempt and Exempt Employees in 2023, and Impacts Other California Laws
- San Francisco Adopts Final Rules Implementing the Family Friendly Workplace Ordinance–Includes New Handbook Notice Requirement
- Panic Buttons and Workload Limits: Los Angeles Hotel Workers Get New Protections
- California Passes Fast Food Accountability and Standards Recovery Act
Colorado
- Colorado Updates its Paid Sick Leave Guidance, Including Clarifications on Carry-Over Amounts and Public Health Emergency Leave–Includes Updated Policy
- Colorado Issues Final Rules on Benefits and Employer Participation Requirements for Paid Family and Medical Leave Insurance Program, Clarifies Private Plan Option
Connecticut
- Connecticut Creates New Discrimination Protections and Leave for Victims of Domestic Violence–Now Updated to Include Sample Policy
- Connecticut Releases Amended CT-FMLA Regulations–Policy Updates Forthcoming
Delaware
- Delaware Establishes EARNS Retirement Savings Program
District of Columbia
- District of Columbia Adopts Cannabis Employment Protections Amendment Act of 2022–Includes Notice Requirement
- District of Columbia Makes Significant Amendments to the Ban on Non-Compete Agreements Act–Policy Updates Forthcoming
- D.C. Adopts New Universal Paid Leave Act Rules
- DC Workers Will Soon Receive More Paid Leave, Employers to Obtain Tax Cut–Includes Updated Policy
- D.C. Expands Human Rights Act to Prohibit Discrimination Based on Homeless Status, Cover Independent Contractors and Expand Harassment Protections–Includes Updated Policy
Florida
- Florida’s “Stop-WOKE” Law Partially Enjoined
Hawaii
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- Hawaii Amends Law on Sexual Harassment or Assault-Related Nondisclosure
Agreements
- Hawaii Increases Wage Theft Penalties
- Hawaii Establishes Retirement Savings Program
Indiana
- Indiana Prohibits Most Abortions and Insurance Coverage of Illegal Abortions
Maryland
- Montgomery County, Maryland Requires Single-User Restrooms to be Gender Inclusive
Massachusetts
- Massachusetts Prohibits Discrimination Based on Natural and Protective Hairstyles–Includes Updated Policy
- Massachusetts Passes Law Expanding Protections for Reproductive and Gender-Affirming Care
Michigan
- Michigan Decision Leaves Employers Uncertain About Current State of Minimum Wage, Tips, and Paid Sick Leave Laws
New Jersey
- New Jersey Adopts New Discrimination and Family Leave Notice Requirements
- New Jersey Supreme Court Says Separate Corporate Structure Not Enough to Establish Independent Contractor Status
- New Jersey Amended its Final Rules Under the Family Leave Act–Includes Updated Policy
- New Jersey Cannabis Regulatory Commission Issues Workplace Guidance on Reasonable Suspicion Determinations
North Carolina
- North Carolina Amends Law on Youth Employment and Alcoholic Beverages
Oregon
- Oregon Issues Rules Clarifying Requirements for a Paid Family and Medical Leave Insurance Employer Equivalent Plan
- Oregon Issues Rules Clarifying Requirements for a Paid Family and Medical Leave Insurance Employer Equivalent Plan
Texas
- Austin, Texas Prohibits Discrimination on the Basis of Hair Texture or Hairstyles Commonly Associated with Race, National Origin, Ethnicity or Culture
Washington
- Washington Amends Paid Family and Medical Leave Rules to Address Loss of a Child
- Washington Issues Final Rule on Recording Occupational Hearing Loss
- Washington Adopts Rule on Health and Safety Requirements for Temporary Manufacturing and Construction Workers
- Seattle, Washington Increases Healthcare Expenditure Rates for Hotel Employers
- Seattle Prohibits Discrimination Based on Pregnancy Outcomes
- Washington Sets Expiration Date for CBA Exception to Paid Family and Medical Leave Law
- Seattle Sets Date of Termination for Hazard Pay Ordinance
Developments Taking Effect This Month
To help keep you on track, below is a reminder of previously enacted laws taking effect in August 2022.
Arizona
- Arizona Allows Unemployment Benefits for Employees Terminated Because of COVID-19 Vaccination Requirement (effective 09/24/22)
- Arizona Amends Workers Comp. Law to Clarify Definition of Medical Treatment (effective 09/24/22)
Colorado
- Colorado Issues Final Rules on Benefits and Employer Participation Requirements for Paid Family and Medical Leave Insurance Program, Clarifies Private Plan Option (effective 09/06/22)
Indiana
- Indiana Prohibits Most Abortions and Insurance Coverage of Illegal Abortions (effective 09/15/22)
New York
- New York Enacts Law Restricting Concealed Carry of Firearms (effective 09/01/22)
Ohio
- Ohio Amends Workers’ Comp Law to Address Work From Home (effective 09/23/22)
Oregon
- Oregon Issues Rule on Employer Association Group Health Benefit Coverage (effective 09/01/22)
Pennsylvania
- Pennsylvania Amends Veteran Hiring Preference Law (effective 09/06/22)
Washington
- New Seattle Ordinance Establishes Labor Standards Requirements for Independent Contractors–Includes Notice Requirement (effective 09/01/22)
- Washington Amends Paid Family and Medical Leave Rules to Address Loss of a Child (effective 09/08/22)
- Washington Sets Expiration Date for CBA Exception to Paid Family and Medical Leave Law (effective 09/08/22)
- Seattle Prohibits Discrimination Based on Pregnancy Outcomes (effective 09/14/22)
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Legal Updates for September 2022 which pertain to employment law and labor compliance are listed. For more information, visit PolicySmart.
