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Employer Checklist for July 2026 Here are the top 10 workplace compliance items you should tackle in July 2026, based on the latest labor and employment law updates: _____ Catch up on recent SCOTUS rulings. During the final days of its 2025-2026 term, the Supreme Court issued some key decisions that will affect the workplace. The Court vastly expanded the presidential power to remove members of independent agencies ( read more about Trump v. Slaughter ) and upheld the Trump administration’s termination of TPS Protections for Haiti and Syria ( read more about Mullin v. Doe ). SCOTUS also ruled that states may ban transgender athletes from participating on female sports teams without violating the Equal Protection Clause, and that Title IX allows schools to provide separate women’s and men’s teams defined by biological sex ( read more about Little v. Hecox / West Virginia v. B.P.J. ). _____ Find DOL answers to wage and hour questions + meet new Secretary nominee. The US Department of Lab...

Most employers are prepared for new laws at the start of each year – but did you know that a heap of new workplace laws take effect at the halfway point? Here’s your employer cheat sheet to prepare for all the new laws taking effect in July 2026 (July 1, unless otherwise noted). NOTE: This list should not be relied upon as a comprehensive source for any or all new laws taking effect across the country. Check with your FP attorney to determine whether the jurisdictions in which you operate have additional workplace law changes set to take effect on July 1. Alaska Statewide Minimum Wage Increase. Due to a ballot measure approved by voters in 2024, the minimum wage will increase again to $14 per hour. The Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development’s Summary of Wage and Hour poster can be found here . Arkansas Arkansas Children and Teens’ Online Privacy Protection Act. A law enacted last year ( HB 1717 ) will impose various data privacy and security requirements on covered opera...

Colorado's landmark artificial intelligence law, the most comprehensive in the country, has been replaced before it ever took effect. After years of concern over the implications of Colorado's Concerning Consumer Protections in Interactions with AI Systems law, which was set to take effect on June 30, Gov. Jared Polis recently signed into law S.B. 26-189, a bill that repealed the Colorado AI law and replaced its broad "high-risk artificial intelligence system" framework with a narrower regime focused on automated decision-making technology, or ADMT, used in consequential decisions. S.B. 26-189 will apply to job applicants and employees who are residents of Colorado, in addition to "any individual whose access to, eligibility for, or opportunity in Colorado is evaluated in a consequential decision by a person doing business in Colorado." The Colorado AI law has been a source of concern for employers since it was enacted in 2024. Had the law gone into effect ...