Compliance Stuff

  States and cities are as busy as ever passing new workplace regulations throughout the calendar year. Here is our mid-year report summarizing the notable labor and employment laws that take effect from roughly July through October.  California Bill / Ordinance / Regulation Main Topic Summary Effective Date California: Los Angeles County Ordinance No. 24-1149   Predictive Scheduling Requires large retail employers to provide employees with a good-faith estimate of their work schedules, to post notice of work schedules in advance, and provide predictability pay for schedule changes. 7/1/2025 This article provides a general snapshot of generally applicable labor and employment laws taking effect soon. Please note that while some of the laws listed below are industry-specific, this article is not meant to be all-inclusive. In addition, many state legislatures are still active, so new laws are taking effect on a near-daily basis. Littler monitors federal, state and local leg...

The City of Philadelphia maintains several employment-specific ordinances that enhance preexisting state and federal employee protections or create new employment rights. Some of these apply even if the employer has only one employee in Philadelphia. Quick Hits Employers doing business in Philadelphia will want to be aware of several key employment-specific ordinances—including laws governing fair criminal record screening standards (“ban the box”), sick leave benefits, predictive scheduling, pre-employment drug testing, and transit benefits —that provide rights and protections for employees and compliance responsibilities for employers in the city. Philadelphia’s “Promoting Healthy Families and Workplaces” ordinance, for example, requires that employers allow eligible employees to accrue sick leave for qualifying purposes. The Philadelphia Code generally prohibits employers from conducting pre-employment drug testing for marijuana for applicants who will work in Philadelphia. Promotin...