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Compliance Is a Challenge Keeping up with this growing patchwork of state and local paid family leave laws will remain challenging for employers, said Cuneo DeSmedt, mainly because the laws already on the books vary significantly from one jurisdiction to the next.

Key details for employers include the following: ;All employers with at least 10 employees as of Oct.1, 2025 are required to register employees with the EWF and make contributions if they don’t currently offer a provident fund or comparable assistance to employees for employment termination or death.

While some workers are reporting worsening mental health, they are also saying they have access to fewer employer-sponsored well-being support programs, according to a Conference Board survey.

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Since that first article, 12 states have introduced bills or passed laws that provide guardrails — some for employers, some for employees — for using noncompetes.

;Report Shows More Organizations Are Leaning into Pay Transparency; Determine Compliance Obligations ;Identify all legal entities and contractors located within EU member states.; ;Calculate employee totals in each member state, including part-time and contract workers.; ;Determine if remote EU workers (working in the EU for a U.S. employer) will need to be counted under individual national laws.; ;Identify and understand compliance obligations under each specific national law.; ;Review and document each member state’s reporting and remediation requirements.; Determine Strategy ;Review global versus local compliance strategies for process, consistency and internal equity challenges.; ;Determine what strategy works best for the organization.

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) filed a lawsuit against Wabash National Corp . , a nationwide producer of semi-trailers and other commercial trucking equipment, stating the company violated federal law when it failed to accommodate an employee’s known pregnancy-related limitation and subjected her to an unlawful medical inquiry .

Liability for Using AI in Setting Salary Ranges “Employers are responsible for the salary ranges that they are publishing, so employers should be cautioned when using AI for this work,” said Lulu Seikaly, a senior corporate attorney specializing in employment law at Payscale.

In providing guidance to employers , the Glennon Law Firm stated that the Supreme Court’s removal of the heightened standard “could lead to an increase in reverse discrimination claims, particularly as [DEI] programs continue to evolve across industries.

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the PWFA, in its June 18 effective form, brings “important clarity that will allow pregnant workers the ability to work and maintain a healthy pregnancy and help employers understand their duties under the law.”