{"id":4525,"date":"2023-03-14T21:15:04","date_gmt":"2023-03-15T02:15:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.employco.com\/blog\/?p=4525"},"modified":"2023-03-14T21:15:58","modified_gmt":"2023-03-15T02:15:58","slug":"hr-newsletter-state-legislative-updates-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.employco.com\/blog\/2023\/03\/14\/hr-newsletter-state-legislative-updates-2\/","title":{"rendered":"HR Newsletter: State Legislative Updates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.employco.com\/images\/newsletter\/HR\/Blog\/December20_State-and-Local-Updates.png\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Illinois Supreme Court Rules BIPA Claims Accrue with Each Violation<\/strong>: On Feb. 17, 2023, the Illinois Supreme Court found that claims under the Illinois <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ilga.gov\/legislation\/ilcs\/ilcs3.asp?ActID=3004&amp;ChapterID=57\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Biometric Information Privacy Act<\/a> (BIPA) accrue at each alleged violation, not just at the first unlawful scan or transmission. Given the amplified possibility of BIPA violation claims, this court decision is a clear warning that private entities\u2014including employers that use fingerprint time clocks or other employee biometric access procedures\u2014should evaluate their compliance with BIPA. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.employco.com\/PDFs\/March2023_Legal-Update-Illinois.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click here to read the Illinois Legal Update<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.employco.com\/PDFs\/March2023_Legal-Update-Illinois.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.employco.com\/images\/newsletter\/HR\/Blog\/March2023_Legal-Update-Illinois-PDF.jpg\" alt=\"Illinois Legal Update\" width=\"1244\" height=\"1440\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Louisiana Adopts Employee Reclassification Immunity Final Rule<\/strong>: On Jan. 20, 2023, the Louisiana Department of Revenue (LDR) published a <a href=\"https:\/\/services.statescape.com\/ssu\/Regs\/ss_8585273711299476388.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">final rule<\/a> to implement the state\u2019s Fresh Start Proper Worker Classification Initiative(the Initiative). According to the LDR\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/revenue.louisiana.gov\/LawsPolicies\/RIB%2021-031%20Implementation%20of%20the%20Fresh%20Start%20Proper%20Worker%20Classificatio_.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Revenue Information Bulletin 21-031<\/a>, the Initiative allows employers to reclassify workers as employees if they have been misclassified as independent contractors without tax, unemployment, penalty, or interest liability for prior periods. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.employco.com\/PDFs\/March2023_Legal-Update-Louisiana.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click here to read the Louisiana Legal Update<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.employco.com\/PDFs\/March2023_Legal-Update-Louisiana.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.employco.com\/images\/newsletter\/HR\/Blog\/March2023_Legal-Update-Louisiana-PDF.jpg\" alt=\"Louisiana Legal Update\" width=\"1248\" height=\"1507\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>New York Fair Employment Laws Overview<\/strong>: In addition to the workplace discrimination protections provided to employees under federal law, New York State (NYS) affords broad workplace discrimination protections under the <a href=\"https:\/\/dhr.ny.gov\/new-york-state-human-rights-law\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New York Human Rights Law<\/a> (NYHRL) and other laws relating to employment. The Employment Law Summary provides an overview of the NYHRL and information about related provisions under other state laws. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.employco.com\/PDFs\/March2023_Legal-Update-NewYork.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click here to read the New York Legal Update<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.employco.com\/PDFs\/March2023_Legal-Update-NewYork.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.employco.com\/images\/newsletter\/HR\/Blog\/March2023_Legal-Update-NewYork-PDF.jpg\" alt=\"New York Legal Update\" width=\"1172\" height=\"1640\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Illinois Supreme Court Rules BIPA Claims Accrue with Each Violation: On Feb. 17, 2023, the Illinois Supreme Court found that claims under the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) accrue at each alleged violation, not just at the first unlawful&hellip;  <\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.employco.com\/blog\/2023\/03\/14\/hr-newsletter-state-legislative-updates-2\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4525","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"featured_image_src":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"Employco USA","author_link":"https:\/\/www.employco.com\/blog\/author\/employcousa\/"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - 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