{"id":5143,"date":"2023-11-14T16:12:59","date_gmt":"2023-11-14T22:12:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.employco.com\/blog\/?p=5143"},"modified":"2023-11-15T07:41:41","modified_gmt":"2023-11-15T13:41:41","slug":"hr-newsletter-state-legislative-updates-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.employco.com\/blog\/2023\/11\/14\/hr-newsletter-state-legislative-updates-10\/","title":{"rendered":"HR Newsletter: State Legislative Updates"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.employco.com\/images\/newsletter\/HR\/Blog\/December20_State-and-Local-Updates.png\" alt=\"HR Newsletter: State Legislative Updates\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>California Prohibits Questions About Off-duty Marijuana Use <\/strong>&#8211; Almost a year to the day after enacting <a href=\"https:\/\/leginfo.legislature.ca.gov\/faces\/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2188&amp;firstNav=tracking\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Assembly Bill (AB) 2188<\/a>, which provides employment protection for job applicants and employees who use marijuana outside of work, California has enacted additional new protections related to legalized marijuana. Specifically, <a href=\"https:\/\/legiscan.com\/CA\/text\/SB700\/id\/2842071\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Senate Bill (SB) 700<\/a>, enacted Sept. 19, 2023, adds protections against marijuana-related questions for job applicants. Both new laws go into effect on Jan. 1, 2024. <strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#b62e2e\" class=\"has-inline-color\">Read more<\/mark><\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.employco.com\/PDFs\/November2023_Legal-Update-California.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">California Legal Update<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.employco.com\/PDFs\/November2023_Legal-Update-California.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.employco.com\/images\/newsletter\/HR\/Blog\/November2023_Legal-Update-California-PDF.jpg\" alt=\"California Legal Update\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Illinois Issues New FAQs for Paid Leave for All Workers Act<\/strong> &#8211; The Illinois Department of Labor has issued additional <a href=\"https:\/\/labor.illinois.gov\/faqs\/paidleavefaq.html#faq-1doestheactapplytoparttimeemployeesorjustfulltimeemployees-faq\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">answers to frequently asked questions<\/a> (FAQs) about the Paid Leave for All Workers Act (Act), which takes effect Jan. 1, 2024. The department updated the FAQs on Oct. 18, 2023. It issued its first set of FAQs about the law last May. <strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#b62e2e\" class=\"has-inline-color\">Read more<\/mark><\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.employco.com\/PDFs\/November2023_Legal-Update-Illinois.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Illinois Legal Update<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.employco.com\/PDFs\/November2023_Legal-Update-Illinois.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.employco.com\/images\/newsletter\/HR\/Blog\/November2023_Legal-Update-Illinois-PDF.jpg\" alt=\"Illinois Legal Update\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Chicago Passes Ordinance to Provide 10 Days of Paid Leave<\/strong> \u2013 The Chicago City Council passed a new ordinance that requires employers with at least 1 employee to provide covered employees with up to five (5) days of Paid Sick Leave and five (5) days of Paid Leave each year. 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