{"id":5731,"date":"2025-02-25T09:51:11","date_gmt":"2025-02-25T15:51:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.employco.com\/blog\/?p=5731"},"modified":"2025-02-25T09:51:15","modified_gmt":"2025-02-25T15:51:15","slug":"hr-newsletter-state-legislative-updates-25","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.employco.com\/blog\/2025\/02\/25\/hr-newsletter-state-legislative-updates-25\/","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=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>California Updates Employee Leave Law Poster<\/strong> &#8211; The California Civil Rights Department has updated the workplace <a href=\"https:\/\/calcivilrights.ca.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2023\/01\/CFRA-and-Pregnancy-Leave_ENG.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">poster<\/a> for family and medical leave and pregnancy disability leave.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#a41919\" class=\"has-inline-color\">Read more<\/mark><\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.employco.com\/PDFs\/February2025_1-California.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">California Legal Update<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.employco.com\/PDFs\/February2025_1-California.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.employco.com\/images\/newsletter\/HR\/Blog\/February2025_1-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<div class=\"wp-block-ub-divider ub_divider ub-divider-orientation-horizontal\" id=\"ub_divider_2902221b-4a1b-44ba-b9a4-e86c4619402e\"><div class=\"ub_divider_wrapper\" style=\"position: relative; margin-bottom: 2px; width: 100%; height: 2px; \" data-divider-alignment=\"center\"><div class=\"ub_divider_line\" style=\"border-top: 2px solid #000000; margin-top: 2px; \"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Illinois Eliminates Subminimum Wages for Disabled Employees<\/strong> &#8211; On Jan. 21, 2025, Illinois enacted the <a href=\"https:\/\/ilga.gov\/legislation\/publicacts\/fulltext.asp?Name=103-1060\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Dignity in Pay Act<\/a> (the Act), which phases out subminimum wage authorizations permitted under Section 14(c) of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) until they are completely eliminated in the state by Dec. 31, 2029. 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