With menopause health benefits emerging as a tool in the war for talent, Rhode Island has recently taken steps to provide express protections related to an employee’s menopause and related conditions. In addition, the state is also imposing new onboarding notice requirements regarding payment of wages, as summarized below.
The Rhode Island Fair Employment
On July 4, 2025, President Trump signed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act into law—a budget reconciliation bill enacting several signature policies of the President’s second-term agenda. Left on the cutting-room floor, however, was an ambitious attempt to prohibit nearly all state and local regulation of artificial intelligence (“AI”) for the foreseeable future.
The version
Effective June 19, 2024, the New York State Labor Law (“NYSLL”) is amended to require employers to provide 30 minutes of paid break time for breast milk expression.
As we previously reported, the amendment was signed into law as part of New York State’s Budget for fiscal year 2025 and provides nursing employees with
The White House Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) completed its review of the updated federal overtime rule on April 10, 2024. We can expect publication of the final rule in the Federal Register any day now, with an effective date likely 60 days after publication.
If the final rule tracks the agency’s proposed