Maine and Virginia have become the latest states to join the trend of enacting wage disclosure laws.
Maine
Effective July 29, 2026 in Maine, the new law will require employers with 10 or more employees to include a prospective range of pay in any job posting. This includes both electronic and printed job postings and
Well, that’s that.
The U.S. Department of Labor has issued a final rule, scheduled for publication in the Federal Register on May 15, 2026, formally removing the regulatory text from the now-vacated 2024 overtime rule and restoring the Part 541 regulations as they existed before that rule took effect.
As we previously reported
On May 4, 2026, the Second Circuit joined the Third, Sixth, Seventh, Eighth, and Ninth Circuits in holding that a district court may not authorize notice to out-of-state potential opt-in plaintiffs in an FLSA collective action unless the court has personal jurisdiction over the defendant with respect to those workers’ claims.
Governor Kathy Hochul has signed into law a bill amending New York State’s “stay or pay” law. Among key changes, the law’s enforcement date has been delayed by one year.
As we previously reported, on December 19, 2025, Governor Hochul signed into law the Trapped at Work Act which prohibits employers from requiring as