Paid leave, unemployment and workers' compensation laws by state

SB 199: State employees; paid parental leave authorized, parameters for eligibility established

Applicable employing agencies must provide eligible employees paid parental leave: eight weeks for female employees and eight weeks for adoptive parents upon qualifying events; two weeks for male employees and one adoptive parent. Eligible employees must complete a written plan and return-to-work agreement before taking leave. The State Personnel Department and State Board of Education must adopt implementing rules and provide written notice to employees.

Took effect 1 July 2025

HB 14: An Act relating to health care insurance; relating to insurance reimbursement for health care services provided through telehealth; relating to telehealth; relating to workers' compensation coverage for disability from diseases for certain firefighters; repealing programs for catastrophic illness assistance and medical assistance for chronic and acute medical conditions; relating to occupational disability benefits and medical benefits available under the public employees' retirement system; providing for an effective date by amending the effective date of secs. 9 and 10, ch. 38, SLA 2022; and providing for an effective date.

Health care insurers must reimburse health care providers for health care services, including behavioral health services, provided through telehealth on the same basis and at least at the same rate as comparable in-person services, though geographic pay differentials may apply to out-of-state providers. Municipalities offering group health care insurance plans must comply with these telehealth reimbursement requirements.

SB 1136: workers' compensation; death benefits; remarriage

HB 2032: workers' compensation; assigned risk plan

All insurers transacting workers' compensation insurance in this state must participate in the assigned risk plan. An employer refused coverage by two or more insurers shall be placed in the assigned risk plan unless the employer fails to meet health and safety requirements, denies audit access, has outstanding disputed premiums, or knowingly misrepresents on the application.

SB 1551: workers' compensation; disability; definitions

Every employer affected by this chapter and every physician attending an injured employee must file with the commission and the employer's insurance carrier a full and complete report of every known injury arising out of or in the course of employment resulting in loss of life or injury requiring medical treatment. The employer must inform the insurance carrier and commission within ten days after receiving notice of an accident and must provide the employee with the insurance carrier's name, address, policy number and expiration date immediately upon notice of an accident.

SB 598: To amend various laws related to the division of workforce services; and to amend the definition of "employee" under the workers' compensation law resulting from initiated act 4 of 1948.

Employers and agencies determining employment status must use the twenty-factor test enumerated in 26 C.F.R. § 31.3121(d)-1 as it existed on January 1, 2025. This test applies to determining whether individuals are employees or independent contractors under workers' compensation law, wage discrimination law, unemployment compensation, and workforce services law.

AB 2292: Disability benefits: certificates.

Physicians and practitioners shall not charge an administrative fee to complete a certificate form for disability benefits or to complete a recertification examination or form required to maintain continued eligibility. They may bill for medical services provided in connection with an examination and collect applicable copayments, coinsurance, or deductibles.

Takes effect 1 January 2027

SB 1444: Employment.

Persons or employers must not willfully misclassify individuals as independent contractors or charge misclassified individuals fees for goods, materials, space rental, services, licenses, repairs, equipment maintenance, or fines. Members of Public Employees' Retirement System may elect optional settlements within 60 calendar days after first payment. Parties must notify Labor Commissioner of address or electronic address changes within 10 days.

Takes effect 1 January 2027

SB 171: Labor.

Employers must pay surcharges and assessments by electronic funds transfer. Employers failing to timely or completely pay surcharges, assessments, or electronic funds transfer requirements face a 10% penalty on unpaid amounts unless reasonable cause is shown. The Director of Industrial Relations enforces compliance and may waive or reduce penalties.

AB 1683: Workers' compensation: prepaid cards.

An employer may deposit disability indemnity payments in a prepaid card account if the employee provides written consent. The prepaid card must allow full balance withdrawal without fees, provide reasonable ATM access, permit fee-free point-of-sale purchases, and prohibit credit links. Only specified fees are permissible.

Takes effect 1 January 2027

SB 487: Workers' compensation.

Employers of peace officers and firefighters employed by cities, counties, fire protection districts, or city and counties must limit their recovery from third-party liability insurance to no more than one-third of the policy limits when the employee's total damages exceed net recovery and total insurance is insufficient. Employers must not assert credits or offsets against future workers' compensation benefits for these employees.

SB 590: Paid family leave: eligibility: care for designated persons.

Commencing July 1, 2028, workers become eligible for up to eight weeks of paid family leave benefits to care for a seriously ill designated person, defined as any care recipient related by blood or whose association is equivalent to a family relationship. Individuals requesting benefits for a designated person must identify that person and attest under penalty of perjury to their blood relation or equivalent family relationship.

SB 847: Workers' compensation: uninsured employer: transfer of real property.

The director may determine whether an uninsured employer or substantial shareholder conveyed real property after injury but before lien recording with intent to retain beneficial interest, creating a resulting trust. When the director makes such a determination, a certificate of lien shall attach to the property.

SB 294: The Workplace Know Your Rights Act.

Employers must provide stand-alone written notice to each current employee by February 1, 2026, and annually thereafter, describing workers' rights including workers' compensation, immigration agency inspections, union organizing, and constitutional rights when interacting with law enforcement. Employers must provide notice to new employees upon hire and to authorized representatives annually. Employers must not discharge, threaten, demote, suspend, or retaliate against employees for exercising rights under this part.

AB 1398: Workers' compensation.

All interested parties must disclose in writing any financial interest in an entity providing services to a third-party payer or other entity when presenting a claim for payment. Interested parties other than claims administrators or network service providers are prohibited from referring persons for services or using services from entities in which they have a financial interest.

SB 447: Workers' compensation: death benefits.

Employers of deceased local firefighters, peace officers, and Sheriff's Special Officers of Orange County must continue providing health benefits to the deceased employee's spouse under prior terms, or to minor dependents until age 26 if no surviving spouse exists.

SB 809: Employees and independent contractors: construction trucking.

Eligible construction contractors must execute a settlement agreement with the Labor Commissioner before January 1, 2029, whereby they agree to reclassify construction drivers as employees, pay all wages, benefits, and taxes owed, maintain converted positions as employee positions, and secure required workers' compensation coverage. Mere vehicle ownership does not make a person an independent contractor. Commercial motor vehicle drivers who own their vehicles are entitled to reimbursement for use, upkeep, and depreciation.

SB 291: Contractors: workers' compensation insurance.

Licensed contractors must file a current and valid Certificate of Workers' Compensation Insurance or Certification of Self-Insurance with the Contractors State License Board before issuance, reinstatement, reactivation, renewal, or continued maintenance of a license. Sole owner licensees, partnerships, corporations, limited liability companies, and tribal business licensees found to have employed workers without maintaining workers' compensation coverage are subject to minimum civil penalties of $10,000, $20,000 respectively, with additional penalties up to $30,000 per occurrence.

SB 230: Workers' compensation: firefighters.

For injuries occurring on or after January 1, 2026, active firefighting members of fire departments providing fire protection to commercial airports regulated by the FAA and trained and certified by the State Fire Marshal must be covered under workers' compensation presumptions for hernia, heart trouble, pneumonia, cancer, post-traumatic stress disorder, tuberculosis, blood-borne infectious diseases, biochemical substance exposure, and meningitis.

AB 1293: Workers' compensation: qualified medical evaluators.

The administrative director shall develop and make available a template qualified medical evaluator report form including all necessary statutory and regulatory requirements. The administrative director shall develop and make available a medical evaluation request form for communicating with panel qualified medical evaluators in advance of evaluations. The Division of Workers' Compensation shall adopt regulations to implement these provisions by January 1, 2027.

AB 1514: Worker classification: employees and independent contractors: licensed manicurists: commercial fishers.

Licensed manicurists, estheticians, electrologists, barbers, and cosmetologists may be classified as independent contractors if they set their own rates, process their own payments, set their own hours, maintain their own business license, and issue Form 1099 if working at the hiring entity's location. The Employment Development Department and Division of Labor Standards Enforcement must report to the Legislature by June 1, 2026, on misclassification allegations involving licensed manicurists since January 1, 2020. Commercial fishers working on American vessels remain exempt from the ABC test through January 1, 2031, and the Employment Development Department must issue annual unemployment insurance reports by June 30.

SB 854: Unemployment insurance.

Adds a definition to the Unemployment Insurance Code stating that 'mail,' 'mailing,' or 'mailed' includes writings transmitted by the United States Postal Service, other common mail carriers, or electronic transmission, with 'postmark date' meaning the date the writing was sent for electronic transmissions.

Took effect 1 January 2026

SB 156: Labor.

The State Department of Social Services must contract for payrolling functions subject to statutory requirements applicable to the State Controller. Providers of in-home supportive services and waiver personal care services must be compensated at one and one-half times their hourly wage for hours exceeding 40 per workweek. A county must reach a collective bargaining agreement with employee organizations within 30 days after factfinding panel release or face withholding of 1991 Realignment funds.

HB 1413: Sick & Military Leave for Certain Public Servants

State employees may earn no more than ten days of sick leave per fiscal year and may retain no more than forty-five days at fiscal year end. Officers and employees of the state or political subdivisions who are members of the National Guard, state military forces, or United States reserve forces are entitled to military leave of absence without loss of pay or benefits for up to four weeks of work per leave year.

Took effect 1 July 2026

SB 186: Update Workers' Compensation Statutes Allow Electronic Filing

SB 93: Workers' Compensation Insurance Coverage Verification

HB 25-1300: Workers' Compensation Benefits Proof of Entitlement

An employer or the employer's insurer must use the Division's utilization standards when responding to requests for authorization from a treating physician. An employer or insurer must notify an injured Colorado resident employee of the right to designate a treating physician within seven calendar days of receiving notice of an on-the-job injury. An injured employee may designate a Level I or Level II accredited physician as authorized treating physician.

SB 25-144: Change Paid Family Medical Leave Insurance Prog

The director shall set paid family and medical leave insurance premium rates based on specified formulas. From January 1, 2026 through December 31, 2026, the premium is eighty-eight hundredths of one percent of wages per employee. For 2027 and thereafter, the director shall adopt premium rates by rule on or before September 1 of the preceding year to maintain adequate fund reserves and minimize volatility, not exceeding one and two tenths of a percent of wages per employee.

SB 25-186: Sunset Workers' Compensation Providers Accreditation Program

Extends the workers' compensation accreditation program for health-care providers until September 1, 2036, and expands level I accreditation eligibility to any health-care professional regulated under Title 12 who provides workers' compensation treatment. Appropriates $123,933 to the division of workers' compensation for implementation.

SB 25-242: Division Unemployment Insurance Funding Mechanism

Renames the employment and training technology fund to the unemployment insurance program support fund and adjusts the percentages of employer support surcharge rates allocated to various unemployment insurance funds, with the support surcharge rate to the renamed fund increasing from 32 percent to 54 percent.

SB 1525: An act concerning the teachers' retirement board's recommendations for changes to the teachers' retirement system statutes.

The bill clarifies Teachers' Retirement System statutes by excluding the State Education Resource Center and Children's Center from employer and public school definitions effective July 1, 2025, realigns retiree board election dates to July quadrennially, and makes technical changes to retirement benefit applications, survivor benefits, and health insurance provisions.

Took effect 1 July 2025

HB 6863: An act concerning deficiency appropriations for the fiscal year ending june 30, 2025, and compensation paid to injured employees and the parents of a deceased employee under the workers' compensation act.

Appropriates 554.8 million dollars from the General Fund and additional sums from special funds for fiscal year 2025, and modifies workers' compensation benefits by adjusting injury compensation schedules, establishing a working group to study rehabilitation services, and expanding partial disability benefits.

SB 26: An act to amend title 19 of the delaware code relating to unemployment compensation.

Employers must permit work to continue under preexisting terms during contract negotiations to qualify as a lockout. Employers must not hire permanent replacement workers or must certify in writing that an individual will return to their prior position after a labor dispute ends. Individuals are disqualified for benefits only during the first two weeks of unemployment due to labor disputes other than lockouts, unless the dispute results from employer non-compliance with agreements or laws, or permanent replacement hiring.

SB 248: An act to amend title 19 of the delaware code relating to workplace safety program.

Amends the workplace safety program formula in Title 19 to adjust how safety credits are calculated based on employer credibility. The change takes effect for safety credit calculations communicated by the Department of Insurance on or after December 1, 2026.

SB 63: An act to amend title 19 of the delaware code relating to labor.

Clarifies that a general contractor is not subject to debarment under Title 19 of the Delaware Code for penalties incurred by a subcontractor's violations, though the contractor remains liable for other subcontractor penalties.

SJR 7: Directing the state employee benefits committee and the secretary of human resources to engage with independent consultants and other supply chain tactics for cost containment of prescription drugs for state employees and retirees’ insurance programs.

This amendment clarifies that strategies and policies guiding the State Employee Benefits Committee and Secretary of Human Resources in engaging consultants and supply chain tactics for prescription drug cost containment must be consistent with applicable State and federal law.

HB 128: An act to amend title 19 of the delaware code relating to the family and medical leave insurance program.

Individuals filing new claims for family and medical leave benefits must disclose child support obligations. The Department must notify child support enforcement agencies of eligible individuals and deduct and withhold child support obligations from benefits. Employers with private plans need not provide claim documentation to the Department unless there is an appeal, complaint, audit, or specific inquiry.

SB 145: An act to amend title 19 of the delaware code relating to workers' compensation payments.

Insurance carriers and self-insurers must print specified language on the reverse side of disability payment checks above the endorsement, or on direct deposit authorization forms. Direct deposit forms must be dated and signed by both claimant and carrier or self-insurer. Employers who self-insure must report total payroll annually by January 30.

SB 164: An act to amend title 19 of the delaware code relating to workers’ compensation.

Modifies workers' compensation medical cost reductions to be permanent except for inflation increases beginning in 2018 and a one-time 3% increase for Evaluation and Management Code reimbursements, effective January 31, 2026.

Took effect 31 January 2026

HB 987: Voluntary Portable Benefit Plan Act; enact

Hiring parties and other entities may voluntarily contribute funds to independent contractors' portable benefit accounts. Withholding compensation for such contributions requires a written agreement that is clear, unambiguous, and prominently displayed, and the independent contractor must opt in and may opt out at any time. Voluntary contributions do not classify the hiring party as an employer.

HB 1515: Relating to workers' compensation.

Employers must pay fees for functional capacity examinations requested by an injured employee's attending physician after medical stabilization. The attending physician must submit the qualified health care provider's name, business address, discipline, specialty, and examination reasons in writing to the employer at least seven calendar days before referral. The qualified health care provider must provide the examination report to the attending physician and employer no later than fourteen calendar days after the examination.

HB 1514: Relating to workers' compensation.

A certified provider of vocational rehabilitation services shall automatically approve vocational rehabilitation services for an injured employee if the provider determines the employee will likely require such services to return to suitable gainful employment and is feasible to participate. An injured employee must select a certified provider within thirty days of referral, or the employer shall select one. Both must notify the other party within seven days.

HB 430: Relating to internships.

The department of labor and industrial relations must administer an on-the-job training work experience program contracting with private sector employers to provide up to $20.00 per hour wage reimbursement for intern training and supervision, limited to twelve weeks for college students and six weeks for high school students. The department must also establish and administer a state internship and workforce development program placing interns in state executive branch departments.

HB 477: Relating to the hawaii employment security law.

The department must classify employers by contribution rates reflecting their experience with benefit payments. Individuals must register for work and report to employment offices to receive unemployment benefits, though the department may waive or alter these requirements for partially unemployed individuals, those attached to regular jobs, union members, individuals in labor disputes, suspended workers, and other situations where compliance would be oppressive.

Took effect 1 July 2025

H 645: PORTABLE BENEFIT PLAN ACT – Adds to existing law to establish the Portable Benefit Plan Act.

Portable benefit account providers must administer portable benefit accounts consistent with this chapter's requirements. Hiring parties may voluntarily contribute funds to independent contractors' portable benefit accounts. Contributions must not be treated as evidence of employment under employment security, worker's compensation, tax, or labor laws.

Took effect 1 July 2026

H 53: EMPLOYMENT SECURITY – Amends and adds to existing law to provide for the prevention and deterrence of unemployment insurance fraud.

Persons must not knowingly transfer, possess, or use another's identity without lawful authority to commit violations of employment security law. Claimants must not willfully make false statements or fail to disclose material facts to obtain benefits. Employers and other persons must not willfully make false statements or fail to disclose material facts regarding business transfers or contribution rates.

Took effect 1 July 2025

H 54: LABOR – Amends and adds to existing law to revise provisions regarding employment security laws and to provide for certain administrative rules to be null, void, and of no force and effect.

Covered employers must comply with revised employment security law provisions including wage reporting, contribution payments, and eligibility determinations. Claimants must meet ability to work and availability requirements. The act imposes no new duties on regulated parties; it amends existing employment security law and voids specified administrative rules effective July 1, 2025.

Took effect 1 July 2025

HB 2978: Neonatal intensive care leave

Employers with 16 to 50 employees must provide employees up to 10 days of unpaid neonatal intensive care leave while a child is in a NICU. Employers with 51 or more employees must provide up to 20 days. Upon leave conclusion, employees must be reinstated to their former or substantially equivalent position with no loss of benefits. Employers cannot take adverse action against employees exercising these rights.

Took effect 1 June 2026

HB 3200: Unemployment ins-recovery

The Department must provide written notice of appeal rights and waiver standards when an individual receives ineligible benefits. The Department must promulgate rules within 90 days clarifying eligibility and fraud prevention. The Department must file a report by January 1, 2030 on fiscal impact of mental health disability provisions.

Took effect 1 January 2026

SB 220: Military funeral honors leave

Employers with 51 or more employees must provide employees up to 8 hours per calendar month, totaling 40 hours per calendar year, as paid leave to participate in funeral honors details for veterans. Employees must be trained, either active or retired armed forces members or authorized providers. Employers must pay regular rate of pay for such leave.

SB 162: Department of workforce development.

The Department of Workforce Development must remove vacation pay and sick pay from the definition of deductible income. The department may make direct deposit disbursements to financial institutions with Indiana physical branches or approved by the state treasurer, or to other institutions meeting specified compliance requirements.

Took effect 1 July 2026

SB 214: Department of workforce development.

Employers must report quarterly wage and employment information including employee names, Social Security numbers, gross wages, work site locations, and occupational classifications by the last day of the month following each quarter. Employers must pay contributions by the same deadline. Postsecondary proprietary educational institutions must obtain authorization from the department.

Took effect 1 July 2026

HB 1098: Work based learning liability.

An intermediary connecting a student with an employer for work based learning must obtain employer liability insurance, worker's compensation insurance, and other necessary insurance, ensure compliance with course requirements and applicable laws, and assume liability for legal or administrative claims arising from the student's employment. An insurer may not deny, refuse to renew, add surcharges, impose exclusions, require supplemental insurance, or restrict coverage based solely on a student being under eighteen or enrolled in a work based learning course.

Took effect 1 July 2026

SB 371: Workforce matters.

Unemployment claimants must verify their identity before filing a claim and as a condition for continued eligibility. The department must schedule claimants for orientation at a one-stop center within the fourth to sixth week after benefits begin. Claimants must maintain tangible evidence of active job search and engage in systematic and sustained effort to find suitable work.

Took effect 1 July 2025

SF 2168: A bill for an act relating to workforce matters including apprenticeships and other career training, unemployment insurance, and membership of the state workforce development board, making appropriations, and including effective date provisions.

Expands apprenticeship program definitions and requirements, increases apprenticeship training fund appropriations from three to four million five hundred thousand dollars annually, creates a career training physical expansion program for community colleges and apprenticeship programs, and modifies unemployment insurance and workforce development board provisions.

HF 2502: A bill for an act relating to paid parental leave for state employees, and including effective date provisions.

State employees entitled to leave under the federal Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 must be provided paid leave for the birth of a child or placement of a child for adoption if the leave is taken within twelve months following the birth or adoption.

SF 607: A bill for an act relating to unemployment insurance taxes on employers.

HF 889: A bill for an act relating to government employee paid leave.

SF 603: A bill for an act relating to workforce compensation and training, unemployment insurance, and other functions and programs of the department of workforce development, the workforce development board, and local government entities, and including effective date provisions.

HF 441: A bill for an act concerning the functions of the employment appeal board; the workers’ compensation commissioner; and the department of inspections, appeals, and licensing relating to contested cases, judicial review, and liability.

The employment appeal board shall hear and decide contested cases under specified code sections and chapters. The state, department of inspections, appeals, and licensing, and employment appeal board shall not be liable for unemployment benefits exceeding available funds in the unemployment compensation fund.

SF 565: A bill for an act providing for the continuation of health insurance in certain circumstances for the surviving spouse and each surviving child of employees of the state of Iowa and including retroactive applicability provisions.

HB 2602: Establishing requirements for a portable benefit plan for independent contractors, determining types of contributions to such plans and providing a subtraction modification for Kansas income tax purposes.

Hiring parties may contribute funds to portable benefit accounts for independent contractors through portable benefit plan providers offering health insurance, income replacement insurance, disability insurance, life insurance, or retirement benefits. Contributions may use contractor funds, hiring party funds, or withheld compensation if expressly agreed in writing, clearly displayed, voluntarily elected with opt-out rights. Contributions cannot determine worker employment classification.

SB 136: AN ACT relating to unemployment insurance and declaring an emergency.

The cabinet shall refer any person suspected of fraudulently obtaining or attempting to obtain unemployment benefits to the appropriate county attorney or Commonwealth's attorney and the United States Department of Labor within thirty days after determining suspected fraud has occurred. The referral must include the applicable employer and employee names, contact information, and information regarding the suspected fraud.

SB 343: AN ACT relating to the Department of Workers' Claims and declaring an emergency.

Creates the Department of Workers' Claims administratively attached to the Office of the Governor, headed by a commissioner appointed by the Governor and confirmed by the Senate, reorganizing it from the Education and Labor Cabinet.

HB 369: AN ACT relating to police department members.

Members of police departments in cities listed on the registry must not work more than eight hours per day for five days each week or ten hours per day for four days each week, except in emergencies. Police department members must be permitted to accrue fifteen working days of annual leave with full pay each year. The Department for Local Government must create and maintain a registry of qualifying cities on its website by January 1, 2015.

SB 9: AN ACT relating to teacher benefit provisions and declaring an emergency.

Each school district board of education must establish a sick leave donation program permitting teachers and employees to voluntarily contribute sick leave to colleagues with extended absences due to certified illness, injury, or catastrophic property loss. Districts must also establish maternity leave policies providing up to thirty paid days by July 1, 2030. Districts must report annual sick leave balances to the Teachers' Retirement System.

SB 201: AN ACT relating to workers' compensation.

The Governor must appoint administrative law judges and Workers' Compensation Board members from names presented by the Workers' Compensation Nominating Committee, subject to Senate consent. The nominating committee must consist of five members including attorneys representing claimants and employers, with at least two members deriving no earned income from the workers' compensation program.

SB 162: AN ACT relating to unemployment insurance.

The cabinet must refer any person suspected of fraudulently obtaining unemployment benefits to the Department of Justice, Kentucky Justice and Public Safety Cabinet, and appropriate county or Commonwealth's attorney within thirty days of determining suspected fraud occurred. Public agencies must immediately terminate employment or contracts of public employees or contractors who collect or attempt to collect unemployment benefits while employed.

HB 301: LABOR: Creates the Independent Contractor Voluntary Portable Benefits Act

LD 2018: An Act To Amend The Requirements Governing Self-Insurance Plans In The Paid Family And Medical Leave Benefits Program

The department shall allow multiple employers to share the cost of legal, accounting, surety and third-party administrator expenses under the paid family and medical leave benefits program. All employers approved to self-insure are strictly liable to pay all of their own claims notwithstanding any other financial arrangement.

LD 2101: An Act To Establish A Monetary Penalty For Employers Whose Unemployment Payment Is Returned Unpaid

When a payment made under Maine's Employment Security Law is returned unpaid for any reason, including insufficient funds, account closure, nonexistence of the account, stop-payment order, or any other cause, the commissioner shall assess a penalty equal to $25 or 1% of the payment amount, whichever is greater.

LD 2169: An Act To Improve The Public Employees Disability Retirement Program By Modifying Provisions Controlling The Reduction Of Benefits And Clarifying Terminology

The chief executive officer of the Maine Public Employees Retirement System must reduce disability retirement benefits when beneficiaries earn compensation exceeding $35,500 in calendar year 2026 or that amount adjusted annually by Consumer Price Index increases, prorated monthly over one year. The chief executive officer may waive reductions if excess compensation ceases and continuing reduction would cause hardship.

LD 55: An Act To Amend The Law Governing The Accrual Of Earned Paid Leave

Employers must allow employees to earn one hour of paid leave for every 40 hours worked, up to an accrual limit specified in the employer's policy per year. Employers must make accrued and unused paid leave from the previous year available for use in the following year, and such carryover may not reduce the total hours an employee is entitled to earn in the new year.

LD 82: An Act To Amend The Workers' Compensation Laws By Extending Indefinitely The Presumption Applying To Law Enforcement Officers, Corrections Officers, E-9-1-1 Dispatchers, Firefighters And Emergency Medical Services Persons Diagnosed With Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

Removes the October 1, 2025 expiration date from the workers' compensation presumption for post-traumatic stress disorder diagnoses in law enforcement officers, corrections officers, E-9-1-1 dispatchers, firefighters, and emergency medical services persons, making the presumption indefinite.

LD 894: An Act To Amend The Laws Governing Paid Family And Medical Leave

Employers must ensure covered individuals have been employed for at least 120 days before they are eligible for paid family leave or medical leave benefits. A covered individual must earn at least 6 times the state average weekly wage during their base period or elect coverage, and must meet administrative requirements and file an application.

LD 1638: An Act Regarding Disability Retirement Benefits Under The Maine Public Employees Retirement System

The Maine Public Employees Retirement System must not reduce disability retirement benefits of persons receiving such benefits as of December 31, 2024 based on their receipt of United States Social Security Act disability benefits. The system must pay affected persons the difference between benefits they should have received and benefits actually received, with interest calculated under Maine Revised Statutes Title 36 section 186.

LD 1221: Resolution, Proposing An Amendment To The Constitution Of Maine To Prohibit The Legislature From Using Paid Family And Medical Leave Program Funds For Any Other Purpose

Directs the Department of Labor to study methods protecting all revenues from taxes, fees, premiums, fines and penalties relating to the paid family and medical leave benefits program from being expended for any other purpose, with a report due to the Joint Standing Committee on Labor by January 15, 2026.

LD 706: An Act Regarding The Laws Relating To Unemployment Insurance

The Department of Labor must administer unemployment insurance eligibility determinations using revised standards. Individuals must meet wage requirements of 2 times the annual average weekly wage in each of 2 different quarters plus 6 times total wages in the base period. Individuals must actively seek work, register for work, serve a one-week waiting period, and comply with work search documentation requirements to receive benefits.

LD 1195: An Act To Amend The Provisions Of The Maine Workers' Compensation Act Of 1992 Governing Requirements For Self-Insurers

Self-insurers must post security approved by the Superintendent of Insurance, which may include surety bonds, irrevocable standby letters of credit, cash deposits, acceptable securities, or actuarially determined fully funded trusts. Group self-insurers may use irrevocable standby letters of credit only up to the difference between required confidence level funding and funding reduced by 10 percentage points, provided trust assets are not used as collateral.

LD 707: An Act To Amend The Membership Of The State Employee Health Commission And Make Referential Changes To The Office Of Employee Health, Wellness And Workers' Compensation

Adds the State Human Resources Officer as an ex officio member of the State Employee Health Commission and renames the Office of Employee Health and Wellness to the Office of Employee Health, Wellness and Workers' Compensation throughout state statutes.

LD 131: An Act To Eliminate The Provision Of The Maine Workers' Compensation Act Of 1992 That Allows An Employer Member Of A Group Self-Insurer To Insure Its Employees Through A Fronting Arrangement

Repeals provisions of the Maine Workers' Compensation Act of 1992 that authorize employer members of group self-insurers to use fronting company arrangements to insure their employees.

HB 347: Workers' Compensation - Occupational Disease Presumptions - Hypertension

Employers and insurers must provide workers' compensation to paid firefighters, paid firefighting instructors, paid rescue squad members, paid advanced life support unit members, and sworn members of the Office of the State Fire Marshal who have been diagnosed with hypertension by an authorized provider, prescribed medication for at least 90 consecutive days, completed at least 2 years of cumulative service, and are currently employed in such positions.

Took effect 1 October 2026

HB 878: Workers' Compensation - Heart Disease and Hypertension Presumption and Permanent Partial Disability - Carroll County Correctional Deputies

Carroll County correctional deputies who suffer from heart disease or hypertension resulting in partial or total disability or death are presumed to have an occupational disease compensable under workers' compensation law, provided the condition is more severe than any pre-existing condition. Deputies employed on or before September 30, 2026 must provide medical documentation of existing heart disease or hypertension to the Carroll County Sheriff's Office by December 31, 2026.

Took effect 1 October 2026

HB 242: Unemployment Insurance - Confidentiality of Information

The Secretary of Labor must keep confidential any unemployment insurance information that reveals identifying information about individuals, employers, or employing units, except as required by federal law or as specifically authorized by statute. Recipients of disclosed confidential information must safeguard it against unauthorized access and use it only for authorized purposes.

Took effect 1 October 2026

HB 1503: State Personnel - Paid Family and Medical Leave

The Secretary of Budget and Management must adopt regulations governing paid family and medical leave benefits for Executive Branch employees beginning July 1, 2026. Employees may request paid family and medical leave to care for newborns, adopted or foster children, family members with serious health conditions, service members with serious health conditions, or to attend qualifying exigencies. Employees may receive up to 12 weeks of leave per application year, or 24 weeks if eligible for both newborn and serious health condition leave in the same year.

Took effect 1 October 2025

HB 102: Family and Medical Leave Insurance Program - Revisions

The Maryland Secretary of Labor must adopt regulations by July 1, 2027 establishing an optional self-employed enrollment program that includes contribution amounts, benefit amounts, and enrollment procedures. Self-employed individuals participating in the Program must contribute to the Fund in accordance with those regulations.

Took effect 1 June 2025

SB 785: Labor and Employment - Unpaid Parental Leave - Definition of Employer

Employers who employ at least 15 but not more than 49 individuals in the State for each working day during 20 or more calendar workweeks in the current or preceding calendar year and are not covered under the federal Family and Medical Leave Act for the current calendar year must provide eligible employees unpaid parental leave.

Took effect 1 October 2025

SB 830: Workers' Compensation - Claims Application Form - Authorization for Release of Information

Claimants filing workers' compensation claims must include authorization for release of medical and financial information to the claimant's attorney, the Uninsured Employers' Fund, the Subsequent Injury Fund, the employer, and the insurer. The authorization includes additional claims filed by the claimant and information in the Commission's custody, effective for 1 year.

Took effect 1 October 2025

SF 3720: 2026 recommendations adoption of the Workers' Compensation Advisory Council

The Workers' Compensation Reinsurance Association must equitably distribute excess surplus or collect deficiency assessments from self-insurer members and insured employers based on exposure bases and rates determined by the board and approved by the commissioner of labor and industry or commerce. The board must consider permanent partial disability schedule adequacy during each 2026 and subsequent even-year legislative session.

HB 1063: MS State Employees Paid Parental Leave Act; create.

State agencies, departments, and institutions must provide eligible employees six weeks of paid parental leave at 100% regular salary following birth or adoption of a child. Eligible employees must have twelve consecutive months of full-time permanent employment and be the primary caregiver. Leave must be taken within twelve weeks of birth or adoption and only once per twelve-month period. Employees must provide thirty calendar days advance notice where foreseeable.

Took effect 1 January 2026

HB 516: Move workers' compensation court to judicial branch

The Montana Supreme Court shall supervise the workers' compensation court and workers' compensation judge, pay their salaries and expenses from the workers' compensation court fund, and administer the court. By July 15 of each fiscal year, the Department of Labor and Industry shall transfer $500,000 from the workers' compensation administration fund to the workers' compensation court fund.

HB 656: Revising the fund structure and use of employment security account

Transfers the Office of Community Service from the Governor's office to the Department of Labor and Industry and adds funding for the Office of Community Service and Commission for Human Rights as allowable uses of the Employment Security Account.

HB 428: Revising provisions related to workers compensation

Insurers must file summary reports with the department by January 15 of each year showing benefits paid, medical expenditures, and miscellaneous amounts for the previous calendar year. Treating physicians must complete medical status forms following every office visit with the worker.

HB 367: Revise workers' compensation laws relating to travel and reimbursement

Insurers must not deny workers' compensation coverage based solely on whether an employer furnishes transportation or the employee receives reimbursement for travel costs. An employee traveling is covered only if the employer furnishes transportation or reimburses travel costs as part of employment benefits and the travel is necessitated by the employer, or if travel is required as part of job duties.

SB 338: Revise workers' compensation insurance related to who may receive payments

Employers, insurers, and the department must make workers' compensation payments due to children under 18 or adjudged incompetent persons to the parent, appointed guardian, appointed conservator, or appointed benefits administrator. The workers' compensation judge may appoint a benefits administrator upon petition by a claimant, insurer, or the uninsured employers' fund.

SB 109: Revise workers' compensation definition of treating physician to include physical therapists

Amends Montana's workers' compensation law to add physical therapists licensed under Title 37, chapter 11 to the definition of treating physician who can deliver and coordinate medical services for compensable injuries or occupational diseases.

HB 210: Revise laws relating to unemployment insurance program collection rates and uses

The department of labor and industry must verify unemployment insurance applicant identity using commercially available databases, check unemployment insurance rolls weekly against incarcerated individuals lists and national new hire directories, and crossmatch applicants with motor vehicle records. The department may disclose motor vehicle records to the department of labor and industry for unemployment insurance program integrity purposes.

LB 455: Change provisions of the Nebraska Workers' Compensation Act relating to injury reports and workers' compensation insurance policies and deductibles

Employers or workers' compensation insurers must file a report of each reportable injury with the Nebraska Workers' Compensation Court within ten days of notice or knowledge. Workers' compensation insurance policies must offer medical benefit deductibles of five hundred to two thousand five hundred dollars per claim in five hundred dollar increments, or optional deductibles up to forty percent of annual premium but not less than fifty thousand dollars.

LB 820: Change retirement provisions relating to approved identification documents, participation in certain retirement systems, state contributions, ex officio members of the Nebraska Investment Council, contributions by school districts, computation of tax withholdings, retirement allowances, cost-of-living adjustments, and the Nebraska State Patrol and change the title of the executive director of the Nebraska Public Employees Retirement Systems

Employees and employing state agencies must maintain at least one approved identification document demonstrating United States citizenship or lawful presence as of the employee's date of hire and produce it upon request of the retirement board or Nebraska Public Employees Retirement Systems. State agencies must ensure employees authorized to participate in the retirement system enroll and make required contributions immediately upon employment.

LB 847: Adopt the Nebraska Registered Apprenticeship Act, change provisions relating to funds, child labor, the Business Innovation Act, the Contractor Registration Act, the Employee Classification Act, the Employment Security Law, and the Nebraska Wage Payment and Collection Act, and transfer administration of student internships to the Department of Labor

Apprenticeship sponsors must comply with federal apprenticeship standards at 29 C.F.R. part 29 as of January 1, 2026. Apprentices must be at least sixteen years old and complete at least two thousand hours of on-the-job learning. Employers receiving Business Innovation Act financial assistance must submit quarterly wage reports to the Department of Labor.

LB 921: Adopt the Nebraska Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act and the Health Care Staffing Agency Registration Act and change provisions of the Employment Security Law, the In the Line of Duty Compensation Act, the Non-English-Speaking Workers Protection Act, and the State Miscellaneous Claims Act

LB 265: Adopt the Manufacturing Modernization and Workforce Development Pilot Investment Act, transfer, change, and eliminate funds, change provisions relating to the state unemployment insurance tax rate, and eliminate the Nebraska Worker Training Board

Eligible manufacturing operations may apply to the Department of Labor for grants between October 1, 2025 and November 1, 2026. Grants equal private matching funds up to fifty thousand dollars maximum. Applicants must have operated three years, derive fifty-one percent revenue from manufactured goods, employ three full-time employees, and demonstrate one-to-one private matching support.

LB 415: Change provisions of the Nebraska Healthy Families and Workplaces Act and the Conveyance Safety Act and provide for offset of debt owed due to the overpayment of unemployment benefits under the Employment Security Law against gambling winnings under the Gambling Winnings Setoff for Outstanding Debt Act and against future benefits under the Employment Security Law

Employers with one or more employees must provide employees with paid sick time accruing at one hour per thirty hours worked, with minimums of forty hours annually for small businesses and fifty-six hours for others. Operators of gaming devices must check a collection system before paying winnings and deduct amounts owed for unemployment benefit overpayments, child support, spousal support, medical support, or state tax liabilities.

LB 297: Change provisions relating to the combined tax rate under the Employment Security Law

Employers must have their combined tax rate calculated according to experience rating records and reserve ratios. Beginning January 1, 2025 through December 31, 2029, the final average combined tax rate shall be reduced by five percent. In tax year 2025 only, the category twelve rate shall be 0.48.

LB 197: Change provisions relating to disqualification for benefits, claim determinations, and claim redeterminations under the Employment Security Law

LB 229: Exclude marketplace network contractors working for marketplace network platforms from the Employment Security Law

Marketplace network platforms must not include service by marketplace network contractors in the definition of employment under Nebraska's Employment Security Law if the contractor and platform agree in writing that the contractor is independent, the platform does not unilaterally prescribe hours, does not prohibit outside employment, and cannot terminate for refusing specific requests.

AB 21: Revises provisions relating to unemployment compensation. (BDR 53-308)

The State Controller must transfer to the Clearing Account in the Unemployment Compensation Fund the amount by which the unencumbered balance of money in the Unemployment Compensation Administration Fund exceeds the amount the Legislature has authorized for expenditure during the first 180 days of the succeeding fiscal year.

SB 11: Revises provisions relating to the payment of extended unemployment benefits. (BDR 53-306)

The Administrator of the Employment Security Division must reduce weekly extended benefit amounts for persons by a percentage equal to the federal payment reduction during sequestration periods. The Administrator must provide timely notice including the calculation and appeal rights. Persons may appeal only the calculation, not the reduction itself.

HB 1245: relative to voluntary portable benefits plans for independent contractors.

Hiring parties may make voluntary contributions to portable benefit plans on behalf of independent contractors. Hiring parties and independent contractors may agree in writing to withhold compensation for plan contributions if the agreement is clear, unambiguous, prominently displayed, requires affirmative opt-in, and permits opt-out at any time. Participation in portable benefit plans shall not affect worker classification.

SB 655: relative to employee leasing companies, workers' compensation coverage options, and a minimum wage exemption for minor league baseball players.

Parties to co-employment relationships must ensure workers' compensation insurance coverage is in place for all leased employees. When a client company elects to provide coverage, it must notify employees and the employee leasing company must report policy details to the commissioner within 30 days. Minor league baseball players compensated under collective bargaining agreements are exempted from minimum wage requirements.

Took effect 11 August 2026

A 1516: Exempts poll workers wages from affecting unemployment compensation.

Exempts compensation paid by county boards of elections to temporary poll workers from counting as remuneration when determining unemployment compensation eligibility, provided annual compensation does not exceed $1,000.

S 3772: Concerns valuation of board and lodging with respect to workers' compensation.

Employers must value board and lodging furnished to employees as part of wages at market value unless the parties fixed a different amount at the time of hiring. If a claimant continues to receive board or lodging during total temporary disability, that value shall not be included in calculating the workers' compensation rate for temporary total disability.

A 5792: Provides for workers' compensation coverage of certain counseling services for first responders and provides that certain mental health related communications are confidential.

Employers of first responders must provide up to 12 hours of paid confidential counseling with a mental health professional to first responders who experience a critical incident, with the first responder authorized to select the professional. Employers must pay for up to 24 additional hours if a mental health professional determines it would benefit the first responder. Employers cannot require use of accrued leave for counseling sessions during work hours. Mental health communications between law enforcement officers and resiliency program officers or peer support team members are confidential and need not be disclosed except when the officer poses risk to self or others or evidence of crime exists.

A 4043: Redirects portion of worker's unemployment compensation trust fund contribution to unemployment compensation administration fund.*

Amends unemployment compensation law to redirect a portion of worker contributions from the unemployment compensation trust fund to the unemployment compensation administration fund, effective for wages paid on or after January 1, 2024.

A 4047: Revises unemployment compensation law.

Revises unemployment compensation law to expand dependent benefits for disabled adult children, allow full-time students to receive benefits while remaining available for work, modify overpayment waiver procedures, and change extended benefits eligibility requirements for misconduct disqualifications.

HB 128: Firefighter occupational disease disablement

Employers of full-time firefighters must provide medical treatment for presumed occupational conditions as job-related injuries unless a court determines the presumption does not apply. Conditions include specified cancers diagnosed after five years of employment, infectious diseases appearing after employment entry, and posttraumatic stress disorder diagnosed by a physician or psychologist.

HB 66: Workers' compensation changes

Employers must advance discovery costs requested by claimants up to six thousand dollars ($6,000). Attorneys representing claimants or employers in workers' compensation claims may not receive fees exceeding thirty thousand dollars ($30,000) in calendar year 2025, adjusted annually by consumer price index thereafter, except up to five thousand dollars ($5,000) additional if bad faith is found.

A 10343: Relates to fees and expenses in unemployment insurance proceedings; extending effectiveness

Extends the effectiveness date of paragraphs (a) and (c) of subdivision 3 of section 538 of the labor law from December 31, 2026 to December 31, 2028.

S 8795: Extends paid family leave benefits to certain construction employees

Covered employers must maintain existing health benefits for construction employees during family leave as if they continued working. Construction employees become eligible for family leave benefits with a covered employer if they worked that employer's normal work week for at least twenty-six of the last thirty-nine weeks with any covered employer signatory to a collective bargaining agreement.

Takes effect 1 January 2027

A 4727: Relates to paid family leave benefits

Covered employers must provide paid family leave benefits to employees who have worked for twenty-six or more consecutive weeks. Employees in construction trades under collective bargaining agreements become eligible for family leave benefits after working at least twenty-six of the last thirty-nine weeks. Employees maintain eligibility for disability benefits for four weeks after employment terminates.

S 8384: Relates to terms and conditions of employment for members of the collective negotiating unit consisting of investigators, senior investigators, and investigative specialists in the state police; repealer

Establishes salary schedules, longevity awards, holiday compensation, location pay, and various other benefits for New York State Police investigators, senior investigators, and investigative specialists for the period April 1, 2023 through March 31, 2026, and appropriates $43.7 million to fund these provisions.

A 7424: Relates to terms and condition of employment, salary schedules, and other terms any agreement for members of certain collective negotiating units consisting of persons in the division of state police; repealer

Implements collective bargaining agreements for New York State Police troopers and commissioned/non-commissioned officers for 2023-2026, establishing salary schedules, longevity awards, location pay, hazardous duty pay, and other benefits with appropriations totaling $124.5 million.

A 3005: Enacts into law major components of legislation necessary to implement the state public protection and general government budget for the 2025-2026 state fiscal year

Enacts major components of the 2025-2026 state public protection and general government budget, including modifications to correction officer hiring, police officer age requirements, crime victim compensation eligibility and amounts, retirement provisions, and authorization to close up to three correctional facilities.

Took effect 15 May 2025

HB 315: Prohibit Litigation Investments/Amend Workers' Compensation Benefits.

A person is prohibited from engaging in litigation investment or furnishing litigation investment to a party or counsel in a civil proceeding in North Carolina. Litigation investment means providing money for fees, costs, and expenses of a civil proceeding in exchange for contingent repayment or consideration based on the proceeding's outcome, with specified exceptions.

HB 1170: AN ACT to amend and reenact section 54-06-14 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to state employee annual leave; and to provide an effective date.

State agencies, units, or entities employing permanent state employees must grant forty hours of annual leave upon hire and provide annual leave ranging from one to two working days per month and sick leave from one to one and one-half working days per month based on tenure. Employees with ten continuous years of employment receive a lump sum payment equal to one-tenth of unused sick leave pay. Each employing unit must adopt rules and file them with the office of management and budget.

SB 263: Regards professional employer organizations and Unemployment Law

Professional employer organizations and professional employer organization reporting entities must report shared employees under separate subaccounts for each client employer, unless they elect to report under the organization's own account and experience rate by notifying the director. Alternate employer organizations must follow equivalent rules.

HB 81: Make appropriations for Bureau of Workers' Comp for FY 2026-27

Appropriates funds for the Bureau of Workers' Compensation for fiscal years 2026-2027 and restructures the workers' compensation board of directors to consist of eleven appointed members with specified expertise and representation requirements.

HJR 1023: Workers' compensation; approving certain fee schedule; effective date; emergency.

Approves the proposed Fee Schedule for maximum rates paid to medical providers in workers' compensation as submitted by the Workers' Compensation Commission, effective July 1, 2026, and directs distribution of the resolution to the Commission, Governor, and Secretary of State.

SB 1303: Workers' compensation; transferring property and records. Effective date. Emergency.

The Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services must coordinate the transfer of funds, allotments, purchase orders, and outstanding financial obligations or encumbrances from the Workers' Compensation Court and Multiple Injury Trust Fund to the Oklahoma Workers' Compensation Commission before July 1, 2026. Transferred personnel retain accrued leave, sick time, retirement and longevity benefits with no salary reductions or reduction-in-force.

Took effect 1 July 2026

SB 1944: Administrative Workers' Compensation Act; modifying definition. Effective date.

Amends the definition of 'employee' in the Administrative Workers' Compensation Act to increase the gross annual payroll threshold for agricultural workers from $100,000 to $250,000. Effective November 1, 2026.

Took effect 1 November 2026

HB 3467: Education employees; maternity leave; adoption; purpose; effective date; emergency.

Full-time employees of public school districts, technology center school districts, State Department of Rehabilitation Services, Department of Corrections, and Office of Juvenile Affairs who have been employed for at least one year and worked at least 1,250 hours in the preceding twelve months are entitled to six weeks of paid maternity leave following birth or adoption of a child under four years of age, used immediately following the birth or adoption.

Took effect 1 November 2026

SB 1277: Employment benefits; modifying conditions for disqualification; specifying work search actions. Effective date.

An individual seeking employment benefits must each week either diligently search for suitable employment, conduct five weekly search actions, or present oneself as an applicant for employment in a manner designed to encourage favorable consideration. Acceptable work search actions include submitting resumes, completing job applications, attending interviews, job fairs, workshops, assessments, and other specified employment-related activities.

Took effect 1 November 2026

HB 2288: Teachers' Retirement System; postretirement employment; earning limitations; retired member; earnings without reduction in retirement benefits; effective date; emergency.

Public school districts employing retired members must make contributions to the Teachers' Retirement System as required by law. Retired members must comply with a sixty-day waiting period before postretirement employment and are subject to earnings limitations for thirty-six months following retirement, with limits varying by age and effective date.

SB 911: Employment Security Act of 1980; modifying conditional factors. Effective date.

Employers must pay unemployment compensation contributions at rates determined by state experience factors and benefit wage ratios according to the tables in Section 3-109. The Oklahoma Employment Security Commission must assess surcharges when the fund balance falls below fifty million dollars to maintain that minimum balance.

Took effect 1 November 2025

HB 1601: Schools; creating the Advancing Rights for Caregiving, Health, and Extended Recovery (Maternity Leave Protection for Teachers) Act; effective date.

Full-time employees of public school districts, technology center school districts, the State Department of Rehabilitation Services, the Department of Corrections, and the Office of Juvenile Affairs who have been employed for at least one year and worked at least 1,250 hours in the preceding twelve months are entitled to six weeks of paid maternity leave following childbirth. Employees may extend maternity leave using accrued sick leave up to six additional weeks, or twelve weeks total if a licensed medical professional certifies medical necessity.

Took effect 1 November 2025

SB 95: Workers' compensation; amending definitions. Effective date.

Amends the definitions section of Oklahoma's Administrative Workers' Compensation Act to update statutory language and references, including clarifications on case managers, compensable injuries, employees, and permanent disability determinations. Effective November 1, 2025.

Took effect 1 November 2025

SB 1520: Relating to the administration of moneys within the Paid Family and Medical Leave Insurance Fund; and prescribing an effective date.

Amends the Paid Family and Medical Leave Insurance Fund statute to authorize the Employment Department Director to adopt rules establishing an accounting system for allocating and restricting fund moneys by type of qualifying leave and contribution source.

HB 2271: Relating to employer taxes.

Employers whose tax rate for calendar year 2025 is at least three percentage points less than their 2024 tax rate receive a nonrefundable credit against taxes due, capped at $5,000 annually and allowed only if the credit would be at least $100. The credit applies to tax years 2025, 2026, and 2027. Employers must file wage reports timely, pay tax liabilities timely, and have paid all outstanding unemployment insurance taxes or be on an accepted payment plan.

HB 3024: Relating to the reduction of unemployment benefits due to disqualification; and prescribing an effective date.

An authorized representative designated by the Director of the Employment Department must examine each claim to determine whether an individual is subject to disqualification from unemployment benefits. An individual disqualified under ORS 657.176(2) remains disqualified until performing service in covered employment for which remuneration equals or exceeds four times the individual's weekly benefit amount subsequent to the week the disqualifying act occurred.

SB 916: Relating to unemployment insurance benefits for employees unemployed due to a labor dispute.

Individuals unemployed due to strikes must repay unemployment benefits received after the first three weeks as a debt to the Unemployment Compensation Trust Fund, accruing interest at 0.1346 percent per week unless repaid within one year. Labor organizations representing striking workers must remit repayment on behalf of members. School district employees receiving lockout benefits must have those amounts deducted from future wages.

Took effect 1 January 2026

HB 2236: Relating to employment; and prescribing an effective date.

A professional employer organization must elect to treat covered employees as either employees of the PEO or the client employer and notify the Director of the Employment Department in writing of this election. If electing client employer treatment, the PEO must produce all requested documentation within 60 days or default to PEO treatment.

HB 3187: Relating to age-based employment discrimination; and prescribing an effective date.

Employers, employment agencies, and labor organizations must not discriminate in hiring, compensation, terms, conditions, or privileges of employment because of an individual's age if 18 years or older. Age discrimination includes using salary, length of employment service, or retirement eligibility as proxies for age. Employers must not request age or date of birth before initial interview or conditional offer unless required by bona fide occupational qualification or law.

SB 588: Relating to disability benefits under the Public Employees Retirement System; and declaring an emergency.

The Public Employees Retirement Board must refer contested case hearings for police officers and firefighters disputing disability benefit denials within 180 days of request, or 360 days if extended. If not referred timely, the member prevails. The board must process all pending cases within 360 days of the act's effective date.

HB 2800: Relating to professional employer organizations under workers' compensation law; and prescribing an effective date.

A professional employer organization must obtain a license from the Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services before providing services in Oregon. A PEO must provide workers' compensation coverage for coemployed workers and all direct hire employees unless the client has alternate coverage on file. A PEO must notify its insurer or the director when providing coverage and must provide written notice before terminating coverage responsibility.

HB 3021: Relating to laws administered by the Employment Department; and prescribing an effective date.

Transfers child care functions from the Employment Department and replaces them with paid family and medical leave insurance administration. Updates terminology, allows director compensation from the Paid Family and Medical Leave Insurance Fund, and adds federal compliance provisions.

HB 3022: Relating to information collected by state agencies; and prescribing an effective date.

Employers must file combined quarterly reports with the Department of Revenue on forms prescribed by the department, including information on wages, hours worked, and contributions due under workers' compensation, unemployment insurance, and paid family and medical leave insurance programs. Reports must be filed by the last day of the month following each quarter.

SB 69: Relating to laws concerning job-protected leave from work; and prescribing an effective date.

Employers must restore eligible employees to their original position or an equivalent position after family leave, medical leave, or safe leave ends. Employers must maintain health care benefits during leave and cannot retaliate against employees for invoking leave rights. The Bureau of Labor and Industries oversees administrative and regulatory requirements.

SB 858: Relating to the administration of the family and medical leave insurance program; and prescribing an effective date.

Employers must allow employees to use accrued paid leave in addition to family and medical leave insurance benefits, provided total combined amounts do not exceed full wage replacement unless the employer permits exceeding that amount. Employers offering approved plans must maintain records, provide written notice to employees, and comply with reporting requirements.

SB 859: Relating to accounting adjustments concerning the paid leave program; and prescribing an effective date.

Amends ORS 657B.339 to authorize the Employment Department Director to waive, reduce, or compromise balances of $10 or less, retain overpayments of $10 or less, and waive interest and penalties for paid leave program contributions and grant repayments. Applies retroactively to contributions, fees, and penalties from January 1, 2023 onward.

HB 2404: An Act making appropriations from the Workmen's Compensation Administration Fund to the Department of Labor and Industry and the Department of Community and Economic Development to provide for the expenses of administering the Workers' Compensation Act, The Pennsylvania Occupational Disease Act and the Office of Small Business Advocate for the fiscal year July 1, 2026, to June 30, 2027, and for the payment of bills incurred and remaining unpaid at the close of the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026.

Appropriates $81,302,000 from the Workmen's Compensation Administration Fund to the Department of Labor and Industry for administering the Workers' Compensation Act and Pennsylvania Occupational Disease Act for fiscal year July 1, 2026 to June 30, 2027, and appropriates $550,000 to the Office of Small Business Advocate.

Took effect 1 July 2026

HB 274: An Act amending the act of December 5, 1936 (2nd Sp.Sess., 1937 P.L.2897, No.1), known as the Unemployment Compensation Law, in compensation, further providing for qualifications required to secure compensation and for ineligibility for compensation, providing for eligibility related to domestic violence and further providing for rate and amount of compensation.

An employee shall not be deemed ineligible for unemployment compensation for voluntarily leaving employment or failing to attend work if continued employment would jeopardize the safety of the employee or a family or household member due to domestic violence. The Department of Labor and Industry must grant relief from charges to base year employers for benefit charges related to eligible domestic violence claims without requiring employer request.

HB 1334: An Act making appropriations from the Workmen's Compensation Administration Fund to the Department of Labor and Industry and the Department of Community and Economic Development to provide for the expenses of administering the Workers' Compensation Act, The Pennsylvania Occupational Disease Act and the Office of Small Business Advocate for the fiscal year July 1, 2025, to June 30, 2026, and for the payment of bills incurred and remaining unpaid at the close of the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025.

Appropriates $75,802,000 from the Workmen's Compensation Administration Fund to the Department of Labor and Industry for administering the Workers' Compensation Act and Pennsylvania Occupational Disease Act for fiscal year July 1, 2025 to June 30, 2026, and $550,000 to the Office of Small Business Advocate.

Took effect 1 July 2025

HB 8524: An act relating to labor and labor relations -- workers' compensation--general provisions

Employers must promptly provide injured employees reasonable medical, surgical, dental, optical, and other treatment, nursing, hospital services, medicines, crutches, and apparatus as necessary to cure, rehabilitate, or relieve effects of injury. Employers must bear expenses of court-approved rehabilitation services and reasonable travel and lodging costs.

HB 7962: An act relating to labor and labor relations -- employment security

Extends the sunset date from June 30, 2026 to June 30, 2029 for provisions allowing partial unemployment claimants to earn up to 150% of their weekly benefit rate before disqualification and disregarding 50% of weekly benefit rate when calculating benefits.

HB 6065: An act relating to labor and labor relations -- temporary disability insurance--benefits

Employers must maintain health benefits during caregiver leave and restore employees to their original position upon return. Employees may take temporary caregiver benefits for bonding with newborns, caring for seriously ill family members, or participating as bone marrow or living organ donors, with maximum benefits of eight weeks annually beginning January 1, 2026.

Took effect 1 January 2026

HB 5448: An act relating to labor and labor relations -- employment security --general provisions

Extends through June 30, 2026 the temporary provisions allowing partial unemployment claimants to earn up to 150% of their weekly benefit rate and disregarding 50% of weekly earnings when calculating benefits, provisions previously set to expire June 30, 2025.

HB 6066: An act relating to labor and labor relations -- temporary disability insurance -- general provisions

Employees must contribute to temporary disability insurance at a rate equal to the fund cost rate times wages up to the taxable wage base, which increases to one hundred thousand dollars or the annual earnings needed to qualify for maximum benefits. Employers must maintain health benefits during caregiver leave and restore employees to equivalent positions upon leave expiration.

Took effect 1 January 2026

HB 6319: An act relating to labor and labor relations -- workers' compensation -- general provisions

Special employers must require general employers to provide insurer-generated insurance coverage certification demonstrating Rhode Island workers' compensation and employer's liability coverage with no indebtedness before contracting for employee services. If the special employer fails to obtain and maintain this certification, the special employer becomes the employer for workers' compensation purposes.

Took effect 1 July 2025

SB 26: reduce employer contribution rates and increase the administrative fee rate for reemployment assistance.

Employers eligible for experience rating must pay contribution rates on taxable wages based on their reserve ratio according to revised schedules for 2024-2025 and 2026 onward. Employers must pay an administrative fee of two-hundredths percent through 2025, increasing to eight-hundredths percent for 2026 and thereafter.

Took effect 1 July 2025

HB 2542: Unemployment Compensation - As enacted, removes a requirement that work be deemed suitable for a claimant if certain criteria are met and a claimant's gross weekly wages equal or exceed certain threshold percentages of the claimant's weekly wage for insured work for the quarter of the base period when the claimant's wages were greatest. - Amends TCA Section 50-7-303.

Removes provisions from Tennessee unemployment compensation law that deemed work suitable if a claimant's gross weekly wages equaled or exceeded specified percentages of their average weekly wage during their highest-earning base period quarter.

SB 1861: Workers Compensation - As enacted, authorizes the chief administrative officer of the bureau of workers' compensation of the department of labor and workforce development to disburse funds from the subsequent injury and vocational recovery fund for costs associated with implementing and maintaining a computer system for the bureau of workers' compensation; makes other changes related to workers' compensation. - Amends TCA Title 50, Chapter 6, Part 2.

Authorizes the administrator of the subsequent injury and vocational recovery fund to disburse funds for implementing and maintaining a computer system for the bureau of workers' compensation. Makes technical amendments to workers' compensation procedures regarding motions, petitions, and impairment rating determinations.

Took effect 1 July 2026

SB 1981: Workers Compensation - As enacted, adds a requirement that an award of attorneys' fees and costs incurred when an employer unreasonably denies a workers' compensation claim or unreasonably fails to timely initiate any of the benefits associated with the claim must be based on a finding by the workers' compensation judge that the employer's conduct was unreasonable; makes related changes. - Amends TCA Title 50, Chapter 6.

Workers' compensation judges must find that an employer wrongfully denied a claim or wrongfully failed to timely initiate benefits before awarding attorney's fees and costs. An employee may seek permanent total disability benefits at any time after an original award's compensation period ends, subject to applicable statutes of limitation.

SB 674: Employees, Employers - As enacted, clarifies that the general assembly preempts and occupies the entire field of regulating the terms and conditions of employment; prohibits local governments from adopting or enforcing any law, rule, or policy that requires a term or condition of employment that exceeds or conflicts with state or federal law. - Amends TCA Title 7 and Title 50.

The general assembly preempts and occupies the entire field of regulating the terms and conditions of employment. Local governments and their agencies, departments, and officials shall not adopt or enforce any ordinance, resolution, rule, code, requirement, or policy that requires a term or condition of employment exceeding or conflicting with state or federal law.

SB 322: Salaries and Benefits - As enacted, grants eligible employees leave of up to six workweeks because the employee is caring for a family member with a serious health condition. - Amends TCA Section 8-50-813.

Eligible employees must be granted six workweeks of paid leave for birth, adoption, or caring for a family member with a serious health condition, upon giving thirty days' notice to the appointing authority. Employees may not receive more than six workweeks of paid leave during any twelve-month period, even for multiple qualifying events.

Took effect 1 July 2025

SB 251: Public Employees - As enacted, establishes that a retiree who is a member of the Tennessee consolidated retirement system must have had a bona fide separation of service before the retiree is allowed to accept temporary reemployment without a loss or suspension of benefits in the retirement system; makes other changes to the present law relative to reemployment after retirement from public employment. - Amends TCA Section 8-25-213 and Title 8, Chapter 36, Part 8.

Retired members of the Tennessee consolidated retirement system must have a bona fide separation of service before accepting temporary reemployment or reemployment without loss of benefits. Employers must certify the member's name, employment period, days worked, compensation, and absence of prearrangement, and are subject to audit.

SB 279: Military - As enacted, defines "working day" for purposes of determining the military leave and compensation available to state and local government employees who are members of any reserve component of the armed forces of the United States who are called to active military service. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 33.

Amends Tennessee Code Annotated Section 8-33-101 to define 'working day' as the number of hours an employee is scheduled to work in a twenty-four-hour period for purposes of military leave and compensation for state and local government employees who are reserve component members called to active duty.

SB 1377: Insurance, Health, Accident - As enacted, enacts the "Voluntary Portable Benefit Plan Act"; makes related changes. - Amends TCA Title 50 and Title 65, Chapter 15, Part 3.

Public or private entities may voluntarily contribute funds to portable benefit plans as compensation to independent contractors. Contributions must not determine employment classification. Withholdings from contractor compensation require written agreement, clear display, and contractor opt-in with right to opt-out at any time.

HB 128: Workers Compensation - As enacted, increases, from 30 to 35, the minimum age for an individual to serve as a judge on the workers' compensation appeals board; increases, from two to three, the number of additional terms to which a judge of the workers' compensation appeals board may be reappointed; makes other changes related to workers' compensation. - Amends TCA Title 50, Chapter 6, Part 2.

Injured employees or their representatives must give written notice of work-related injury to the employer within fifteen days of the accident, or within fifteen days of knowing or reasonably should knowing of permanent physical impairment or inability to work from gradual or cumulative injury. Notice must state the employee's name and address and the time, place, nature, and cause of the accident.

Took effect 1 July 2025

HB 2488: Relating to conducting certain contested case hearings under the Texas workers' compensation system by remote communication.

The division may conduct a contested case hearing by videoconference either upon a determination that good cause exists or upon mutual agreement of the parties. The commissioner shall adopt rules as necessary to implement this provision.

HB 2513: Relating to a paid leave of absence for public employees serving as fire protection personnel who are engaged in certain military service.

For fire protection personnel classified under Section 419.021 who are described by Subsection (a), a 24-hour or 48-hour work shift must be counted as one workday when calculating paid leave of absence payment amounts in a fiscal year.

Took effect 1 September 2025

HB 2760: Relating to judicial review of a Texas Workforce Commission decision in an unemployment compensation proceeding.

Amends the judicial review process for Texas Workforce Commission unemployment compensation decisions by specifying that aggrieved parties must bring actions in a county court at law or district court within 14 days after the decision becomes final, removing the phrase 'of competent jurisdiction'.

Took effect 1 September 2025

HB 2788: Relating to the disclosure of certain fraud detection information obtained in the administration of the unemployment compensation system.

Fraud detection information obtained in administering the unemployment compensation system is not public information under Texas Government Code Chapter 552. The commission must except such information from public disclosure requirements, where fraud detection information includes risk assessments, reports, data, protocols, technology specifications, manuals, instructions, investigative materials, crossmatches, mental impressions, and communications revealing fraud prevention or investigation methods.

HB 3699: Relating to initial claims under the unemployment compensation system.

Amends the definition of 'last work' and 'person for whom the claimant last worked' for initial unemployment compensation claims in Texas. When a claimant worked for a person for at least 30 hours during a week, that person is the last work reference; otherwise, the employer as defined by state law is the reference.

Took effect 1 January 2026

HB 4464: Relating to the provision of workers' compensation insurance coverage for certain Texas Task Force 1 members and intrastate fire mutual aid system team and regional incident management team members, including the removal of coverage for nongovernment members.

Service by local government employee members with Texas Task Force 1, intrastate fire mutual aid system teams, or regional incident management teams when activated by the Texas Division of Emergency Management or during sponsored training is considered within the course and scope of regular employment and included in workers' compensation coverage.

Took effect 1 September 2025

SB 1455: Relating to the funding mechanism for the regulation of workers' compensation and workers' compensation insurance; authorizing surcharges.

Authorized insurers writing workers' compensation insurance must pay an annual surcharge on correctly reported gross premiums. The commissioner shall annually determine the surcharge rate, which together with rates under Labor Code Chapters 403 and 405 may not exceed 2.7 percent of gross premiums subject to surcharges. Insurers may recover surcharges by reflecting them as expenses in rate filings or charging policyholders.

Took effect 1 January 2026

SB 264: Relating to discontinuing group self-insurance coverage and dissolving the Texas self-insurance group guaranty fund and trust fund under the Texas Workers' Compensation Act.

The commissioner may not issue certificates of approval to proposed groups on or after September 1, 2025. The board must submit a revised plan of operation to wind down and dissolve the guaranty fund and trust fund by December 1, 2025, and implement the approved plan. The commissioner must determine whether obligations were met and issue an order for distribution of remaining funds.

Took effect 1 September 2025

HB 3698: Relating to participation in reemployment services as a condition of eligibility for unemployment benefits.

An unemployed individual must participate in reemployment services to remain eligible for unemployment benefits if the Texas Workforce Commission determines the individual is likely to exhaust benefits and needs those services, unless the individual has completed participation or has reasonable cause for failure to participate.

Took effect 1 September 2025

HB 329: State Employee Maternity and Leave Amendments

State employers must provide state employees up to six work weeks of paid postpartum recovery leave, six work weeks of paid adoption leave for adopting children under six years old, and four work weeks of paid foster leave. LEAs must provide similar leave to LEA employees. Two employees jointly adopting or fostering the same child may share a single leave period. State employers and LEAs may not take retaliatory action against employees using these leaves.

Took effect 1 July 2026

SB 229: State Employee Benefits Amendments

Each agency must establish and administer a leave bank program allowing employees to voluntarily donate paid time off to a centralized leave bank for distribution to eligible employees. The Division of Finance must establish a paid time off program by July 1, 2027, converting employees' accrued annual leave to paid time off at a one-to-one ratio and making rules governing accrual and use.

Took effect 6 May 2026

SB 190: Workers' Compensation Modifications

Health care providers treating injured employees must comply with commission rules regarding fees for covered medical services, disclosure of medical records related to work-related injury claims, and reports to the division. Health care providers may not engage in balance billing. Employers and workers' compensation insurance carriers must file reports of work-related injuries and fatalities within time limits established by the commission.

Took effect 7 May 2025

SB 22: State Employee Benefit Amendments

Modifies long-term disability benefits for eligible employees by redefining gainful employment, including overtime pay in salary calculations, establishing death benefits, and providing life assistance counseling. Increases state-paid basic life insurance for exempt state employees from $25,000 to $50,000 and creates additional tiers up to $400,000.

HB 111: Workers' Compensation Amendments

S 117: An act relating to wage and hour, unemployment compensation, and workers' compensation

Employers must pay minimum wage of at least $12.55 per hour beginning January 1, 2022, increasing annually by five percent or the Consumer Price Index increase, whichever is smaller. Employers must pay translation services when injured employees do not speak English fluently. Employers must establish a weekday for mailing or depositing workers' compensation payments and notify claimants of the established day.

Took effect 1 July 2025

H 461: An act relating to expanding employee access to unpaid leave

Employers with 10 or more employees working an average of 30 hours per week must provide employees up to 12 weeks of unpaid leave during any 12-month period for parental leave, family leave, safe leave, or qualifying exigency. Employers must also provide up to 24 hours of unpaid short-term family leave per 12-month period in increments of up to four hours per 30-day period.

Took effect 1 July 2025

HB 1320: Unemployment benefits; increase weekly benefit amount.

Amends Virginia's unemployment benefits statute to establish new weekly benefit amount tables effective January 1, 2026, and July 1, 2026, based on wages earned in the two highest-wage quarters of an individual's base period.

SB 433: Unemployment insurance; benefit eligibility conditions, etc.

An unemployed individual must meet eligibility conditions to receive unemployment benefits, including earning sufficient wages in the base period, not being unemployed due to a labor dispute, registering for work, being able and available for work, and serving a one-week waiting period. Lockouts are excluded from labor dispute disqualifications except when the collective bargaining representative refuses to meet, is found to have refused to bargain in good faith, or the lockout results from a violation of a collective bargaining agreement.

Took effect 1 July 2026

SB 759: Unemployment benefits; increase weekly benefit amount.

The act amends the unemployment benefit calculation for eligible individuals in Virginia. Beginning July 6, 2008, for claims effective before July 6, 2014, an eligible individual's weekly benefit amount is determined by locating their highest two quarter earnings in Column A of the Benefit Table and reading the corresponding weekly benefit amount in Column B based on the duration of benefits claimed.

Took effect 1 July 2026

SB 771: Workers' compensation; burial expenses, annual adjustment.

Employers must pay burial expenses not exceeding $15,000 and reasonable transportation expenses not exceeding $1,000 to dependents of employees killed in work accidents. Beginning January 1, 2028, and annually thereafter, the Commissioner shall adjust these amounts by the percentage increase in the Consumer Price Index for all items, all urban consumers.

Took effect 1 July 2026

HB 1313: Workers' compensation; law-enforcement officers and firefighters, post-traumatic stress disorder.

Workers' compensation insurers must provide benefits for post-traumatic stress disorder, anxiety disorder, or depressive disorder incurred by law-enforcement officers and firefighters if a mental health professional diagnoses the condition as resulting from a qualifying event in the line of duty. Employers must make peer support available and refer officers and firefighters seeking mental health care to mental health professionals by January 1, 2021.

Takes effect 1 January 2027

HB 1766: Unemployment compensation; increases weekly benefit amounts, report.

This is a conference committee report recommending rejection of a Senate amendment and acceptance of a substitute amendment to resolve disagreements on House Bill 1766 regarding unemployment compensation weekly benefit amounts and reporting requirements.

SB 1056: Unemployment compensation; increases weekly benefit amounts, report.

Proposes amendments to change the effective date of unemployment compensation weekly benefit amount increases from July to December and delays the reporting deadline from September 1, 2026 to the first day of the 2027 Regular Session.

SB 1057: Unemployment insurance; weekly benefit amount, increasing threshold for deduction of wages payable.

Individuals are deemed unemployed in any week during which they perform no services and no wages are payable, or in weeks of less than full-time work if wages payable are less than the total of their weekly benefit amount and the income disregard amount. Eligible unemployed individuals must be paid a weekly benefit equal to their weekly benefit amount less any wages payable in excess of $100.

Took effect 1 July 2025

SB 878: Unemployment Compensation, Commission on; increases membership, powers and duties.

The Commission on Unemployment Compensation shall evaluate the impact of existing statutes and proposed legislation on unemployment compensation, assess the Commonwealth's unemployment compensation programs, monitor the Unemployment Trust Fund's status and projections, and report annually to the General Assembly and Governor. The Commission shall establish a subcommittee on unemployment insurance to monitor the Virginia Employment Commission's operations and performance.

Took effect 1 July 2025

HB 2411: Modifying shared leave provisions to authorize shared leave for victims of a hate crime and those whose absence is due to immigration enforcement actions against the employee or the employee's relative.

Agency heads may permit employees to receive shared leave if the employee is a victim of a hate crime or if the employee's absence is due to immigration enforcement actions against the employee or the employee's relative or household member. Employers may request verification of immigration enforcement involvement but must accept documentation from advocates, attorneys, clergy, or the employee's written statement.

HB 1069: Allowing collective bargaining over contributions for certain supplemental retirement benefits.

The employer must bargain with exclusive bargaining representatives over contributions for supplemental retirement benefits, including medical plans, for department of corrections employees. These contributions are a mandatory subject of bargaining but are excluded from interest arbitration as an impasse procedure.

SB 5847: Concerning access to medical care in workers' compensation.

The department of labor and industries must establish minimum standards for health care providers treating injured workers and create a provider network. Network providers must follow evidence-based coverage decisions and treatment guidelines when medically appropriate. Employers are prohibited from requiring or inducing injured workers to seek treatment from specific providers.

HB 1128: Establishing a child care workforce standards board.

Child care employers must ensure each child care worker completes one hour of training every two years from a certified worker organization, compensate workers at regular rates for training time, provide notices of rights and minimum standards, and comply with minimum child care employment standards established by the board regarding compensation and working conditions.

HB 2179: Concerning membership in the public employees' retirement system for port workers who participate in a federal railroad retirement plan, a union-sponsored defined benefit retirement plan, or another employer-funded private pension plan. (REVISED FOR ENGROSSED: Concerning membership in the public employees' retirement system for port workers who participate in a federal railroad retirement plan.)

Persons employed by a port district who participate in a federal railroad retirement plan are excluded from membership in the public employees' retirement system for periods of service covered by that plan. Port districts may not require such employees to participate in the public employees' retirement system for those periods.

HB 2264: Concerning unemployment insurance benefits for workers separated from employment as a result of employer-initiated layoffs or workforce reductions.

Separating employers that conduct layoffs or workforce reductions must announce in writing to employees that they plan to reduce workforce and that employees may offer to be included. Individuals who offer to be included and are terminated as a result are deemed unemployed through no fault of their own, eligible for benefits.

SB 6134: Concerning notice to striking workers applying for unemployment insurance benefits of potential overpayment assessment upon receipt of retroactive wages.

The department shall issue an overpayment assessment to recover benefits when a striking worker receives retroactive wages from the separating employer for weeks in which benefits were received. The department shall notify applicants for benefits due to strikes of the potential for overpayment assessment upon receipt of retroactive wages.