The following charts represent mid-year state and federal legislation changes.
| Federal | Connecticut | Florida | Illinois | Maine |
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| Mississippi | New Mexico | New York | Rhode Island | Tennessee |
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Effective Date |
Summary |
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Fringe Benefits |
July 1, 2022 | Due to the current gas crisis, the IRS has raised the standard mileage rate to 62.5 cents per mile. |
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State |
Effective Date |
Summary |
| Connecticut | July 1, 2022 | Employees have the right, without disciplinary action taken against them, to refuse to attend or participate in an employer-sponsored meeting with the primary purpose of communicating the employer’s opinion on religious or political matters (including unions). |
| July 1, 2022 | It is illegal to refuse to hire, discharge, or take any negative or disciplinary action with an employee or a job applicant simply because of a positive test result for 11-nor-9-carboxy-delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) unless certain conditions are met. | |
| Florida | July 1, 2022 | It is illegal to subject an individual to training that espouses, promotes, advances, or compels them to believe certain enumerated concepts that constitute discrimination based on race, color, sex, or national origin. |
| Illinois | July 1, 2022 | Chicago employers must provide all employees with sexual harassment prevention training on an annual basis. |
| Maine | July 19, 2022 | Group health insurance policies that offer coverage for a dependent child must offer such coverage, at the option of the parent, for a dependent child with a disability, regardless of age. |
| July 19, 2022 | The Maine Human Rights Act defines “race” to include traits associated with race, including hair texture, Afro hairstyles, and protective hairstyles. | |
| Mississippi | June 2, 2022 | S.B. 2095, The Medical Cannabis Act, requires the state health department to begin issuing registry I.D. cards for medical cannabis. This I.D. allows users to obtain medical cannabis from a licensed dispensary. |
| July 1, 2022 | H.B. 770 requires employers to pay employees equally for equal work, regardless of sex. | |
| New Mexico | July 1, 2022 | The Healthy Workplace Act (HWA) requires employers to provide paid leave to employees, keep records of hours worked and leave taken, and provide written and posted notices. |
| New York | May 7, 2022 | Businesses must give prior notification to all employees that the company will be monitoring or intercepting employee phone calls, e-mails, or internet use. |
| July 14, 2022 | The Division of Human Rights will create a toll-free, confidential hotline that will provide counsel and help to individuals with complaints of workplace sexual harassment. | |
| Rhode Island | May 25, 2022 | The Rhode Island Cannabis Act legalized the use and possession of up to 1 ounce of marijuana by individuals aged 21 and older. |
| Tennessee | July 1, 2022 | The CROWN Act prohibits employers from discrimination (discriminating against employees) based on hairstyles that include braids, locs, twists, or another manner that is part of the cultural identity of the employee’s ethnic group or that is a physical characteristic of the employee’s ethnic group. This law was amended to allow public safety employees to regulate hairstyles if the style would prevent the employee from performing essential functions, as well as regulations that comply with federal and state health and safety laws. |
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