December
There were no employment and/or labor bills that were enacted that were identified.
November
There were no employment and/or labor bills that were enacted that were identified.
October
There were no employment and/or labor bills that were enacted that were identified.
September
There were no employment and/or labor bills that were enacted that were identified.
August
There were no employment and/or labor bills that were enacted that were identified.
July
Public Service Employment
Bill
House Bill 4233 (2023-2024)
Summary
Prohibits public employer or an officer or agent of a public employer to interfere with, restrain, or coerce public employees in the exercise of their rights, initiate, create, dominate, contribute to, or interfere with the formation or administration of a labor organization; provides that a public employer may allow employees to confer with a labor organization during working hours without loss of time or pay.
Enacted
07/27/2023
Effective Date
To be determined.
Topics
Industry: Public employer
June
Police Training
Bill
House Bill 4176, Senate Bill 32 (2023-2024)
Summary
Allows agreements requiring reimbursement for law enforcement agencies that fund police training for recruits in certain situations.
Enacted
06/13/2023
Effective Date
06/13/2023
Topics
Industry: Public employer
May
There were no employment and/or labor bills that were enacted that were identified.
April
Volunteer Employee Criminal History System Act
Bill
House Bill 4045 (2023-2024)
Summary
Enacts the Volunteer Employee Criminal History System Act to create the Volunteer Employee Criminal History System Program; provides that the Program would authorize a qualified entity to submit to the Department of State Police a request for a covered individual’s criminal history record information; provides that a qualified entity could use the information only to determine the fitness of a covered individual.
Enacted
04/26/2023
Effective Date
05/01/2023
Topics
Employer_Obligations: Background_checks, Criminal_history; Employment_relations: Volunteer; Industry: Adult_day_centers, Child_care, Child_services
Firearms and Weapons
Bill
Senate Bill 79 (2023-2024)
Summary
Provides penalties for storing or leaving a firearm where it may be accessed by a minor; requires the Department of Health and Human Services to inform the public of these requirements and penalties and to publish lethal means counseling literature and provide that literature to Federally licensed firearm dealers; requires Federally licensed firearm deals to include specified literature with the sale of a firearm; modifies a provision requiring dealers to post language about safe storage on points of sale.
Enacted
04/13/2023
Effective Date
To be determined.
Topics
Workplace_Behavior: Firearm
March
Collective Bargaining
Bill
Senate Bill 34 (2023-2024)
Summary
Provides that an employer and a labor organization may enter into a collective bargaining agreement that requires all employees in the bargaining unit to share fairly in the financial support of the labor organization; appropriates funds to the Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity.
Enacted
03/24/2023
Effective Date
To be determined.
Topics
Labor_Law: Right_to_work
Prevailing Wage
Bill
House Bill 4007 (2023-2024)
Summary
Provides that every contract executed between a contracting agent and a successful bidder as contractor and entered into pursuant to advertisement and invitation to bid for a State project which involves the employment of construction mechanics shall contain a term that the rates of wages and fringe benefits to be paid to each class of mechanics by the bidder and all of its subcontractors shall be not less than the wage and benefit rates prevailing in the locality in which the work is to be performed.
Enacted
03/24/2023
Effective Date
To be determined.
Topics
Industry: Govt_contractor; Wage_and_Hour: Prevailing_wage
Collective Bargaining
Bill
House Bill 4004 (2023-2024)
Summary
Provides that a public employer and a bargaining representative may enter into a collective bargaining agreement that requires all public employees in the bargaining unit to share equally in the financial support of the bargaining representative.
Enacted
03/24/2023
Effective Date
06/23/2023
Topics
Industry: Public_employer
Civil Rights Act
Bill
Senate Bill 4 (2023-2024)
Summary
Defines civil rights; prohibits discriminatory practices, policies, and customs in the exercise of those rights based upon religion, race, color, national origin, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, height, weight, familial status, or marital status; preserves the confidentiality of records regarding arrest, detention, or other disposition in which a conviction does not result; prescribes the powers and duties of the Civil Rights Commission and the Department of Civil Rights.
Enacted
03/21/2023
Effective Date
06/15/2023
Topics
Prohibited_Practices: Gender_expression, Gender_identity, Sexual_orientation
February
There were no employment and/or labor bills that were enacted that were identified.
January
There were no employment and/or labor bills that were enacted that were identified.