- 2024 produced a number of new laws and legal developments requiring changes to employer policies, including changes related to discrimination and harassment, pregnancy and lactation, workplace safety and violence, and paid leaves, among others.
- Employers should review their handbooks and policies to ensure compliance with new federal, state, and local laws and set up a review schedule.
- Legal updates may also have related effects, such as requiring updated notices, new posters and on-boarding documents, and training requirements, although this article focuses on policy updates.
Legislatures across the United States continued to enact new employment laws in 2024, many of which require review and revision of current handbooks, including adding new policies and updating existing policies, for legal compliance and to help minimize legal risk. This article is not an exhaustive discussion of every new employment and labor law passed in 2024 or effective in 2025, or every potential policy update, but rather provides an overview of significant legal changes that could impact policy content.1 For many of the legal developments highlighted below we have linked to related Littler articles that provide a more detailed account of the legal change.
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