November 2025: Detailed Look at State and Local Updates
Timely, topical insights on a variety of payroll and reporting issues.
Check out our monthly series that focuses on timely, topical insights on various payroll and reporting issues at the state, local, and federal levels. This edition covers regulatory and legislative updates in benefits, leave, payroll, and time and labor.
The highlighted states include California and Rhode Island.
It also provides a list of states and/or localities' minimum wage announcements from Arizona, California, Maine, Minnesota, New Jersey, and Washington.
The topics covered in this issue are:
State/Territory/District
- California Adds to Pay Data Reporting Rules
- California Clarifies Definition of 'Pay Scale' for Disclosure Requirement
- California Clarifies Duty to Reimburse Employees for Business Expenses
- California Expands CalWARN Requirements
- California Expands Employee Access to Their Personnel Records
- California Extends Recall Rights of Certain Laid-Off Workers
- California to Expand Paid Family Leave Program
- California to Require Employers to Provide New Annual Notice
- Rhode Island Expands Temporary Caregiver and Disability Insurance Benefits
Local
- San Diego Increases Minimum Wage for Hospitality Workers
Minimum Wage
- Minimum Wage Announcements
10/21/25 – 11/20/25
