January 2026: 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, Colorado, Delaware, Illinois, Maine, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, Oregon and Pennsylvania.
It also provides a list of states and/or localities' minimum wage announcements.
The topics covered in this issue are:
State/Territory/District
- California Issues Preliminary Guidance on Pay Data Reporting for 2025, Includes New Data Fields
- California Publishes Template for "Know Your Rights" Notice Due February 1
- Colorado Delays AI Law
- Delaware Amends Regulations for Paid Family and Medical Leave
- Illinois Adds New Worker Protections
- Illinois Enacts Law Protecting Certain Employee Use of Employer-Provided Equipment
- Maine Restricts Employers' Surveillance of Employees
- Nevada Strengthens Protections Against Wildfire Smoke Exposure
- New Jersey Codifies Prohibitions Against Disparate Impact Discrimination
- Reminder: New Jersey Employers Must Report All Separations Electronically
- New York State Bans Using Credit History in Employment Decisions
- Oregon Adds Workplace Violence Prevention Requirements
- Pennsylvania Requires Veterans' Benefits and Services Poster
Local
- New York City Adds Pay Data Reporting Requirement
- Philadelphia Adds Menstruation, Menopause and Perimenopause Protections
Minimum Wage
- Minimum Wage Announcements 12/21/25 – 1/20/26
