At the end of the 2024 legislative session, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz signed several bills into law, which amended several employment-related statutes addressing paid sick and leave time, pregnancy accommodation and leave, restrictive covenants, and employee misclassification.Continue Reading 2025 Minnesota Labor and Employment Legal Updates
2025 Texas Labor and Employment Legal Updates
Institutions of Higher Education Can No Longer Establish or Maintain DEI Offices
Texas is one of several states that have implemented laws aimed at eliminating DEI offices and initiatives for publicly funded institutions.
Effective January 1, 2024, Texan institutions of higher education (e.g., the University of Texas) are no longer permitted to establish or maintain diversity, equity, and inclusion (“DEI”) offices or hire/assign employees (or officers or contractors) to perform any DEI-like job duties. Further, Texas institutions may not require applicants or employees to provide DEI statements or give preference to any applicants or employees on the basis of race, sex, color, ethnicity, or national origin. And finally, the law requires these institutions to “adopt policies and procedures for appropriately disciplining, including by termination, an employee or contractor” who violates the law.Continue Reading 2025 Texas Labor and Employment Legal Updates