State Legislative Trends: Pay Transparency, Paid Leave

What's new in state employment law? Pay transparency legislation continues to spread across the country, while Illinois joined a new state trend by enacting a paid leave law.

Add Hawaii and Washington, D.C. to the growing list of jurisdictions with pay transparency legislation, joining California, Colorado, Connecticut, Illinois, Maryland, Nevada, New York City, Rhode Island and Washington.

The new Hawaiian statute requires employers with more than 50 workers (including those located out of state) to include pay information in external job postings and advertisements, with a mandate to disclose "an hourly rate or salary range that reasonably reflects the actual expected compensation."