When will new policies impact your business?

ALREADY IN EFFECT FROM 2023-24 LEGISLATIVE SESSIONS

• Hair texture and styles added to the definition of race
• Ban on restrictive franchise agreements (“no-poach” or “nonsolicitation” agreements)
• State Building Code process/rules change to require adult-size changing facilities
• Cumulative impact reporting on state air permits
• Odor management oversight
• Air toxics reporting criteria to obtain a permit
• Additional public meetings for non-expiring air permits
• Noncompete agreements banned
• Lactating employees, pregnancy accommodations, unpaid leave updates and small business exemptions removed
• Human Rights Act updated with new definitions of sexual orientation and gender identity
• New and increased OSHA penalties, classification of citation data; authority to inspect employer exclusion
• New ergonomics reporting requirements
• New agriculture and food processing worker standards
• Nursing Home Workforce Standards Board established to set new employment standards
• Motor vehicle sales tax increases
• Restrictions on employer-sponsored meetings and communications
• New standards for warehouse distribution centers
• Stricter construction worker wage protections
• Fees increase for groundwater appropriation permits
• Recreational marijuana legal
• 1% metro area sales tax for transit and housing
• Sick and safe time mandated
• New ergonomics standards in effect for warehouse, meatpacking, health care workers
• New safety standards for meatpacking
• New worker standards for meat and poultry processing
• Ban established on asking about pay history
• Tab fee increases
• Compliance protocols for air emission permits
• New 50 cent per-delivery fee on retail deliveries over $100
• Restrictive employment covenants in service contracts prohibited 
• Worker misclassification prohibited
• Gratuities on credit card changes