Dear %%FirstName%% %%LastName%%:

Recent/Upcoming Compliance Dates

• May 2, 2022: In California, Annual Reporting Forms are due for employers subject to the San Francisco Health Care Security Ordinance. 
• May 7, 2022: In New York, businesses must give their employees prior notice if they engage in monitoring or interception of employee phone calls, e-mails, or Internet use.
• May 17, 2022: Nationally, the filing deadline for 2021 EEO-1 reports, allowing four weeks for employers to submit reports. Updates on data collection and filing information are available on the EEOC website: https://www.eeocdata.org/eeo1
• May 25, 2022: In Rhode Island, the Rhode Island Cannabis Act legalizes the use and possession of up to 1 ounce of marijuana by individuals who are at least 21 years of age.
• June 2, 2022: In Mississippi, the Medical Cannabis Act (SB 2095) requires the state department of health to begin issuing registry ID cards to medical cannabis users so they may legally obtain medical cannabis from a licensed dispensary.
• June 30, 2022: Nationally, the deadline for covered contractors to certify their AAP compliance with OFCCP.
• July 1, 2022: In Connecticut, employers may not take disciplinary action against an employee who refuses to attend an employer-sponsored meeting with a primary purpose of communicating the employer's opinion on religious or political matters (including unions).
• July 1, 2022: In Connecticut, an employer may not refuse to hire, discharge, or otherwise penalize an employee or a job applicant solely because of a positive test result for 11-nor-9-carboxy-delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) unless certain conditions are met.
• July 1, 2022: In Connecticut, written notice for the Paid Family and Medical Leave program is due.
• July 1, 2022: In Florida, it's unlawful to subject an individual to training that espouses, promotes, advances, or compels the individual to believe certain enumerated concepts constitute discrimination based on race, color, sex, or national origin.
• July 1, 2022: In Illinois, all employers in Chicago must provide employees with sexual harassment prevention training on an annual basis.
• July 1, 2022: In Mississippi, H.B. 770 requires employers to pay employees equally for equal work, regardless of sex.
• July 1, 2022: Nationally, the deadline for creating machine-readable public files on coverage costs as required by the 2020 transparency rules.
• July 1, 2022: In New Mexico, the Healthy Workplaces Act (HWA) requires employers to provide paid leave to employees and keep records of hours worked, and leave taken.
• July 1, 2022: In New Mexico, the Healthy Workplaces Act (HWA) requires employers to provide paid leave to employees and provide written and posted notices.
• July 14, 2002: In New York, the New York Division of Human Rights will operate a toll-free confidential hotline to provide counsel and assistance to individuals with complaints of workplace sexual harassment.