Q: Does your area have any equivalent to the ADA? If so, please summarize any key differences with the ADA.
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Q: Does your area have any state/province equivalent to WARN? If so, please summarize any key differences with Fed-WARN.
Q: Under what circumstances are employees who quit eligible for unemployment benefits? And, under what circumstances are employees who are fired eligible for unemployment benefits?
Q: Does your area restrict the scope of third parties who can conduct employment-related investigations, e.g., sex-harassment investigations can only be conducted by licensed investigators or attorneys?
Q: Does your area regulate the use of an individual's genetic information for employment purposes?
Q: Do you have a FCRA-type statute covering background investigations? If so, please summarize.
Q: Do you have specialized requirements for separation agreements, and if so, what are they?Q: Does your area have any state-law equivalent to COBRA? If so, please summarize
Q: Does your area have its own wage/hour laws and, if so, what is the maximum amount of time for which an employee can receive damages in the event of misclassification or failure to pay overtime?
Q: Do you have a Title VII equivalent, and if so, what are its distinguishing requirements and/or liabilities?Q:
Q: May an employer in your state terminate an employee for engaging in lawful, off-duty conduct?
Q: Does your state have any laws or regulations regarding "paid family leave," other than as may be required by federal law?
Q: Does your state have any laws or regulations regarding "tip pooling?"Q: Does your state have any local areas with a "living wage" ordinance?
Q: Does your state follow the FLSA and allow employers to create a "bona fide profit sharing plan" for which the additional compensation need not be added to an employee's regular rate of pay?
Q: Are striking employees eligible for state unemployment benefits? Locked-out employees?
Q: Does your state have any special laws governing the issuance of injunctions in labor disputes?Q: Is your state a right-to-work state?
Q: Are mandatory, pre-employment arbitration agreements lawful in your state? If so, are there any special requirements with which those agreements must comply to be lawful?
Q: Must an employer in your state pay an employee for the time spent changing into and out of the employer-required work uniform?"
Q: What information, if any, must an employer provide to an employee as part of the employee's pay check?
Q: If hiring replacement workers during labor unrest, does your state require any special notice be provided to the applicants?
Q: Must an employer in your state pay for an employee's time spent on jury duty?
Q: Does an employer in your state have overtime obligations that are different than those under federal law, e.g. double time or daily overtime?
Q: In your state, can you require an employee to sign a non-competition agreement as a condition of continued employment?
Q: Can an employer in your area enforce a policy that states that employees forfeit any unused vacation if they are terminated for any reason before the end of the year?
Q: Does an employer have to provide meal and rest breaks to its employees in your state?
