NEW YORK — With a new year comes a host of new laws and regulations in states and cities across the country.
Residents and business leaders will have to abide by some major changes to their current policies following laws passed by state legislatures and ballot measures approved by voters. These laws deal with issues like raising the minimum wage, improving workplace pay transparency and legalizing marijuana.Twenty-seven states will see minimum wage increases in 2023 with the majority of the states implementing them starting Jan. 1.
New York City, and its surrounding counties, will have a $15.00 minimum wage, which is 80 cents higher than the new minimum wage for the rest of the state, according to New York's minimum wage laws. The California law also requires employers who have over 100 employees to submit an annual report to the California Civil Rights Department that includes their organization's pay data, the number of employees by race, ethnicity and sex for 10 specified job categories, and the mean hourly rates and summaries of earnings.Maryland and Missouri are slated to roll out their rules and regulations for legalized recreational marijuana for adults over 21.
In 2020, Oregon voters approved a ballot measure that made the state the first in the nation to legalize recreational psychedelic mushrooms, specifically Psilocybin. However, adult residents will only be allowed to use the drug in a supervised, state-approved center. Illinois is slated to become the first state in the union to end cash bail. Under the"SAFE-T Act," courts will use"a more equitable system where pre-trial detention is based on community risk rather than financial means," according to Gov. JB Pritzker's office.
Under Michigan's new rules, up to two felony convictions will automatically be expunged 10 years after a person's sentence is complete if they don't commit another crime.
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