State lawmakers are poised to consider additional workplace protections in 2023, as labor advocates look to fill the policy vacuum created by a divided Congress and to address worker challenges exacerbated by Covid-19.
Minimum wages, pay equity, sexual harassment, and paid leave will feature among the bevy of employment-policy proposals up for debate this year in statehouses, several of which open their 2023 sessions this week.
“Labor is really going to push hard in blue states,” said Tim Goodrich, vice president of state government relations at the National Federation of Independent Business, which advocates for small businesses and opposes expansion ...