Roundup: Paying Interns, IL Pay Transparency, Layoffs, MD Paid Leave, Drug Testing

If you're planning on having unpaid interns this summer, you need to make sure they are getting more out of it than the organization – and real-life experience doing spreadsheets is not enough.

Pay your interns. It's the right thing to do and it's also the law.

Pay for pay equity includes benefits. Illinois is considering a new pay transparency law that would require stating pay range and a description of the benefits offered in external job postings and require internal notice of the job opening too.

Find out about Illinois new pay transparency bill.

If your organization is considering layoffs, the most important thing is to be kind. And then you need a legal checklist of things to consider and make sure you do.

Here's a great one.

If your organization has employees in Maryland, it's time to get ready for paid family leave. Maryland and 12 other states have enacted paid or partially paid family leave programs.

Here's everything you need to know.

New cannabis drug testing laws are coming to California and Washington and they're a bit of a hot mess. Most drug tests won't comply with the new laws. And none of them will tell you if your employee is impaired at work.

Here's why and what to consider.