Jurisdictions

State HR investigation requirements, jurisdiction by jurisdiction.

Multi-state HR teams don’t operate on the federal baseline alone. California stacks FEHA timelines and PAGA cure windows on top of EEOC. New York layers NYSHRL notice and posting duties, NYSDOL wage-complaint windows, and written sexual-harassment policy and annual-training requirements onto that baseline. Illinois adds IHRA and IDHR charge guidance, annual training records, PLAWA leave, and IWPCA wage timing. Texas runs 180-day TCHRA windows through the TWC. Each jurisdiction reshapes what your investigation workspace needs to surface at intake, flag in the draft, and preserve in the audit trail. See the four-step flow › Corestride ER captures jurisdiction as a structured field at intake and routes every matter through the jurisdiction-aware draft generator from there. See pricing ›

Coverage map

Jurisdictions covered.

California is live. New York is live. Illinois is live. Texas is next. Each state page maps the key statute deltas against the federal baseline and shows how Corestride ER surfaces them inside the investigation workspace.

Side-by-side baseline

Federal vs. state at a glance.

A compact comparison so HR review sees the state deltas in one place. The federal column is the FLSA / EEOC baseline; state columns reflect each state’s employment-law stack on the same topic.

TopicFederal baselineCaliforniaNew YorkTexas
Discrimination complaint SOL180 days (EEOC), 300 days with state deferral3 years to DFEH/CRD (Gov. Code §12960)Unlimited for sexual harassment; 3 years for other discrimination (NYSHRL 2019)180 days to TWC under TCHRA (Tex. Lab. Code §21)
Harassment-policy distribution cadenceNot mandated on a cycleAt hire + every two years (Gov. Code §12950.1)Annual training required; policy must be distributed at hire and annuallyNo state-mandated distribution cadence; federal EEOC guidance applies
Pay period cadenceSet by FLSA — typically weekly / biweeklySemi-monthly required (Lab. Code §204)Weekly for manual workers; semi-monthly or monthly for others (NY Lab. §191)At least semi-monthly (Tex. Lab. Code §61.011)
Wage-statement penaltiesLimited (FLSA)Up to $5,000 per willful / late pay (Lab. Code §226)Civil penalty + liquidated damages under NY Lab. §198Civil penalties under TWCA; no comparable per-statement penalty
Interactive process / reasonable accommodationImplied via ADAAA case lawCodified for FEHA disability (Gov. Code §12953)Required under NYSHRL §292; broader disability definition than ADAFollows federal ADAAA; no separate state codification

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