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.
- California
California
FEHA 3-year SOL, PAGA 65-day cure window, §204 semi-monthly wages, §12950.1 written-policy distribution cadence.
View requirements - New York
New York
NYSHRL notice and posting duties, NYSDOL wage-complaint windows, and written sexual-harassment policy delivery with annual prevention training.
View requirements - Illinois
Illinois
IHRA and IDHR two-year charge guidance, annual harassment training records, PLAWA leave, Chicago/Cook County overlays, and IWPCA final-pay timing.
View requirements - TexasComing soon
Texas
TCHRA 180-day filing with TWC, at-will doctrine, no state WARN Act, specific retaliation protections under Labor Code §21.
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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.
| Topic | Federal baseline | California | New York | Texas |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Discrimination complaint SOL | 180 days (EEOC), 300 days with state deferral | 3 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 cadence | Not mandated on a cycle | At hire + every two years (Gov. Code §12950.1) | Annual training required; policy must be distributed at hire and annually | No state-mandated distribution cadence; federal EEOC guidance applies |
| Pay period cadence | Set by FLSA — typically weekly / biweekly | Semi-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 penalties | Limited (FLSA) | Up to $5,000 per willful / late pay (Lab. Code §226) | Civil penalty + liquidated damages under NY Lab. §198 | Civil penalties under TWCA; no comparable per-statement penalty |
| Interactive process / reasonable accommodation | Implied via ADAAA case law | Codified for FEHA disability (Gov. Code §12953) | Required under NYSHRL §292; broader disability definition than ADA | Follows federal ADAAA; no separate state codification |
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