What's new in Role Canary

Weekly law updates, new features, and fixes — so your compliance never falls behind.

17 Mar 2026
LAW

Maryland pay transparency law — enforcement begins 1 April 2026

Maryland HB 649 moves into active enforcement next month. Salary ranges are now required on all job postings for employers with 15+ employees. Role Canary rules engine updated to flag non-compliant Maryland postings automatically.

FEATURE

Bulk export: download compliance reports for all open roles at once

Enterprise and Scale plan customers can now export a full compliance snapshot for all active job postings in a single PDF — useful for quarterly HR audits and OFCCP preparation.

UPDATE

EU Directive countdown timer added to dashboard

With the May 2026 EU Pay Transparency Directive deadline now under 60 days away, your dashboard now shows a live countdown and a per-country readiness checklist.

10 Mar 2026
LAW

Connecticut pay transparency law — signed into law 6 March 2026

Connecticut's SB 1 was signed by Governor Lamont on 6 March 2026. Employers with 25+ employees must include pay ranges in all postings from 1 July 2026. Rules added to engine; alerts active for affected customers.

FEATURE

Slack digest: daily compliance summary in your channel

You can now connect Role Canary to a Slack channel and receive a morning digest showing new violations, scan completions, and law updates — without logging in. Configure in Settings → Notifications.

FIX

Fixed: remote role state detection missing Montana and Wyoming

A mapping error meant postings tagged as remote were not being checked against Montana's new equal pay guidance or Wyoming's FLSA classification rules. Corrected in this release.

3 Mar 2026
EU

Netherlands transposition law published — effective 1 June 2026

The Dutch Wet implementatie EU-richtlijn loontransparantie was published in the Staatsblad on 28 February 2026. Role Canary EU engine updated to include Dutch-specific requirements including the prohibition on salary history questions.

FEATURE

New: compliance score trend graph on dashboard

Your dashboard now shows a 30-day compliance score trend line — so you can see whether your team is improving over time and spot any weeks where new violations spiked.

UPDATE

Improved ADA language detection: 12 new patterns added

Our ADA scanning model was updated with 12 additional patterns covering physical requirement language, cognitive demand phrasing, and driver's license requirements that may not be essential job functions.

24 Feb 2026
LAW

Ohio SB 114 passes Senate — pay transparency likely active Q3 2026

Ohio's pay transparency bill cleared the Senate on 20 February 2026. If signed, employers with 10+ employees would need to include salary ranges on all postings from 1 September 2026. Monitoring active; rules will be added on enactment.

FEATURE

Job ad URL tester now supports Workday iCIMS and Teamtailor

The free URL scanner previously had issues parsing Workday and iCIMS posting formats. Both are now fully supported, along with Teamtailor's subdomain structure.

FIX

Fixed: EU country filter not saving in account preferences

A bug in account preferences meant EU country selections were not persisting between sessions. Fixed — your selected EU jurisdictions now save correctly.

17 Feb 2026
EU

Germany Entgelttransparenzgesetz amendment — draft published

The German government published the draft amendment to the Entgelttransparenzgesetz incorporating EU Directive requirements. Key change: salary range disclosure now required in job ads for all employers with 50+ employees. Public consultation closes 15 March 2026.

FEATURE

EEO statement library: one-click insert compliant language

Customers can now browse a library of pre-approved EEO statements (federal, OFCCP, ADA, VEVRAA) and insert them directly into flagged postings with one click. Available on Growth plan and above.

UPDATE

EEOC guidance on AI hiring tools — rules engine updated

Following the EEOC's February 2026 Technical Assistance update on AI hiring tool liability, we've added detection for job ads that reference algorithmic screening in ways that may create disparate impact exposure.

10 Feb 2026
LAW

Illinois IDOL published updated salary range enforcement FAQ

The Illinois Department of Labor published an FAQ clarifying that remote roles open to Illinois residents require a salary range regardless of employer location. Role Canary remote-role detection updated accordingly.

FEATURE

Dashboard redesign: violations grouped by jurisdiction

The violations panel on your dashboard has been redesigned. Violations are now grouped by state/country rather than by date — making it much easier to prioritise fixes when you hire across multiple jurisdictions.

FIX

Fixed: Washington state benefits disclosure check false positives

Some Washington postings that included benefits in a non-standard format were being flagged incorrectly. The benefits parser has been updated to recognise inline lists, parenthetical descriptions, and linked benefits pages.

3 Feb 2026
LAW

New Jersey enforcement ramp-up — NJDOL issuing first fines

The New Jersey Department of Labor began issuing fines for violations of S2310 (effective June 2025) this month. First-violation fines are running $1,000–$5,000. All NJ customers have been notified via email.

FEATURE

Audit trail: full history of every scan for every job posting

Every compliance scan result is now stored indefinitely in your account. You can access the full history for any job posting — useful for demonstrating good-faith compliance efforts if questioned by a regulator.

UPDATE

French Index d'égalité FAQ updated — scoring methodology changed

France's Ministère du Travail updated the scoring methodology for the Index d'égalité professionnelle in late January. Our French compliance checks have been updated to reflect the new calculation approach.

27 Jan 2026
LAW

Massachusetts SB 1558 — pay transparency signed into law

Massachusetts Governor Healey signed SB 1558 on 23 January 2026. Employers with 25+ employees must include salary ranges on all postings from 1 August 2026. Role Canary rules active immediately for proactive compliance.

FEATURE

CSV export for applicant-flow OFCCP reporting

Federal contractors can now export a CSV of all scanned postings including the salary range recorded at time of posting — formatted to support OFCCP applicant flow log requirements.

UPDATE

NYC DCWP good-faith salary range guidance — updated benchmarks

Following NYC DCWP's January 2026 enforcement bulletin, we've updated our NYC good-faith range checker. Ranges wider than 35% of the midpoint now trigger a warning rather than a pass.

20 Jan 2026
LAW

Minnesota enforcement begins for employers 30–99 employees

Minnesota's phased implementation reached the 30–99 employee tier on 1 January 2026. Role Canary now checks all Minnesota postings for this tier. Full enforcement for smaller employers begins July 2026.

EU

EU Directive — Ireland transposition bill published

Ireland's Oireachtas published the Gender Pay Gap Information (Amendment) Bill 2026 on 15 January 2026, incorporating EU Pay Transparency Directive requirements. Expected to pass Q2 2026. Monitoring active.

FEATURE

Mobile-optimised alerts: Role Canary violations now push to mobile

Compliance violation alerts are now delivered as mobile push notifications on iOS and Android via the Role Canary companion app (beta). Sign up for the beta in Settings → Notifications.

13 Jan 2026
LAW

Colorado CDLE updated enforcement guidance — benefits disclosure tightened

The Colorado Department of Labor published updated EPEWA enforcement guidance on 9 January 2026. Key change: 'competitive benefits' language is now explicitly cited as non-compliant. Detailed benefits disclosure is required. All Colorado customers alerted.

FEATURE

Role Canary launches — welcome to 2026

We've rebuilt the Role Canary platform from the ground up. New dashboard, faster scanning engine (results in under 10 seconds), expanded EU coverage across all 27 member states, and a redesigned alerts system. Full changelog available in our blog.

UPDATE

Compliance score calculation updated — penalty weighting revised

The compliance score now weights violations by the severity of potential fine. A missing NYC salary range (max fine $500k) weighs more heavily than a missing FLSA classification note. Scores may shift slightly for existing customers.