Seyfarth Synopsis: Earlier this week, Maine became the first state to enact a mandatory paid time off law. The law, known as the Earned Employee Leave Act, requires employers to allow employees to use earned paid leave for...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: Despite gubernatorial support, passing through the state Senate, and being reported favorably out of Committee in the House, multiple bills that likely would have preempted local sick leave ordinances in...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: Recently, the New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development released an updated poster concerning Family Leave Insurance in light of recent amendments to the law. ...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: Michigan’s Paid Medical Leave Act went into effect on March 29, 2019, but will it remain valid law? The Michigan Supreme Court is considering whether the state legislature’s action amending the law was...more
5/1/2019
/ Advisory Opinions ,
Amended Legislation ,
Constitutional Challenges ,
Lame Duck Session ,
MI Supreme Court ,
New Legislation ,
Oral Argument ,
Paid Leave ,
Sick Leave ,
State Labor Laws ,
Wage and Hour
Seyfarth Synopsis: In advance of the upcoming March 29, 2019 effective date of the Michigan statewide paid sick leave mandate, the state Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs launched a website for the law featuring...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: This blog presents Seyfarth Shaw LLP’s Infographic tracking the spread of paid sick leave and anti-local sick leave laws around the country. The Infographic is divided into four distinct time periods to...more
12/20/2018
/ Earned Sick Time ,
Employee Rights ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Policies ,
Local Ordinance ,
Paid Leave ,
Paid Time Off (PTO) ,
Sick Leave ,
Sick Pay ,
State Labor Laws ,
Wage and Hour
Seyfarth Synopsis: On December 13, 2018, outgoing Michigan Governor Rick Snyder approved a bill that substantially amends various aspects of Michigan’s paid sick leave mandate....more
Seyfarth Synopsis: On November 16, 2018, the Texas Court of Appeals for the Third District dealt a major blow to the paid sick leave wave in Austin by reversing a lower court’s decision to deny a temporary injunction of the...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: Last month, Westchester County became the second New York State municipality - and first county - to pass a mandatory paid sick leave ordinance. The ordinance is expected to take effect on or about March...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: The New Jersey Earned Sick Leave Law goes into effect on October 29, 2018—three days from now. As employers prepare for the statewide mandate, the New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: The New Jersey Earned Sick Leave Law goes into effect on October 29, 2018 – less than two weeks from now. As employers prepare for the statewide mandate, the New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: With the New Jersey Paid Sick Leave Act’s October 29, 2018 effective date rapidly approaching, the state recently released proposed Earned Sick Leave Rules. However, it looks very likely that the rules will...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: Last week, the Michigan Senate and House of Representatives voted to approve a paid sick leave ballot initiative requiring employers to provide employees with earned sick time for certain covered reasons. ...more
9/14/2018
/ Ballot Measures ,
Legislative Agendas ,
Notice Requirements ,
Paid Time Off (PTO) ,
Posting Requirements ,
Private Right of Action ,
Sick Leave ,
Small Business ,
State and Local Government ,
State Labor Laws ,
Statute of Limitations ,
Wage and Hour
Seyfarth Synopsis: As the country’s paid sick leave epidemic continues to spread, we are committed to providing you periodic updates on the states and municipalities nationwide that have enacted laws and ordinances. ...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: Last week ended with a flurry of paid sick leave developments in multiple Texas municipalities. On Thursday, August 16, the San Antonio City Council passed a paid sick leave ordinance, making it just the...more
Earlier this month, the Seattle Office of Labor Standards released its final amended paid sick and safe time rules. The amended rules, which go into effect on July 1, 2018, expand on the city’s amended Paid Sick and Safe Time...more
Last month, the Rhode Island Department of Labor and Training released the state’s final paid sick and safe leave regulations. As the state paid sick leave law’s July 1, 2018 effective date approaches, the regulations impose...more
June 7, 2018, when the city’s new Paid Sick Leave rules take effect, marks the latest chapter in the City by the Bay’s long history of imposing local employment standards that exceed state requirements. ...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: As New York City’s amended paid sick leave ordinance, now called the Earned Safe and Sick Time Act, went into effect on May 5, just days earlier New Jersey officially became home to the tenth statewide paid...more
Last week, the New Jersey Senate joined the state Assembly in passing a bill that would impose statewide paid sick leave obligations on private employers and, notably, preempt all current and future municipal paid sick leave...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: Earlier this week, the New Jersey Assembly passed a bill that would impose statewide paid sick leave obligations on private employers. ...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: The Board has recently revised its interpretation of two key provisions of the New York Paid Family Leave (“PFL”) Law: First, by allowing employers to use the employee’s weekly wage as opposed to the...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: Legislative efforts to delay the Maryland Healthy Working Families Act’s February 11, 2018 effective date have been unsuccessful thus far....more