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Oregon Paid Family and Medical Leave Insurance Program is Here

What You Need to Know - Oregon Paid Family and Medical Leave (“OR PFML”) premium withholdings began January 1, 2023...more

2/16/2023 / Employer Liability Issues , Medical Leave , Paid Family Leave Law , Paid Leave , Wage and Hour

Illinois Contemplates Paid Family Leave Insurance Program

What You Need To Know: The Illinois House recently introduced legislation that would create a statewide paid family leave insurance program....more

2/1/2023 / Employer Liability Issues , Paid Family Leave Law , Paid Leave , State Labor Laws , Wage and Hour

If Pain (Or Anything Else), Yes Gain—Part 104: Illinois to Become Third State to Enact Paid Leave Law

Seyfarth Synopsis: A bill that would provide paid leave for all workers in Illinois is awaiting Governor Pritzker’s signature. If signed into law, the bill would provide up to 40 hours of paid leave for eligible employees,...more

1/18/2023 / Employer Liability Issues , Governor Pritzker , Local Ordinance , Paid Leave , Paid Time Off (PTO) , Sick Leave , State Labor Laws , Wage and Hour

If Pain, Yes Gain—Part 102: The Land of 10,000 Lakes or Paid Sick Leave Laws? Bloomington Becomes the Fourth Minnesota City to...

Seyfarth Synopsis: Minnesota, also known as “the land of 10,000 lakes” is quickly becoming “the land of 10,000 paid sick leave laws.” Last month, Bloomington became the fourth Minnesota city to pass a citywide Earned Sick...more

7/20/2022 / Employer Liability Issues , Local Ordinance , Paid Leave , Paid Time Off (PTO) , Sick Leave , Wage and Hour

Illinois Expands Its Bereavement Leave Act

Seyfarth Synopsis: Illinois recently amended its Child Bereavement Leave Act to expand the reasons for leave, including miscarriage and stillbirth, and adds additional covered family members. The law will now be called the...more

6/23/2022 / Bereavement Leave , Employer Liability Issues , Employment Policies , State Labor Laws , Wage and Hour

Maryland Paid Family and Medical Leave Rights and Obligations

Seyfarth Synopsis: As previously reported, on April 9, 2022, the Maryland General Assembly passed the Time to Care Act of 2022, enacting a Family and Medical Leave Insurance Program in Maryland and making it the tenth state...more

5/31/2022 / Employer Liability Issues , Paid Family Leave Law , Paid Leave , State Labor Laws , Wage and Hour

Maine’s Vacation Law Will Now Require Payout Upon Separation

Recently, Governor Janet Mills of Maine signed H.P. 160 - L.D. 225, “An Act Regarding the Treatment of Vacation Time Upon the Cessation of Employment,” which amends Maine’s final wage statute to require the payout of unused,...more

5/25/2022 / Employer Liability Issues , Paid Time Off (PTO) , State Labor Laws , Vacation Pay , Wage and Hour

Maryland Becomes Tenth State to Enact Paid Family Leave Law

Seyfarth Synopsis: On Saturday, April 9, the Maryland General Assembly voted to override Governor Larry Hogan’s veto of the Time to Care Act of 2022, enacting paid family leave in Maryland. Paid leave will be available to...more

4/13/2022 / Employer Liability Issues , Paid Family Leave Law , Paid Leave , State Labor Laws , Wage and Hour

EEOC Sues Estée Lauder Over Paid Parental Leave Policy

Seyfarth Synopsis: If your company provides parental leave benefits beyond what is required by law, it is important that the company’s policies and practices ensure male and female employees are being treated consistent with...more

9/8/2017 / Civil Rights Act , Employer Liability Issues , Employment Litigation , Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) , Estée Lauder , Paid Time Off (PTO) , Parental Leave , Sex Discrimination , Title VII , Wage and Hour

Recent Changes and Clarifications to the Illinois Employee Sick Leave Act

Seyfarth Synopsis: The Illinois Employee Sick Leave Act (“ESLA”), which went into effect on January 1, 2017, requires employers that provide employees with “personal sick leave benefits” must allow the use of such benefits...more

1/18/2017 / Employee Benefits , Paid Family Leave Law , Paid Leave , Sick Leave , Sick Pay , State Labor Departments , State Labor Laws , Wage and Hour

The Chicago Paid Sick Leave Ordinance is Inevitable

Seyfarth Synopsis: In case you missed it, on June 22, 2016, Chicago added itself to the growing roster of many major U.S. cities to pass a Paid Sick Leave Ordinance. The Council’s Committee on Workforce Development and...more

6/29/2016 / Accrual Method , Covered Employees , Covered Employer , Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) , Local Ordinance , Paid Leave , Paid Sick Leave Act , Sick Leave , Wage and Hour

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Seyfarth Shaw LLP

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