Melissa Ackie

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Court Finds Texas Minimum Wage Law Preempts San Antonio Paid Sick Leave Ordinance

On March 10, 2021, the Texas Fourth Court of Appeals upheld a preliminary injunction preventing San Antonio’s amended Sick and Safe Leave Benefits ordinance from taking effect since December 2019. In its decision, the...more

3/12/2021  /  Employee Benefits , Paid Time Off (PTO) , Preemption , Preliminary Injunctions , Sick Leave , Sick Pay , State and Local Government , State Labor Laws , Wage and Hour

Silence From On High: The Uncertain Future of Texas Paid Sick Leave Ordinances

On June 5, 2020, the Texas Supreme Court refused to review a case that could have decided whether municipal paid sick leave ordinances in Texas were lawful. Specifically, it denied a petition from the City of Austin to review...more

6/17/2020  /  Constitutional Challenges , Employer Liability Issues , Local Ordinance , Paid Time Off (PTO) , Preemption , Sick Leave , State and Local Government , State Labor Laws , TX Supreme Court , Wage and Hour

Moving Targets: (Possible) Delays to Texas Paid Sick Leave Ordinances

Even though it is less than 10 days before paid sick and safe time (PSST) ordinances in Dallas and San Antonio are/were scheduled to take effect, developments regarding the status of these ordinances are changing daily....more

7/26/2019  /  Employee Rights , Employer Liability Issues , Local Ordinance , Paid Time Off (PTO) , Rulemaking Process , Sick Leave , State and Local Government , Wage and Hour

Texas Paid Sick Leave Question of the Hour: What do Employers do Now?

Just when Texas employers were about to breathe a sigh of relief, believing a reprieve from mandatory compliance with three separate municipal paid sick leave ordinances was on its way, the Texas Legislature failed to pass a...more

6/17/2019  /  Employer Liability Issues , Local Ordinance , Paid Time Off (PTO) , Preemption , Sick Leave , State and Local Government , State Labor Laws , Wage and Hour

Texas Two-Step: San Antonio Joins Austin in Mandating Paid Sick and Safe Leave; Then Court Enjoins Austin Law from Taking Effect...

On August 16, 2018, the San Antonio City Council adopted a paid sick and safe leave ordinance which, aside from minor linguistic differences, is identical to the ordinance passed earlier this year in Austin. ...more

8/21/2018  /  Appeals , Employee Rights , Local Ordinance , Motion To Enjoin , Paid Time Off (PTO) , Preemption , Safe Leave , Sick Leave , State and Local Government , Wage and Hour
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