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As of August 28, 2025, paid sick leave will no longer be required in Missouri. Missouri Governor Mike Kehoe signed House Bill 567, officially repealing Missouri’s voter-enacted paid sick leave law. Under Missouri’s...more
In the November 2024 election, Nebraska voters passed Initiative 436, also known as the Nebraska Healthy Families and Workplace Act. This law mandates paid sick leave for most employees in the state and takes effect October...more
Missouri voters approved Proposition A, enacting a new state-wide paid sick leave law beginning on May 1, 2025, barring any legal challenges or issues with certification of the official results by Dec. 10, 2024....more
The Connecticut legislature has approved a major revision to Connecticut’s state statute mandating paid sick leave, broadly expanding coverage of the statute over the next several years to nearly every employer and employee...more
Continuing the wave of new rules and regulations related to paid leave in Minnesota, on January 8, 2024, the St. Paul Department of Human Rights and Equal Economic Opportunity (HREEO) issued guidance on its interpretation of...more
California’s amended Paid Sick Leave (PSL) law introduced notable changes for California employers effective January 1, 2024. The amended PSL law now requires employers to provide the greater of 5 days or 40 hours in annual...more
In October, California passed Senate Bill (SB) 616, which increases the amount of paid sick leave employers are required to provide to California employees. The Labor Commissioner recently published an updated Frequently...more
Minnesota recently enacted a statewide paid sick and safe time leave law that will become effective on January 1, 2024. Four Minnesota cities—Minneapolis, St. Paul, Duluth, and Bloomington (one of the largest...more
On October 4, 2023, California’s Governor signed Senate Bill (SB) 616, which increases the amount of paid sick leave employers are required to provide to California employees. Beginning on January 1, 2024, employers must...more
The end of the public health emergency means welcome changes for Colorado employers when it comes to complying with the paid leave requirements of the state’s Healthy Families and Workplaces Act (HFWA). Under the HFWA,...more
The New York State Department of Labor has issued final regulations for the New York Paid Sick and Safe Leave Law (NYSSL), which has been in effect since September 30, 2020. The final regulations contain no changes to the...more
The Colorado Department of Labor and Employment (CDLE) has adopted new rules, effective Jan. 1, 2022, pertaining to overtime and minimum pay, adjusted labor compensation and wage protection. These changes, adopted Nov....more
On November 10, 2021, after a public hearing and comment submission period, the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment (CDLE) published three final rules: (1) the Colorado Overtime and Minimum Pay Standards Order #38...more
Executive Summary: The New York Department of Labor (NYDOL) announced on May 27, 2021, that employees in New York must be permitted to use sick leave under the New York Paid Sick Leave Law to recover from any side effects...more
New York State’s Paid Sick Leave law took effect on September 30, 2020. The law, adopted at the start of the coronavirus pandemic in March, requires every employer with employees working in New York to provide paid or unpaid...more