#WorkforceWednesday: Sick Leave in New York, California Law Update, and Oregon’s Workplace Fairness Act Takes Effect
Recent amendments to New York City’s Earned Sick and Safe Time Act (ESSTA) went into effect this month. Consistent with recent amendments to New York State law, the City’s amended leave law now explicitly requires NYC...more
The Minnesota Legislative 2025 Session and one-day Special Session 2025 ended last month with the passage of an omnibus bill that contained several provisions changing the employment law landscape for employers with employees...more
New York City has recently updated its Earned Safe and Sick Time Act (ESSTA) Rules and Frequently Asked Questions to address the requirements of the New York State Prenatal Leave law. As discussed in our prior alerts in April...more
The Washington State Legislature has passed a sweeping package of labor and employment laws that will significantly impact businesses with employees working in the State of Washington. These new laws, several of which become...more
As previously reported, the New York State Paid Prenatal Leave entitlement went into effect as part of Section 196-B of the New York Labor Law (i.e., the New York State Paid Sick Leave Law) on January 1, 2025....more
After controlling Minnesota’s House, Senate, and governorship since 2023, the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor (DFL) Party’s legislative and gubernatorial “trifecta” at the state capitol is no more....more
On February 21, 2025, the Michigan Legislature passed, and Governor Whitmer subsequently signed into law, an amendment to the Earned Sick Time Act (ESTA). The new law significantly modifies administrative and financial...more
As of Nov. 21, 2024, Massachusetts employees may use earned sick time to address physical and mental health needs following a pregnancy loss or failed assisted reproduction, adoption, or surrogacy under an amendment to the...more
Effective June 19, 2024, New York Labor Law § 206-c was amended to provide employees a 30-minute paid break to express breast milk. This 30-minute paid break time to express milk in the workplace is applicable to all public...more
What You Need To Know: Earlier this month, the Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry (DLI) released an Earned Sick and Safe Time (ESST) sample notice....more
As New Jersey schools announce their re-opening plans, employers in the state are trying to understand their obligations under different federal and state leave laws. As we have seen, some schools plan to remain open several...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: During his 2020 State of the State remarks, Governor Andrew Cuomo announced a statewide paid sick leave (“PSL”) proposal as part of his agenda in support of New York employees. If successful, New York would...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: 2019 proved to be an active year on the paid sick leave (“PSL”) front and there are no signs to suggest 2020 will slow down. As employers wrap up 2019 and look ahead to 2020 and beyond, here is a summary of...more
Westchester County, New York’s Earned Sick Leave Law (“ESLL” or “Law”) went into effect on April 10, 2019. To assist employers with implementing their obligations under the Law, and advise employees of their rights, the...more
Taking a page out of New York City’s book to address the estimated 36 percent of workers in Westchester County, New York, who lack paid sick leave benefits, in October 2018 the Westchester County Board of Legislators passed...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
In response to many questions about the New Jersey Paid Sick Leave Law, which will go into effect on Monday, October 29, 2018, the New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development (NJDOL) issued a detailed list of...more
The New Jersey Paid Sick Leave Law (PSLL) goes into effect on October 29, 2018. We have received hundreds of questions in the last few weeks from employers seeking guidance on what they must do to comply with the law in...more
The Paid Family Leave trend is gathering speed in states around the country. Currently, California, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, and Washington have paid family leave programs, as does Washington, D.C. Unlike state and...more
New York City recently expanded its paid sick leave law to provide protected time off to employees who are the victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking, or human trafficking and to broaden the definition of a...more
• New measure expands the NYC Earned Sick Time Act to Cover “Safe Time.” • Safe Time can be used when an employee or a member of the employee’s family has been the victim of a family offense matter, sexual offense,...more
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio has signed into law an amendment to the NYC Earned Sick Time Act expanding the covered reasons for leave under the law, as well as broadening the definition of a covered family member for...more
Effective July 1, 2017, Georgia employers with more than 25 employees will be required to allow eligible employees to use up to five days of paid sick leave each calendar year to care for immediate family members, including...more
The issue of paid time off for employees remains a debated issue throughout the nation. Currently, there is no federal law mandating private employers provide paid time off for employees. While many states and cities have...more
The New York Times reported yesterday that it received a draft executive order marked “pre-decisional and deliberative,” which contemplates granting a minimum of 56 hours of paid sick leave per year to employees of federal...more