#WorkforceWednesday: Sick Leave in New York, California Law Update, and Oregon’s Workplace Fairness Act Takes Effect
Michigan’s Earned Sick Time Act (“ESTA”) and Michigan’s Improved Workforce Opportunity Wage Act (“IWOWA”) became effective February 21, 2025. Last minute bills, passed earlier this week and just before midnight Thursday,...more
In the 2024 election, Missouri voters approved Proposition A, a measure that raises the minimum wage beginning January 1, 2025, and introduces mandatory earned paid sick leave for most workers effective May 1, 2025....more
2025 is set to be another year of expanded paid leave requirements for employers. While the results are still preliminary, employers should start preparing in the states that have voted in new leave laws....more
On November 5, 2024, Missouri voters overwhelmingly passed Proposition A, increasing the state's minimum wage and requiring employers with 15 or more employees to provide mandatory paid sick leave for Missouri employees...more
The game of legal whiplash is over – Michigan employers (and employment lawyers) now know that the Earned Sick Time Act and Improved Workforce Opportunity Wage Act, as originally proposed, will go into effect on February 21,...more
After six years of litigation, on July 31, 2024, the Michigan Supreme Court issued its long-awaited opinion in Mothering Justice v Attorney General, holding that the Michigan Legislature’s adopt-and-amend strategy, meant to...more
On Friday, November 22, 2019, State District Judge Peter Sakai granted a temporary injunction enjoining the City of San Antonio from enforcing the Sick & Safe Leave Ordinance (SSLO), which was due to take effect on December...more
State and local governments are increasingly regulating the workplace. Although it is not possible to discuss all state and local laws, this update provides an overview of recent and upcoming legislative developments to help...more
As we previously reported, in February 2018, the city of Austin, Texas passed a paid sick and safe leave ordinance (the “Ordinance”) that would have required companies to provide paid sick and safe leave to their employees....more
The New Year will bring a number of new employment laws to the Empire State and Big Apple. All employers with operations in New York should take note of these new laws — as well as significant laws that went into effect in...more
The Industrial Commission of Arizona issued new guidance clarifying how it intends to enforce many provisions of Proposition 206, otherwise known as the Fair Wages and Healthy Families Act. As stated in our prior Legal Alert,...more
Previously, we addressed eight common questions that employers have about Arizona’s new paid sick time (“PST”) law, which goes into effect on July 1, 2017. As the law is complex, we are answering seven of the more difficult,...more
Yesterday, the Industrial Commission of Arizona released informal guidance in the form of “Frequently Asked Questions,” which provides additional information to assist with understanding Proposition 206 in Arizona (the Fair...more
Arizona voters recently passed AZ Prop 206 – the Fair Wages & Healthy Families Act – by a significant margin. Prop 206 increases the minimum wage in Arizona to: - $10.00 per hour on January 1, 2017 - $10.50 per hour on...more
The trend toward local regulation of employment laws continues in California with three new local wage and hour enactments....more
Experts are predicting a 95% chance of heavier-than-usual seasonal rainfall this year in Southern California based on the phenomenon known as “El Niño.” Did the California Legislature and its Governor produce a comparable...more
Please join us for Sheppard Mullin's annual “Breakfast with Your Labor Lawyer." 2015 presents significant developments in California labor and employment laws. We will explain how these new developments will affect day-to-day...more