Minimum Wage, Paid Time Off (PTO), Employee Rights

Chicago’s Annual Employment Law Changes Are Coming July 1 — Are You Ready?

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 6/25/2025

Effective July 1, 2025, updates to several key Chicago employment laws go into effect, including (1) updates to the Chicago Fair Workweek employee coverage thresholds; (2) updates to the City’s minimum wage; and (3) new...more

Missouri Paid Sick Leave to Take Effect May 1: An Employer’s Compliance Checklist

Fisher Phillips on 5/1/2025

Missouri employers of all sizes will need to guarantee their workers paid sick leave rights as of May 1 after the Missouri Supreme Court declined to set aside the results of a state ballot initiative. Here’s what you need to...more

In 11th Hour Move, Michigan Legislature Adopts Amended Minimum Wage and Earned Sick and Safe Time Requirements

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP on 2/24/2025

Capping off a years’ long saga, and with only minutes to spare, on February 20, 2025, the Michigan Legislature (the Legislature) passed much anticipated amendments to the Michigan Earned Sick Time Act (ESTA) and Improved...more

W. Hollywood Employers Beware of 7/1/22 Mandatory Paid & Unpaid Leave

CDF Labor Law LLP on 6/15/2022

If you have a single employee who works for two hours or more in a week in the city of West Hollywood, California, get ready for significant changes that take effect on July 1, 2022, that will impact your West Hollywood...more

Is Foresight 2020? Employers Confront New Laws Taking Effect in the New Year

Littler on 11/14/2019

As the year draws to a close, employers are assessing the next wave of labor and employment laws and regulations they will face in 2020 and beyond. Most new laws taking effect at the end of 2019 and throughout 2020 are at the...more

What Will the Democratic Takeover of the House of Representatives Mean for Labor and Employment Law?

Littler on 11/7/2018

While some races remain undecided, it is clear at this point that Democrats will control the U.S. House of Representatives in the next Congress. ...more

Massachusetts Poised to Become the Latest State Offering a Paid Family Leave Program

Foley & Lardner LLP on 6/26/2018

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

The Ever-Evolving Obligations of California Employers to Provide Paid Sick Leave (and New Minimum Wage Requirements, too!)

Fisher Phillips on 6/10/2016

This month, the Cities of Los Angeles and San Diego passed paid sick leave and minimum wage ordinances to go into effect soon. While all California employers have been required to provide paid sick leave to employees since...more

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