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Missouri's Paid Sick Leave Repeal: FAQs and What Employers Need to Know Now

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Background: the sick leave law that was—and wasn’t - Missouri employers are preparing for another pivot in the state’s paid leave requirements. Just months after businesses scrambled to comply with new sick leave rules...more

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End of an Era: New York’s COVID-19 Paid Sick Leave Has Ended

After more than five years, New York State’s pioneering COVID-19 paid sick leave law officially came to an end on July 31, 2025....more

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End of Missouri’s Mandatory Paid Sick Leave Is Quickly Approaching

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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

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Washington State Expands Paid Sick Leave Law To Include Coverage for Immigration Proceedings and Hate Crime Victims

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As we have previously discussed, state paid sick leave laws continue expanding. In 2025, states which previously had no sick leave requirements (Nebraska and Alaska) will now require employers to provide employees with paid...more

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Upcoming 2026 Pittsburgh’s Amendments to the Paid Sick Days Act

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On June 10, 2025, the City of Pittsburgh enacted amendments to its Paid Sick Days Act (PSDA), which will take effect on January 1, 2026. Since March 2020, Pittsburgh has required employers with 15 or more employees to provide...more

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The Latest Changes to Minnesota’s Earned Sick and Safe Time Statute

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On June 14th, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz signed into law, S.F. No. 17, which once again included amendments to Minnesota’s Earned Sick and Safe Time (ESST) law that went into effect in January 2024....more

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New York Sunsets COVID-19 Paid "Quarantine" Leave on July 31, 2025

After more than five years of providing additional quarantine-related leave for COVID-19, beginning July 31, 2025, New York's COVID-19 Paid Emergency Leave (the "Law") will expire, and employers will no longer be required to...more

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Governor Kehoe Signs Repeal of State Paid Sick Leave Law

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On May 14, 2025, the Missouri Legislature repealed the brand new paid sick leave law (the “Sick Leave Law”) that voters approved last November. Governor Kehoe’s July 10, 2025 signature officially enacts that repeal and begins...more

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Pittsburgh Amends Paid Sick Days Act to Provide Greater Benefits for Employees

In June 2025, the Pittsburgh City Council approved an ordinance that amends the Pittsburgh Paid Sick Days Act (“PSDA”) to significantly increase the number of hours of paid sick leave employers must provide to eligible...more

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Nebraska Governor Signs Bill to Amend Healthy Families and Workplace Act

On June 5, 2025, Nebraska Governor Jim Pillen signed Legislative Bill (LB) No. 415 that clarifies and amends the Nebraska Healthy Families and Workplace Act (NHFWA) passed by voters in November 2024, which provides earned...more

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If Pain, Yes Gain – Part 131: Missouri Legislature Passes Bill Repealing State Paid Sick Time Law

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Following a successful ballot initiative in November 2024 known as Proposition A, the Missouri Earned Paid Sick Time Law went into effect as scheduled on May 1, 2025. However, the law has come under fire on multiple fronts in...more

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Missouri Legislature Passes Bill Repealing Paid Sick Leave Mandate and Amending Minimum Wage Law: What Employers Need to Know

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In the evening hours of May 14, 2025, the Missouri Senate passed House Bill 567 (the Bill) which effectively repeals the requirements of Proposition A. The Senate adopted the House version of the Bill without adding any...more

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Preparing for the Implementation of Missouri Paid Sick Time: Key Deadlines and Compliance Requirements

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The earned paid sick time provisions of Proposition A are set to take effect on May 1, 2025. Missouri Proposition A requires employers to provide employees working in Missouri at least 1 hour of sick leave for every 30 hours...more

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What the Revised Earned Sick Time Act Means for Michigan Employers

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On Feb. 21, Governor Whitmer signed an amendment to the Earned Sick Time Act (“ESTA”), which became effective immediately. The law requires most Michigan employers to permit employees to accrue and use paid earned sick time....more

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CT Employers Beware: Compliance with the New Paid Sick Leave Law Requires Familiarity with the Intricacies of the Law

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The expanded CT Paid Sick Leave requirements were signed into law on May 21, 2024, and were effective January 1, 2025. Since that time, the CT Department of Labor (“DOL”) published, and subsequently updated, FAQs and...more

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Capitol Gains: California's Legislative Highlights for 2025

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California’s legislature covered a wide array of labor and employment law topics in the 2024 legislative session. The laws discussed below were signed into law by Governor Newsom and will become effective on January 1, 2025,...more

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A Majority of Alaskans Appear to Have Approved a Paid Sick Leave Ballot Measure

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In the November 5, 2024 election, a majority of Alaskans appear to have voted in favor of Alaska Ballot Measure No. 1 to create a new statewide paid sick leave law that would become operative on July 1, 2025 (and increases to...more

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A Last Minute, Temporary Reprieve for Chicago Employers: Chicago Amends Paid Sick Leave Ordinance

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With the 31 December 2023 effective date for the Chicago Paid Leave and Paid Sick and Safe Leave Ordinance (Ordinance) rapidly approaching, the Chicago City Council passed an amendment on 14 December 2023 (Amendment), which...more

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COVID-19 Paid Sick Leave Laws Could Show Emerging Compliance Trends for Employers

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Since the onset of the pandemic, many states and localities have passed COVID-19 supplemental paid sick leave laws requiring employers to provide leave to employees for COVID-19-related reasons. California and Colorado have...more

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