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(Podcast) California Employment News: SB616 – Changes to Paid Sick Leave Law for 2024
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Discussion on Legal and Practical Issues
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#WorkforceWednesday: States Adjust COVID-19 Regulations and OSHA ETS Released - Employment Law This Week®
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#WorkforceWednesday: Sick Leave in New York, California Law Update, and Oregon’s Workplace Fairness Act Takes Effect
When Sick Leave Runs Out—Managing Employee Absences and Balancing Legal Obligations
Employment Law Now IV-77- Breaking: Federal Judge Invalidates Portions of the DOL’s FFCRA Regulations
How School Reopening Plans May Affect Paid Leave for Working Parents and Employers by Judy Garner
COVID-19 Updates: Arizona Employment Law Issues
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Employment Law Now IV-58- Breaking: New Federal Coronavirus Legislation
The U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division (“WHD”) has issued an opinion letter stating that employers cannot require employees to substitute accrued paid time off during a Family and Medical Leave Act (“FMLA”) leave...more
The California Legislature and Governor Gavin Newsom have again enacted a number of laws that will affect California employers. This Insight summarizes the significant changes to California employment laws taking effect in...more
If your company uses a single PTO bucket for vacation and sick leave, you may already be out of compliance with state laws. With significant updates to sick leave laws taking effect in 2025, now is the time to ensure your...more
Over the past decade, states and localities have adopted sick leave laws and ordinances, and the number of sick leave laws has increased every year. The year 2025 will be no exception, as three states — Alaska, Missouri and...more
Fido’s under the weather? Is Fluffy due for a check-up? A new bill introduced in the New York City Council aims to give employees time off to care for their furry (or scaley or feathered) friends. The proposed measure seeks...more
California’s 2024 legislative session wrapped up with Governor Gavin Newsom signing significant bills affecting employers’ workplace policies and operations in the state. The new laws below take effect on Jan. 1, 2025....more
The Family and Medical Leave Act provides leave and job protection to eligible employees who need to be absent from work “because of the birth of a son or daughter of the employee and in order to care for such son or...more
On May 21, 2024, Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont signed legislation expanding Connecticut’s Paid Sick Leave law beginning January 1, 2025. The new legislation expands the scope of employers covered by the law, increases the...more
Illinois employers now have some long-awaited answers to key questions about a paid leave law that took effect earlier this year. Specifically, the Illinois Department of Labor published final regulations on April 30...more
On December 20, 2023, the New York City Council passed a bill (Proposed Int. No. 563-A) that would create a private right of action to seek damages and other relief for violations of New York City’s Earned Safe and Sick Time...more
In November 2023, the Chicago City Council passed the Chicago Paid Leave and Paid Sick and Safe Leave Ordinance, dramatically expanding the city’s existing paid sick leave ordinance to require employers to provide an...more
Minnesota will soon join the ranks of states with state-wide earned paid sick and safe leave requirements. The Minnesota legislature passed an Earned Sick and Safe Leave law (ESSL), and Governor Tim Walz has promised to sign...more
Now more than ever, employers are focusing on the mental health and well-being of their employees, recognizing that allowing them time for self-care is a key component of work-life balance. Losing a loved one is one of the...more
Per a recent Third Circuit ruling, employers do not destroy the salary basis test for exempt employees by making fringe benefit deductions. The Third Circuit held that the term “salary” does not include fringe benefits such...more
With bank uncertainty making headlines, we answer employers’ most frequently asked questions about the consequences of payroll delays, strategies for mitigating risk and more. ...more
After a “gut and replace” of Illinois Senate Bill 208 at the beginning of the 2023 legislative session, the Paid Leave for All Workers Act (the “Act”) passed both houses of the legislature on January 10, 2023. The Act has...more
The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, overturning Roe v. Wade and Casey v. Planned Parenthood and leaving the legality of abortion up to each state, inevitably will increase the...more
Mercury in retrograde or a sign of the end times? In a rare win for employers, the California legislature this past week failed to advance Assembly Bill 2932 - mandating a 4-day workweek for large employers in the state -...more
On February 16, 2022, the California Labor Commissioner published the mandatory posters concerning the 2022 COVID-19 supplemental paid sick leave (CPSL) law—which will take full effect on Saturday, February 19, 2022—that an...more
Despite the rising clamor to end lockdowns, ease masking requirements, and to “return to normal,” California’s Supplemental Paid Sick Leave returns this week. California employers should immediately familiarize themselves...more
New York recently updated two significant aspects of its Paid Family Leave program: (1) expanding the definition of “family member” to include siblings and (2) increasing the cap on weekly benefits available....more
On December 24, 2021, New York City enacted a law (Introduction No. 2448-2021) permitting employees who are parents to take paid time off to accompany their children when they receive COVID-19 vaccinations. In addition, the...more
On December 22, 2021, the New York Department of Labor (Department) issued final regulations regarding the New York State Sick Leave Law (NYSSLL), which has been in effect since September 30, 2020. The final regulations do...more
PFL Expanded to Include Siblings On Nov. 1, 2021, Governor Kathy Hochul signed a bill into law amending the definition of family member for purposes of the New York Paid Family Leave Benefits Law (PFL) to include biological...more
Over the past few months, the COVID-19 vaccine has dominated news coverage and is at the forefront of the current administration’s agenda. On Thursday, September 9, 2021, President Joe Biden announced a sweeping new federal...more