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End of NY Legislative Session Leaves Employers Watching Key Workplace Bills

Fisher Phillips on 7/3/2025

New York’s two-year 2025-2026 legislative session hit its midpoint in June, with lawmakers wrapping up the first year by passing a slew of workplace-related bills that now await action from Governor Hochul. As federal labor...more

Paid Family and Medical Leave Escalation Expected in 2023

Benesch on 12/30/2022

As the calendar turns to 2023, employers in several states are currently navigating or preparing to navigate laws mandating the provision of paid family and medical leave (“PFML”), i.e., partially paid, job-protected leave,...more

Employers, Are Your Leave Policies Ready to Ring in 2023?

Proskauer - Law and the Workplace on 12/26/2022

With the arrival of the new year comes the effective date of many new leave laws (and expansion of existing leave laws) across the United States. Below we summarize family and sick leave laws that will take effect across...more

New Year Brings New Laws for New York Employers: 2021 Recap and 2022 Preview

Fisher Phillips on 12/29/2021

Year two of the COVID-19 pandemic brought many new legislative changes for New York employers, altering the landscape around workplace safety, employee pay, leave benefits, protected classes and activity, and privacy. Now...more

The American Rescue Plan Extends FFCRA Tax Credit, But Not The Mandate

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 3/15/2021

On March 11, 2021, President Biden signed the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (the “Plan”). The Plan is the most recent stimulus bill enacted to address the COVID-19 pandemic and it comes almost one year to the date the...more

California’s Paid Family Leave Program to Expand from 6 to 8 Weeks

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 8/1/2019

California is expanding state benefits available to workers who lose wages while taking time off to care for a seriously ill family member or to bond with a new child. On June 27, 2019, Governor Gavin Newsom signed...more

Colorado's Employers Should Expect Enactment Of Paid Family Leave For All

Husch Blackwell LLP on 4/15/2019

FAMLI, if ultimately enacted, will weave a new, complex and multi-faceted framework into the workplace that will impact all employers and employees in Colorado. Colorado employees, like most employees in the country,...more

Massachusetts Releases Paid Family And Medical Leave Employer Guide, Workplace Poster

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 3/28/2019

The Massachusetts Department of Family and Medical Leave has released a new guide for employers on the Massachusetts Paid Family and Medical Leave Act (PFMLA), G.L. c. 175M. The guide clarifies some questions generated by...more

Massachusetts Issues Draft Regulations For Paid Family And Medical Leave Law

Pierce Atwood LLP on 2/18/2019

Last month the Massachusetts Department of Family and Medical Leave (DFML) released draft regulations intended to implement the Paid Family and Medical Leave Law (PFML). The PFML is a part of the “Grand Bargain Legislation”...more

Minnesota Legislative Update: Legislators Consider Criminal Sexual Assault Reform, Recreational Cannabis

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP on 2/4/2019

Despite the extreme weather, the Legislature remained open and held hearings all week. Bills were scheduled and started moving through committees in both the House and Senate. Legislators were busy meeting with stakeholders...more

New California Laws for 2019: What Employers Should Know

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP on 12/18/2018

Continuing its active involvement in regulating the employer-employee relationship, in 2018 the California legislature again enacted many new laws affecting California employers....more

Massachusetts Set to Become the State to Offer the Most Far-Reaching Paid Family Leave Program in the Country

Troutman Pepper Locke on 11/6/2018

The Massachusetts legislature passed significant legislation (An Act Relative to Minimum Wage, Paid Family Medical Leave and the Sales Tax Holiday), which includes a number of important provisions impacting employers in...more

The BakerHostetler Quarterly New York Employment Law Newsletter

BakerHostetler on 7/20/2018

Welcome to the first edition of The BakerHostetler Quarterly New York Employment Law Newsletter. We are pleased to share our analysis of some of the key employment trends that affected New York employers in 2017, and our...more

Massachusetts set to become the state to offer the most far-reaching paid family leave program in the country

Troutman Pepper Locke on 6/28/2018

The Massachusetts legislature last week passed significant legislation (“An Act Relative to Minimum Wage, Paid Family Medical Leave and the Sales Tax Holiday”) which includes a number of important provisions impacting...more

[Event] Stay Ahead: Nossaman's 2017 Emerging Employment Issues Seminar - Feb 8th, 9th,15th & 16th - Four California Locations

Nossaman LLP on 1/30/2017

Please join us for this complimentary presentation on cutting-edge employment law issues. California and federal employment laws are constantly developing and evolving so it is essential for human resource professionals and...more

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