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On April 30, 2025, Congressional Representatives Stephanie Bice (R-Oklahoma) and Chrissy Houlahan (D-Pennsylvania) introduced the More Paid Leave for More Americans Act in the House of Representatives....more
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
Late on May 14, 2025, the Missouri Senate majority invoked a rarely used procedural tool to advance a vote on House Bill 567, which would repeal the Missouri Paid Sick Leave Act (or Proposition A). As passed by Missouri...more
Rep. Seth Magaziner (D-RI) and three other representatives have proposed the Protected Time Off Act (“the PTO Act”), a bill that would require businesses to provide employees with one hour of annual leave for every 25...more
Three bills are making their way through the Illinois state legislature that would amend the Illinois Human Rights Act by setting new standards for employer responsibilities and employee rights in the workplace. Here is a...more
We have written about the General Assembly’s Labor and Public Employees Committee’s final flurry of activity approving and advancing bills out of committee. In addition to the bills that we have already summarized, here is a...more
LEADERSHIP RELEASES GLOBAL BUDGET TARGETS - On Tuesday, the Governor, House Speaker, and Senate Majority Leader announced they had reached an agreement on global budget targets, adding up to $71.9 million in spending for...more
Earned Sick & Safe Time - After hours of lively debate Thursday afternoon and evening, the Earned Sick & Safe Time bill, H.F. 19 (Rep. Liz Olson, DFL-Duluth), was passed off of the House floor with two amendments. The bill...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
Driver’s Licenses for All - In 2003, the Legislature passed a law requiring Minnesotans to show proof of legal residence in the United States in order to obtain a driver’s license. This year, a bill has been introduced...more
The Massachusetts Department of Family and Medical Leave has answered a question that employers in the Commonwealth have been struggling with in recent months concerning possible changes to the Paid Family and Medical Leave...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
Making good on a 2020 Democratic campaign promise, the House Committee on Ways & Means took the first step towards a federal paid family leave program by recently approving the Paid Family and Medical Leave Benefits Act...more
President Biden’s latest infrastructure proposal – called the American Families Plan – includes a plan that would establish the nation’s first permanent federal paid leave program. Unveiled on April 28, the proposed...more
The Massachusetts legislature is considering expanding the state’s generous paid sick leave statute to add up to 80 hours of emergency paid sick leave for use in times of a declared state of emergency or disaster. While...more
As “Super Sick Monday” approaches, employers will review their sick leave policies and procedures to ensure that operations are not “sacked” by excessive absenteeism the day after the Super Bowl, and that an enforcement...more
WHD Rulemakings Full Speed Ahead. This is a busy time for the Wage & Hour Division’s regulatory agenda. Early in the week, the White House approved its final rule updating the regular rate regulations. The updates are...more
The New York City Council is considering a bill that would expand the NYC Earned Safe and Sick Time Act (ESSTA) to provide eligible employees with “personal time” that could be used for any reason. The bill would also expand...more
Last week, the New Jersey Senate joined the state Assembly in passing a bill that would impose statewide paid sick leave obligations on private employers and, notably, preempt all current and future municipal paid sick leave...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: Earlier this week, the New Jersey Assembly passed a bill that would impose statewide paid sick leave obligations on private employers. ...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: Dominating this spring’s planting of proposed employment-related legislation are bills aimed at ending sexual harassment and promoting gender equity. Among the secondary crops are bills regarding...more
The majority of state legislatures are back in session, wasting no time considering new labor and employment measures. More than 600 state and local bills governing workplace issues were introduced or actively evaluated in...more
Despite the holiday break in most statehouses and city halls, legislators were quite productive in December. More than 40 employment-related bills were introduced or advanced last month, across nearly 20 states and...more
With the holidays in full swing, state legislators across the country are enjoying a bit of a lull. December traditionally marks the calm before the storm, as most legislatures are out of session and will reconvene in...more
As the Thanksgiving holiday approached, Republican lawmakers in both chambers of Congress made progress toward their singular legislative priority to enact comprehensive tax reform. Facing uncertainty in the 2018 midterm...more