News & Analysis as of

Sick Leave Employment Policies State and Local Government

Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP

Pittsburgh Enacts Employee-Friendly Amendments to Paid Sick Leave Law

On June 12, 2025, Pittsburgh Mayor Ed Gainey signed an amendment to Pittsburgh’s Paid Sick Days Act into law. The amendment accelerates employees’ accrual of sick leave and increases usage and carry-over caps. The amendment...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Chicago’s Paid Leave and Paid Sick and Safe Leave Ordinance Ushers in Some of the Nation’s Most Generous Employee Leave...

Chicago’s recent enactment of its Paid Leave and Paid Sick and Safe Leave Ordinance (“Ordinance”) marks some of the country’s most progressive paid time off legislation and also imposes robust requirements upon Chicago...more

Proskauer - Law and the Workplace

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

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

Perkins Coie

August Tip of the Month: New York City Steps Up Enforcement of Worker Protection Laws

Perkins Coie on

New York City’s Department of Consumer and Worker Protection (DCWP) has actively stepped up enforcement of the city’s worker protection laws, including the Fair Workweek Law (FWL) and Paid Safe and Sick Leave Law (PSSL)...more

Epstein Becker & Green

New York Employers Must Now Provide Employees with Paid Leave to Get Vaccinated

Epstein Becker & Green on

New York employers no longer have to ponder if and how they should incentivize their employees to get vaccinated. Effective March 12, 2021, Senate Bill S2588A creates Labor Law Section 196-C, “Leave for COVID-19 Vaccination”...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Paid Leave and Coronavirus—Part XIX: Pittsburgh Passes Temporary Emergency COVID-19 Paid Sick Leave Law

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on

Seyfarth Synopsis: Earlier this month, Pittsburgh enacted “An Ordinance providing for special conditions for the operation and use of Paid Sick leave under the Paid Sick Days Act during and due to the crisis presented by...more

Mintz - Employment Viewpoints

New York State Addresses Paid Sick Leave Requirements in New Guidance

This week, New York State issued guidance and an FAQ document regarding the State’s new paid sick leave law (“NYPSL”). As a reminder, New York State enacted statewide paid sick leave requirements for employers under Section...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

Pittsburgh Extends Paid Sick Leave to Employees, Differing from Philadelphia Law in Key Ways

Troutman Pepper Locke on

Q.  My company has offices in Philadelphia and Pittsburgh. Is Pittsburgh’s new paid sick leave law the same as Philadelphia’s paid sick leave law?...more

Littler

Illinois Employers Are Due for a Check-Up: 2020 Paid Sick Leave Updates

Littler on

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

Ballard Spahr LLP

Increased Regulations for Employers, Among Philadelphia City Council’s Agenda

Ballard Spahr LLP on

In advance of their first official meeting of 2020, members of Philadelphia City Council outlined their legislative priorities, and several say they intend to introduce legislation to increase protections for employees....more

Littler

Pittsburgh Paid Sick Days Act Will (Finally) Take Effect – Prepare for the Ides of March

Littler on

After more than a four-year delay, the City of Pittsburgh’s Paid Sick Days Act (“the Ordinance”) will go into effect on March 15, 2020.  The city passed the Ordinance in August 2015, but its authority to pass such a law was...more

Harris Beach Murtha PLLC

Westchester County, New York Enacts Safe Time Leave Law to Complement Earned Sick Leave Law

Harris Beach Murtha PLLC on

This spring, Westchester County extended statutory employment protections for workers facing sickness, caregiving obligations, domestic violence, or human traffic through passage of the Earned Sick Leave Law (the ESLL) and...more

Littler

Duluth, Minnesota Issues Paid Sick and Safe Leave Rules & Revises FAQs

Littler on

The City of Duluth has published final rules and revised FAQs implementing its Earned Sick and Safe Time Ordinance. The Ordinance takes effect January 1, 2020 for employers with five or more employees, regardless of whether...more

Littler

The Battle over the Minneapolis Sick and Safe Time Ordinance Continues: Court Holds the Law Applies to Employers Outside City...

Littler on

On April 29, 2019, the Minnesota Court of Appeals overturned a state district court ruling and found that the Minneapolis Sick and Safe Time Ordinance (SST Ordinance) applies to employers outside the City limits. Previously,...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

If Pain, Yes Gain — Part 61: Michigan Releases Paid Sick Leave Poster and FAQs; Effective Date is Near

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on

Seyfarth Synopsis: In advance of the upcoming March 29, 2019 effective date of the Michigan statewide paid sick leave mandate, the state Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs launched a website for the law featuring...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

New York Employment Law Outlook 2019

After a multitude of new employment laws were introduced in 2018, the new year is already shaping up to be another one of significant change at state and local levels. During 2018, a slew of New York state and local...more

Littler

New Year’s Resolution: Developing a Universal Paid Sick & Safe Time Policy

Littler on

Developing a paid sick and safe time (PSST) policy that complies universally – or at the very least with two laws – has become increasingly challenging. Without fail, and despite some overlap, each new law seems to contain...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

Westchester County Paid Sick Leave Law Effective April 10, 2019

Troutman Pepper Locke on

Q: I am an employer in Westchester County.  What do I need to know about the new paid sick leave law?  If I have employees in both Westchester County and New York City, can I have one paid sick leave policy that covers...more

Littler

Paid Sick Leave Changes in New York City and Westchester County Impact Empire State Employers

Littler on

Recent developments in New York City and Westchester County, New York, may require employers to review their existing leave policies and procedures. ...more

FordHarrison

New York City Earned Sick Time Act Updates Take Effect: New Policies and Notices to Employees Required

FordHarrison on

In November, the New York City Council passed a law amending the Earned Sick Time Act, changing the name to the Earned Safe and Sick Time Act (ESSTA), and allowing employees to use paid time off under ESSTA if they or their...more

Hogan Lovells

Maryland Issues Initial Guidance on Paid Sick Leave

Hogan Lovells on

We previously blogged about the requirements of Maryland’s new paid sick leave law, the Maryland Healthy Working Families Act. That law took effect on February 11, 2018, despite efforts by a number of lawmakers to delay it. ...more

21 Results
 / 
View per page
Page: of 1

"My best business intelligence, in one easy email…"

Your first step to building a free, personalized, morning email brief covering pertinent authors and topics on JD Supra:
*By using the service, you signify your acceptance of JD Supra's Privacy Policy.
- hide
- hide