Updated Leave Laws Employers Need to be Aware of for 2025
(Podcast) California Employment News: SB848 – Protected Leave for Reproductive Loss
California Employment News: SB848 – Protected Leave for Reproductive Loss
California Employment News: Fundamentals of the California Family Rights Act (CFRA)
Primer for Nonprofits on Paid Employees, Volunteers, and Interns
The Friday and Monday Leave Act or the Family and Medical Leave Act: FMLA, Part 1
Webinar | Understanding the Families First Coronavirus Response Act
Employer Planning for Coronavirus
Employment Law Now: IV-51 - A New 2020 Vision
HR Law 101 Ep. 10: Are You Aware of the Family Medical Leave Act? Part 1
HR Law 101 Ep. 8: Handbooks and What to Include Part 3
I-13 – Policies, Policies, Policies, and Microchips Embedded in Employees
Negotiating the Maze of Overlapping Leave Laws
“You Want More Time Off?” – Dealing with Employees’ Medical Leave Requests Under the FMLA and ADA
Vermont employers should ensure compliance with an update to the state’s Parental and Family Leave Act (PFLA). H. 461, which took effect on July 1, expands PFLA and now covers individuals in nontraditional family structures....more
Most employers are prepared for new laws at the start of each year – but did you know that a heap of new workplace laws take effect at the halfway point? Here’s your employer cheat sheet to prepare for July 1 effective dates…...more
Staying up to date with the latest employment laws, amendments, and new statutes is crucial to ensure compliance and avoid costly legal pitfalls. Join us for a discussion on key changes to the employment landscape that demand...more
As states and cities have created new paid family and medical leave requirements for employers, the layers of overlapping regulation have left even the most seasoned employee benefits professionals and leave administrators...more
New for employers in 2025: both New York State and federal laws mandate various paid and unpaid leaves and breaks for employees in 2025. Join Goldberg Segalla attorneys Scott Green and Chloe Nowak for a review of the changes...more
The game of legal whiplash is over – Michigan employers (and employment lawyers) now know that the Earned Sick Time Act and Improved Workforce Opportunity Wage Act, as originally proposed, will go into effect on February 21,...more
Oregon’s Paid Family and Medical Leave Insurance Program (“Paid Leave Oregon”) generally provides eligible employees with up to 12 weeks of paid time off for leave that qualifies as family, medical, or safe leave. Since Paid...more
Paid Leave Oregon (PLO) continues to shape the landscape of Oregon employment benefits since going into effect on September 3, 2023, and employers have faced ongoing challenges in navigating its complexities. In addition, the...more
Effective October 1, 2019, employers with 15 or more employees in Maryland must provide eligible employees with unpaid leave to serve as organ or bone marrow donors. Leave provided under the law is separate from, and cannot...more
Governor Kotek signed a bill into law today harmonizing Oregon’s overlapping and confusing set of leave laws. The new framework distinguishes different types of leave events under the state’s various laws and stops those...more
With Illinois implementing mandatory paid leave for all workers (see our commentary on that requirement here), not to mention Chicago’s parallel ordinance and the eleventh-hour postponement thereof, it is no wonder that...more
California employers know that the new year inevitably brings new workplace laws that are finalized at the end of the state’s legislative session in the fall. This year, state lawmakers considered over 2,700 bills – the most...more
California employers will want to sit down, grab a cup of coffee, and prepare themselves for the avalanche on new employment laws that may soon be coming their way. The state Legislature just completed its work for 2023 in a...more
Dear Littler, Our company is expanding and we are concerned about compliance with all of the various state leave laws. We think we’re on top of most of them, but we understand that some states have laws requiring leave...more
Another school year is upon us, which means employers around the country should study up on school-related activities leave policies. While there is no federal law mandating that employers give employees time-off to attend...more
The new Illinois Child Extended Bereavement Leave Act (CEBLA) became law on August 4, 2023, and will be effective on January 1, 2024. CEBLA requires covered Illinois employers to provide additional unpaid leave to employees...more
Governor JB Pritzker has dedicated his administration to expanding the rights and protections of employees. Many of these changes place significant compliance requirements on employers, and being non-compliant risks hefty...more
Illinois passed a new law that will extend the amount of unpaid leave that employees are entitled to for certain categories of child bereavement. The Child Extended Bereavement Leave Act (CEBLA), which was signed into law by...more
Amendments to the Illinois Victims’ Economic Security and Safety Act (VESSA) expand leave available to Illinois employees grieving a family member’s death arising from a crime of violence. VESSA applies to all Illinois...more
The Virginia General Assembly has ended its 2023 legislative session, and it was a quieter year than some in the past. The new legislation that has been signed into law by Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R) and that affects employers is...more
The Virginia General Assembly’s 2023 legislative session concluded with Gov. Glenn Youngkin signing 738 bills into law and amending another 78. With a divided government characterized by Republican control of the governor’s...more
The new Illinois Family Bereavement Leave Act took effect on January 1, 2023. The new requirements apply to employers who are covered by the federal Family and Medical Leave Act. Under the law, employees are entitled to 10...more
Governor Gavin Newsom signed Assembly Bill 1949 into law on September 29, 2022. This bill requires covered employers to provide eligible employees with 5 days of unpaid bereavement leave for the death of an employee’s family...more
A new law will require California employers to update their handbooks and leave policies — including their sick leave policies — to account for a new employee bereavement benefit. Governor Newsom approved the bill on...more
On June 9, 2022, Governor Pritzker signed the Family Bereavement Leave Act (SB3120) into law, which expands unpaid bereavement leave for Illinois employees. The Family Bereavement Leave Act (FBLA) amends the Child Bereavement...more