Wage and Hour, Accrual Requirements, Notice Requirements

End of Missouri’s Mandatory Paid Sick Leave Is Quickly Approaching

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 8/21/2025

As of August 28, 2025, paid sick leave will no longer be required in Missouri. Missouri Governor Mike Kehoe signed House Bill 567, officially repealing Missouri’s voter-enacted paid sick leave law. Under Missouri’s...more

Preparing for Changes to Paid Sick Leave in Michigan: Moving from the PMLA to the ESTA

Husch Blackwell LLP on 8/19/2024

On July 31, 2024, the Michigan Supreme Court ruled in a 4-3 decision that the Michigan Legislature violated the state constitution in Mothering Justice v. Attorney General, when it applied an “adopt-and-amend” approach in...more

New Paid Leave Requirements for Chicago Employees Starting July 1 – What to Know and How to Prepare

Levenfeld Pearlstein, LLC on 4/11/2024

Effective July 1, 2024, employers will need to comply with new paid leave requirements that apply to all Chicago employees (including those who work from home from Chicago). The Chicago City Council passed the Paid Leave and...more

Chicago Passes Sweeping New Paid Leave Ordinance

Levenfeld Pearlstein, LLC on 11/30/2023

Chicago recently passed one of the most expansive paid time off laws in the country, with significant changes and severe penalties for violations. Passed by the Chicago City Council on November 9, 2023, the Paid Leave and...more

Chicago Enacts New Paid Leave and Paid Sick and Safe Leave Ordinance

Gould + Ratner LLP on 11/20/2023

On November 9, 2023, the Chicago City Council passed the Chicago Paid Leave and Paid Sick and Safe Leave Ordinance (the Ordinance), which takes effect on December 31, 2023. The Ordinance will replace Chicago’s current Paid...more

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

Littler on 12/23/2019

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

If Pain (or Anything Else), Yes Gain—Part 76: Nevada Labor Commissioner’s Office Releases Guidance on Paid Leave Law

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 11/21/2019

Seyfarth Synopsis: In June 2019, the Nevada Paid Leave Law (“PTO Law”) went into effect “for the purpose of adopting any regulations and performing any other preparatory administrative tasks necessary to carry out [its]...more

If Pain (or Anything Else), Yes Gain—Part 73: Bernalillo County, NM Enacts First Local Paid Time Off Ordinance

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 9/11/2019

Seyfarth Synopsis: Last month, Bernalillo County, NM became the first local jurisdiction to enact a mandatory paid time off ordinance. The Ordinance, which goes into effect on July 1, 2020, requires covered employers located...more

Westchester County, NY Employees Are Now Entitled To Paid Sick Leave

White and Williams LLP on 3/21/2019

Starting on April 10, 2019, under the recently adopted Westchester County, New York Earned Sick Leave Law (WCESLL), employers with five or more employees will be required to provide employees up to 40 hours of paid sick time...more

If Pain, Yes Gain—Part XX: Chicago City Council Set to Make Sick Leave a Reality

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 6/23/2016

Seyfarth Synopsis: On June 16, 2016 the Chicago, IL City Council’s Committee on Workforce Development and Audit recommended that the city adopt a mandatory paid sick leave ordinance—the first of its kind in the state. This...more

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