Wage and Hour, Accrued Benefits, Employees

Gone But Not Forgotten: How to Handle Final Pay and Benefits When an Employee Passes Away, Part 2

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 8/25/2025

Benefits and Beyond: What Happens to PTO, Health Insurance, Retirement Plans, and other Benefits?...more

Massachusetts Paid Family and Medical Leave Act Doesn’t Require Employers to Allow Benefits Accrual

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 9/24/2024

In one of the first decisions interpreting the Massachusetts Paid Family and Medical Leave Act (PFMLA), the Supreme Judicial Court (SJC) held that the PFMLA does not require an employer to allow employees to accrue benefits,...more

Critical Updates to the Massachusetts Paid Family and Medical Leave Law

Littler on 10/13/2023

Recent amendments to the Massachusetts Paid Family and Medical Leave law (PFML) now allow employees to supplement their weekly PFML benefit amount with accrued paid leave (vacation, sick time, PTO, etc.). PFML contribution...more

Important Change to Massachusetts PFML Law: Employees May Supplement (Top Off) PFML Benefits with Vacation, PTO, and Sick Time

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 10/10/2023

Effective November 1, 2023, the Massachusetts Paid Family and Medical Leave (PFML) law will allow employees to supplement (i.e. “top off”) benefits received from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts with any available accrued...more

French Civil High Court Grants New Paid Leave Entitlement

Littler on 9/26/2023

The French Civil High Court recently issued five noteworthy decisions on employees’ entitlement to accrue paid leave. The French Labor Code requires that employees perform work to accrue paid leave....more

Third Circuit Finds Deductions from Accrued PTO Do Not Violate Salary Basis Requirement for Exempt Employees

Littler on 4/12/2023

The Third Circuit recently highlighted the flexibility afforded to employers when providing fringe benefits to salaried exempt employees. In Higgins v. Bayada Home Health Care Inc., No. 21-3286, 2023 WL 2518345 (3d Cir. Mar....more