Wage and Hour, Paid Family Leave Law, Disability Benefits

End of NY Legislative Session Leaves Employers Watching Key Workplace Bills

Fisher Phillips on 7/3/2025

New York’s two-year 2025-2026 legislative session hit its midpoint in June, with lawmakers wrapping up the first year by passing a slew of workplace-related bills that now await action from Governor Hochul. As federal labor...more

California’s Paid Family Leave Program to Expand from 6 to 8 Weeks

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 8/1/2019

California is expanding state benefits available to workers who lose wages while taking time off to care for a seriously ill family member or to bond with a new child. On June 27, 2019, Governor Gavin Newsom signed...more

Massachusetts Paid Family and Medical Leave Part 2: Key Differences in the Revised Regulations

Mintz - Employment Viewpoints on 4/12/2019

In our last blog post on Massachusetts Paid Family and Medical Leave (“MAPFML”), we reviewed the Department of Family and Medical Leave’s (the “Department”) draft regulations published in January 2019 and outlined some of the...more

More Family Time and Money: New Jersey Expands its Family Leave Entitlements

Littler on 2/27/2019

Declaring it the “most expansive paid family leave time and benefits in the nation,” New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy signed Assembly Bill (AB) 3975 into law on February 19, 2019....more

Paid Family Leave and $15 Minimum Wage Coming to New York

Dorsey & Whitney LLP on 4/14/2016

New York has enacted legislation that, over the next several years, will phase in 12 weeks of paid family leave for all employees, as well as a $15 minimum wage in New York City and other parts of New York State. The...more

New Law Expands California’s Paid Family Leave and State Disability Insurance

Ervin Cohen & Jessup LLP on 4/13/2016

Approximately 15 years ago California became the first state to provide paid time off to workers to care for a new child or ailing family member. The law, which is funded by required worker contributions, provides for up to...more

California Governor Signs Paid Family Leave Expansion Into Law

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 4/12/2016

On April 11, 2016, California Governor Jerry Brown signed legislation that will increase the wage replacement rate under the Paid Family Leave program for California workers from its current level of 55 percent to 60 or 70...more

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