Wage and Hour, Paid Time Off (PTO), Child Care

5 Ways to Support Employees in the Sandwich Generation Managing Child and Elder Care

Fisher Phillips on 2/17/2025

It’s hard enough to juggle a career and childcare responsibilities — but many employees with young children also have aging parents who need their help, too. Expenses, time constraints, emotional decision-making, and...more

Massachusetts makes changes to Paid Family and Medical Leave Act

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP on 10/13/2023

Changes have been made to the Massachusetts Paid Family and Medical Leave Act, one of which will take effect on November 1. The PFMLA, which took effect on January 1, 2021, generally provides parents and caregivers the...more

New York City Law Grants Employees Paid COVID-19 Child Vaccination Leave

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 12/29/2021

On December 24, 2021, New York City enacted a law (Introduction No. 2448-2021) permitting employees who are parents to take paid time off to accompany their children when they receive COVID-19 vaccinations. In addition, the...more

Bill Granting Additional Employee Paid COVID-19 Child Vaccination Leave Awaits New York Mayor’s Signature

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 12/23/2021

On November 23, 2021, the New York City Council passed a bill (Introduction No. 2448-2021) that, if enacted into law, would allow employees who are parents paid time off to accompany their children to receive COVID-19...more

As pandemic drags on, employers should prepare for challenges facing working parents

McAfee & Taft on 8/23/2021

Incredibly, COVID-19 has now impacted a third school year. Working parents were previously able to rely on the federal Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) to take leave in the event of school closures and/or...more

How Do You Define Workplace? Survey Report

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 6/2/2021

The pandemic has created an inflection point unlike any we have experienced in our lifetime — one that will redefine the workplace. Our Spring 2021 remote and return-to-the-workplace survey shares insights from more than 400...more

New COVID-19 Supplemental Paid Sick Leave Scheme Is Imposed On Employers Operating In California

Fox Rothschild LLP on 3/24/2021

Beginning Monday, March 29, 2021, employers must begin providing California employees a new form of COVID-19 supplemental paid sick leave. The new version reaches small and large employers alike and mandates that employers...more

Remote Learning and FFCRA Paid Leave Questions Answered by Department of Labor

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC on 9/3/2020

The Department of Labor has updated its list of FAQs about the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (“FFCRA”) to address when employees would be eligible for Emergency FMLA leave when the employee’s child’s school is...more

Dear Littler: How Do We Manage Time Off, Scheduling & Accommodation Requests from Employees with Children Whose Education is...

Littler on 8/26/2020

Dear Littler: Our company operates in multiple locations across the country. Some schools in these jurisdictions are proceeding with normal in-class instruction, others are using a hybrid model where students shift between...more

Indian Maternity Benefit (Amendment) Act, 2017

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP on 2/23/2018

Under a newly amended law, many employers in India are required to increase paid maternity leave and offer on-site day care services; some of the new standards await clarification. Providing crèche (day care) facilities is...more

India Makes Significant Changes to Maternity Benefit Entitlements

Fisher Phillips on 8/10/2017

This year, India became one of the most generous providers of maternity benefits in the world when it extended the period of maternity leave available to eligible working mothers from twelve (12) weeks to twenty-six (26)...more

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