Wage and Hour, Paid Time Off (PTO), Retaliation

Knowledge Is POWER: Here’s How Philadelphia Businesses Can Comply With The City’s New Employment Protections

Fisher Phillips on 6/4/2025

Philadelphia employers now face more investigations and stiffer punishment under a new law the mayor approved last week. The POWER Act, signed on May 27 and taking effect immediately, adds sweeping worker protections...more

Unpacking California’s 2024 Employment Laws: Key Changes Employers Need to Know

Troutman Pepper Locke on 12/14/2023

California enacted several new employment laws for 2024, summarized below, including expanded paid sick leave, leave for reproductive loss, protections for employee cannabis use, additional noncompete enforcement limitations,...more

Bernalillo County, New Mexico Amends Mandatory PTO Ordinance Before the Ink Dries

Littler on 10/31/2019

On October 15, 2019, the Bernalillo County, New Mexico Commissioners voted to amend their mandatory paid time off (PTO) ordinance, enacted only two months earlier. As we previously reported, the ordinance will require...more

Wading through the Changing Tide of Paid Sick Leave Laws in Washington State

Littler on 3/1/2016

2016 may be the most dynamic year yet for paid sick leave developments in Washington State. Two months into the new year we have already seen significant changes to the Seattle sick and safe time law, a new paid leave...more

Employers Burdened By More New Laws

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP on 7/14/2015

The Oregon Legislature enacted several laws in 2015 that will significantly affect your workplace. The following laws go into effect Jan. 1, 2016: Paid Sick Leave - As expected, Oregon has enacted a mandatory paid sick leave...more

2015 Employment Law Issues Tournament: First Round Results and Recaps

Mintz - Employment, Labor & Benefits... on 3/17/2015

This past weekend, while college basketball teams across America finished up their conference tournaments, 64 employment law issues played in the first round of our tournament, and boy did it live up to the hype. Filled with...more