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2025 Legislative Developments Affecting Washington Employers

Foster Garvey PC on 7/31/2025

Washington employers face a wave of new workplace legislation, some of which recently became effective and some that will begin in 2026 and beyond. These new or modified laws address a broad range of topics, many of which...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

California’s Pay Transparency Act (SB 1162) – Are You Prepared?

Farella Braun + Martel LLP on 9/6/2022

This week the California legislature passed a pay transparency act that – pending Governor Newsom’s signature – will require significant changes in how employers draft job postings and how they report pay data to the State....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

Cook County, Illinois Becomes First in the Midwest to Mandate Countywide Paid Sick Leave

Littler on 10/19/2016

On October 5, 2016, the Cook County Board of Commissioners passed the Cook County Earned Sick Leave Ordinance (the “Ordinance”). Notably, Cook County, Illinois encompasses the City of Chicago, which passed its own paid sick...more

Voters Approve Paid Sick Leave Changes in San Diego and San Francisco

Littler on 6/15/2016

After enduring years of drought, California employers find themselves in a phenomenon of equal concern: a cruel summer. In the span of one month, two new local paid sick leave laws were signed and amendments to two existing...more