Seyfarth Synopsis: After hitting some major roadblocks, the San Diego Earned Sick Leave and Minimum Wage Ordinance has now been enacted. The Ordinance is to take effect this summer, most likely by the end of July. The...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: On May 27, 2016 the Minneapolis, MN city council unanimously passed a mandatory paid sick leave ordinance—the first of its kind in the state and perhaps the most generous of any paid sick leave mandate in...more
Seyfarth Shaw submitted comments on behalf of the Firm and its clients responding to the U.S. Department of Labor’s proposed regulations seeking to require certain parties that contract with the Federal Government to provide...more
Vermont finally hopped on the paid sick leave bandwagon when last week, Governor Peter Shumlin signed the Vermont Paid Sick Leave Law (“Vermont PSLL”). Vermont joins Connecticut, California, Massachusetts, and Oregon as the...more
Following up on Executive Order 13706 from September 2015 (the “Order”), earlier today the United States Department of Labor (“DOL”) took a major step toward extending paid sick leave benefits to employees of federal...more
After months of anticipation, New York City has adopted the final amended Earned Sick Time Act Rules (the “final amended Rules”). The final amended Rules largely substantiate the requirements and compliance burdens on...more
One area of employment law that certainly isn’t hibernating this winter is mandatory paid sick leave. Since the start of 2016, mandatory paid sick leave developments have occurred from coast to coast and include: (1) an...more
Proposed Changes to Sick Time Rules and Creation of New Enforcement Agency -
On January 11, 2016, the New York City Department of Consumer Affairs (“DCA”) held a public hearing on proposed updates to the Earned Sick Time...more
On December 21, 2015, Judge Joseph James of the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas overturned Pittsburgh’s Paid Sick Days Act (“PSDA”), agreeing with the Pennsylvania Restaurant and Lodging Association and several local...more
As the year winds down, New Jersey paid sick leave continues to wind up.
The New Jersey Senate earlier this month approved statewide paid sick leave legislation (S785). While the bill still needs the Assembly’s...more
Last week, the Oregon Bureau of Labor and Industries (“BOLI”) issued multiple, significant pieces of guidance on the Oregon statewide paid sick leave law (“the Oregon PSLL” or “the Act”). First, BOLI published a model...more
While the City of Pittsburgh previously announced that its Paid Sick Days Act (“PSDA”) would become effective on January 11, 2016, a Court order, as part of a lawsuit against the City challenging the validity of the PSDA, has...more
After a wave of recent developments, New Jersey continues to solidify its status as the state with the most municipal paid sick leave laws in the country.
Earlier this month, voters in Elizabeth approved a paid sick...more
Yesterday, the City of Pittsburgh announced that its Paid Sick Days Act (“PSDA”) will become effective on January 11, 2016. As we previously reported, the effective date is occurring 90 days after the Pittsburgh Office of the...more
Earlier this month, the paid sick leave epidemic that has spread to four states and at least 24 municipalities found its latest victim — federal contractors and subcontractors. Spurred by an Executive Order (the “Order”),...more
Following the lead set by Philadelphia earlier this year, the Pittsburgh City Council passed the “Paid Sick Days Act” (“the Act”) on August 3, 2015. If the Act is signed into law by Mayor Bill Peduto, which is expected,...more
As employers finalize their efforts to comply with the California and Massachusetts statewide paid sick leave laws, both of which go into effect on July 1, 2015, Oregon kicked off the summer paid sick leave wave when earlier...more