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New Paid Leave Requirements for Chicago Employees Starting July 1 – What to Know and How to Prepare

Effective July 1, 2024, employers will need to comply with new paid leave requirements that apply to all Chicago employees (including those who work from home from Chicago). The Chicago City Council passed the Paid Leave and...more

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Updated: Making Sense of Chicago's Paid Leave Ordinance

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In the late night hours of November 9, 2023, the City of Chicago passed the Chicago Paid Leave and Paid Sick and Safe Leave Ordinance, a first-of-its-kind piece of legislation requiring employers to provide up to 40 hours of...more

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Chicago Paid Leave and Paid Sick Leave Ordinance Act Set to Take Effect on December 31

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On December 31, 2023, the City of Chicago’s Paid Leave and Paid Sick Leave Ordinance will take effect. This Act will require Chicago employers to provide each of their employees, including domestic workers, up to 40 hours of...more

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Chicago Passes Sweeping New Paid Leave Ordinance

Chicago recently passed one of the most expansive paid time off laws in the country, with significant changes and severe penalties for violations. Passed by the Chicago City Council on November 9, 2023, the Paid Leave and...more

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What Employers Should Know About Chicago’s New Paid Leave and Paid Sick and Safe Leave Ordinance

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On Nov. 9, 2023, the Chicago City Council passed the new Chicago Paid Leave and Paid Sick and Safe Leave Ordinance, effective Dec. 31, 2023. The new ordinance substantially changes prior leave requirements for nearly all...more

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Chicago Employers Confront Significant New Mandatory Paid Leave Requirements Effective January 1, 2024

On Thursday, November 9, 2023, the Chicago City Council voted to approve a new paid time off ordinance, the “Chicago Paid Leave and Paid Sick and Safe Leave Ordinance.” This new ordinance replaces the Chicago Paid Sick Leave...more

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Chicago Enacts New Paid Leave and Paid Sick and Safe Leave Ordinance

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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

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New Chicago Ordinance Expands Paid Time Off for All Workers

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What is the Chicago Paid Leave and Paid Sick and Safe Leave Ordinance? On November 9, 2023, the Chicago City Council passed the Chicago Paid Leave and Paid Sick and Safe Leave Ordinance (the “Ordinance”), which goes into...more

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In Colorado, New Year Brings Major New Employment Laws Online

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As we wind down a particularly challenging 2020, businesses in Colorado must also prepare for a few significant changes in the state's employment laws and regulations set to take effect on January 1, 2021. Promotions, job...more

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NYC Amends Earned Sick and Safe Time Act

On September 28, 2020, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio signed a bill amending the Earned Sick and Safe Time Act (ESSTA). The amended ESSTA took effect on September 30, 2020. Although the intent of the amended law was to...more

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Act Now! Changes to New York Sick Leave Are Here

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New York State’s amendments to its Labor Law requiring all employers to provide sick leave to employees are effective on Wednesday, September 30, 2020. Signed into law by Governor Cuomo in April as part of the State Budget...more

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The (Inevitable) End of the Austin Paid Sick Leave Ordinance

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On June 5, 2020, the Supreme Court of Texas declined to hear the petition filed in Texas Association of Business v. City of Austin, 565 S.W.3d 425 (Tex.App.—Austin 2018), petition denied (No. 19-0025). The Supreme Court of...more

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If Pain, Yes Gain — Part 82: Dallas’ Paid Sick Leave Ordinance Temporarily Blocked by Federal Court

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Seyfarth Synopsis:  On March 30, 2020, just two days before Dallas’ paid sick leave ordinance was scheduled to begin full enforcement, a federal court in Texas granted a preliminary injunction prohibiting enforcement of the...more

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If Pain, Yes Gain — Part 81: Dallas Employers Get Ready–Full Paid Sick Leave Enforcement Begins April 1!!

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Seyfarth Synopsis:  Last April, the Dallas City Council passed an ordinance requiring employers to provide employees who work within the City of Dallas with 48 or 64 hours of paid sick leave per year, depending on size. ...more

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Pittsburgh Paid Sick Days Act Going Into Effect Amidst Uncertainty

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On March 15, 2020, the long-awaited Paid Sick Days Act of the City of Pittsburgh (the Act) will go into effect. Originally enacted by the city in 2015, it took a 2019 decision of the state Supreme Court to re-define the...more

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Paid Sick Leave is Coming to Pittsburgh

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On July 17, 2019, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court held that the City of Pittsburgh’s Paid Sick Days Act (PSDA)—a 2015 ordinance that required businesses to provide paid sick leave to workers in the City—is valid....more

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Pittsburgh Paid Sick Days Act Will (Finally) Take Effect – Prepare for the Ides of March

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After more than a four-year delay, the City of Pittsburgh’s Paid Sick Days Act (“the Ordinance”) will go into effect on March 15, 2020.  The city passed the Ordinance in August 2015, but its authority to pass such a law was...more

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If Pain (or Anything Else), Yes Gain—Part 76: Nevada Labor Commissioner’s Office Releases Guidance on Paid Leave Law

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Seyfarth Synopsis: In June 2019, the Nevada Paid Leave Law (“PTO Law”) went into effect “for the purpose of adopting any regulations and performing any other preparatory administrative tasks necessary to carry out [its]...more

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Update: Westchester County Paid Safe Leave Law Goes Into Effect

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As detailed in a prior Alert, the Westchester County Board of Legislators passed a stand-alone safe leave law in May 2019 that provides employees who are victims of domestic violence or human trafficking with 40 hours of paid...more

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If Pain, Yes Gain—Part 74: New San Antonio Ordinance Headlines Heatwave of Texas PSL Developments

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Seyfarth Synopsis: On October 3, 2019, the San Antonio City Council adopted an amended PSL ordinance, now known as the Sick and Safe Leave Ordinance (“SSLO”). Despite a number of key differences between the SSLO and San...more

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Westchester County Passes Separate Earned Sick and Safe Time Leave Laws

Westchester County, a Northern suburb of New York City home to IBM and a number of other large employers, has joined the growing list of jurisdictions guaranteeing the vast majority of employees paid sick and safe time leave....more

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Texas Paid Sick Leave Ordinances in State of Confusion - What Are Employers to Do?

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Texas does not require private employers to provide paid sick leave to any employee. However, three major Texas cities – Dallas, San Antonio and Austin – have all recently passed ordinances which would require almost all...more

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New Paid Leave Law In Nevada

Beginning on January 1, 2020, Nevada will require private employers with 50 or more employees to provide their employees with paid leave. Covered employers must allow employees to accrue paid leave at a rate of .01923 hours...more

Proskauer - Law and the Workplace

New York City Council to Consider Expanding Earned Safe and Sick Time Act to Require “Personal Time”

The New York City Council is considering a bill that would expand the NYC Earned Safe and Sick Time Act (ESSTA) to provide eligible employees with “personal time” that could be used for any reason.  The bill would also expand...more

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What Employers Can Do Right Now To Prepare For Westchester County’s Earned Sick Leave Law

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Companies should begin preparing now for the new Westchester County Earned Sick Leave Law (“WCESLL”), which becomes effective on April 10, 2019. Here are five steps to get employers started. 1. Determine Whether Your...more

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