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Paid Sick Leave for Nebraskans Required in 2025

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In the November 2024 election, Nebraska voters passed Initiative 436, also known as the Nebraska Healthy Families and Workplace Act. This law mandates paid sick leave for most employees in the state and takes effect October...more

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Election Results May Lead to More States Implementing Paid Leave

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2025 is set to be another year of expanded paid leave requirements for employers. While the results are still preliminary, employers should start preparing in the states that have voted in new leave laws....more

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Missouri’s Paid Sick Leave Law: What Employers Need to Know

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Missouri voters approved Proposition A, enacting a new state-wide paid sick leave law beginning on May 1, 2025, barring any legal challenges or issues with certification of the official results by Dec. 10, 2024....more

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Massachusetts’ Earned Sick Time Law Now Covers Pregnancy Loss: What Employers Need to Know

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As of Nov. 21, 2024, Massachusetts employees may use earned sick time to address physical and mental health needs following a pregnancy loss or failed assisted reproduction, adoption, or surrogacy under an amendment to the...more

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Assembly Bill 2123: Changes in Managing Employee Leave under Paid Family Leave

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On September 29, 2024, Governor Newsom signed Assembly Bill (AB) 2123, eliminating employer’s ability to require employees to use accrued vacation leave before accessing California’s Paid Family Leave Program (PFL)....more

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Massachusetts High Court Sides with Employers: Benefit Accrual Not Required During Paid Family and Medical Leave

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In a rare win for Massachusetts employers, the Supreme Judicial Court just ruled that employers generally have no obligation to allow employees to continue accruing benefits, such as seniority, vacation, and sick time, while...more

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Are You Ready for Chicago’s New Paid Leave Requirements to Take Effect July 1? 5 Things Employers Should Note

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Chicago employers have only a few weeks left to comply with new paid leave rules impacting workers in the city. The ordinance was supposed to take effect last December, but the Chicago City Council amended and delayed it...more

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St. Paul Issues New Guidance For Employers Complying with the City’s Earned Sick and Safe Time Ordinance

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Continuing the wave of new rules and regulations related to paid leave in Minnesota, on January 8, 2024, the St. Paul Department of Human Rights and Equal Economic Opportunity (HREEO) issued guidance on its interpretation of...more

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Cook County, Illinois, Replaces Earned Sick Leave Ordinance With Paid Leave Ordinance

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For Illinois employers, the new year brings a variety of new paid leave laws, the most recent being the Cook County Paid Leave Ordinance passed by the Cook County Board of Commissioners on Dec. 14, 2023. The Cook County Paid...more

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Cook County’s New Paid Sick Leave Ordinance to Replace Earned Sick Leave

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Effective December 31, 2023, Cook County’s new Paid Leave Ordinance (the Ordinance) will require employers to provide 40 hours of paid leave (i.e., leave that can be used for any reason) during a 12-month period. The...more

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Chicago Enacts New Paid Leave Ordinance for 2024, Taking Effect Alongside the Illinois Paid Leave for All Workers Act

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Illinois and Chicago employers should prepare for new leave laws going into effect imminently. As previously highlighted, Governor J.B. Pritzker signed the Paid Leave for All Workers Act back in March 2023, giving employers...more

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California’s New Employment Laws for 2024: A Roundup of New Laws

Governor Newsom recently signed into law numerous bills that will affect California employers come January 1, 2024. Here is a quick overview of some of the new law that are relevant for employers....more

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Amended Massachusetts Paid Family and Medical Leave Allows ‘Topping Off’ Benefits With Accrued Sick, Vacation Pay

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In the enacted state budget, the Massachusetts legislature has amended the Massachusetts Paid Family and Medical Leave Act (PFMLA) to provide employers and employees more flexibility to use other accrued benefits to...more

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NYC Amends the Earned Safe and Sick Time Act's Rules

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Employers have until Oct. 15, 2023 to ensure that their safe and sick leave policies remain compliant with New York City law after the New York City Department of Consumer and Worker Protection (DCWP) on Sept. 15, 2023 issued...more

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Paid Leave Oregon Benefits Available Starting September 3, 2023

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More than four years since the passage of Oregon’s Paid Family Medical Leave Act into law, paid leave benefits will finally be available to Oregon employees starting September 3, 2023. Applications for benefits, toolkits and...more

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The Public Health Emergency Is Over, Meaning Colorado's Sick Leave Requirements Are About to Get Simpler - UPDATED 5/15/23

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The end of the public health emergency means welcome changes for Colorado employers when it comes to complying with the paid leave requirements of the state’s Healthy Families and Workplaces Act (HFWA). Under the HFWA,...more

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Michigan Court Reinstates Minimum Wage and Sick Leave Initiative Unconstitutionally Amended by State Legislature

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On July 19, 2022, in the decision, Mothering Justice et al., v. Dana Nessel et al. (Nessel), the Michigan Court of Claims (Court) held that in 2018 the Michigan Legislature unconstitutionally amended two voter-initiatives,...more

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The City of West Hollywood Passes Ordinance to Implement a Citywide Minimum Wage and New Paid and Unpaid Leave Requirements

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On November 15, 2021, the city council of West Hollywood passed a comprehensive ordinance that implements the highest minimum wage in the country and new leave requirements for employees in the city...more

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D.C. Council Unanimously Adopts Paid Leave for D.C. Employees Getting COVID-19 Vaccines

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The D.C. Council has adopted legislation that “removes one of the biggest obstacles workers say prevents them from getting the COVID-19 vaccine” by ensuring paid time off for both vaccination and recovery from any side...more

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If Employees Take a Day Off Before PTO Has Accrued, Can Employers Deduct the Absence From Their Salary?

We had a recent question from a client about the intersection between a somewhat unusual paid-time-off policy and the treatment of salaried exempt employees under the Fair Labor Standards Act. Under the PTO plan, employees...more

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New York Mandates Statewide Sick Leave

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New York State is joining the ranks of a growing number of states that mandate employers to provide sick leave to their employees. At a minimum, New York employers will soon have to provide paid or unpaid sick leave as...more

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D.C. Requires Employers To Provide Paid and Unpaid COVID-19 Leave

Quick Hit:  Employees in the District of Columbia are currently eligible for paid and unpaid COVID-19 related leave under measures that temporarily expand the D.C. Family and Medical Leave Act (“DCFMLA”) and D.C. Accrued Sick...more

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Massachusetts Releases Amended Proposed Paid Family And Medical Leave Regulations

In 2019, the Massachusetts Legislature passed a Paid Family and Medical Leave Law. The law provides for 12 weeks of paid family leave per benefit year, 20 weeks of paid medical leave for the worker’s own serious health...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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Nevada Employers Prepare for New Paid Leave Law (SB 312)

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Nevada’s SB 312, signed into law in June of this year, is set to take effect January 1, 2020. For the first time in the State’s history, this bill will legislatively mandate private employers to provide employees with up to...more

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