Paid Time Off (PTO), Policies and Procedures, Local Ordinance

Chicago and Cook County Employers Brace for Minimum Wage Increases and the Chicago Paid Leave and Paid Sick and Safe Leave...

Laner Muchin, Ltd. on 6/12/2024

Chicago Paid Leave and Paid Sick and Safe Leave Ordinance The Fast Laner previously reported the passage of the Chicago Paid Leave and Paid Sick and Safe Leave Ordinance (Ordinance). The effective date was originally...more

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

Littler on 12/23/2019

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

End-of-Year Washington State (and Local) Paid Sick and Safe Time Issues

Littler on 12/21/2018

For employers with Washington State operations, what happened in 2018 does not necessarily stay in 2018. Those bidding 2018 farewell cannot say goodbye to various paid sick and safe time (PSST) policy, notice, and leave...more

City of Los Angeles Doubles Employee’s Sick Leave Entitlement Effective July 1, 2016

Littler on 6/15/2016

Like its neighbor Santa Monica and other major California cities including San Francisco and Oakland, the City of Los Angeles approved its own sick leave entitlement ordinance on June 2, 2016. The Los Angeles Ordinance...more

Minneapolis Sick and Safe Time Ordinance Compliance Guide

Dorsey & Whitney LLP on 5/31/2016

On May 27, 2016, the Minneapolis City Council passed its long awaited Sick and Safe Time Ordinance, requiring most employers with employees working in the City of Minneapolis to provide paid sick/safe time to those employees...more

Pittsburgh’s New Sick Leave Ordinance Challenged in State Court

Proskauer - Law and the Workplace on 9/30/2015

In August, the City of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania passed an ordinance that will require most employers to provide workers with paid or unpaid sick time. Pittsburgh follows the lead of Philadelphia, which approved a similar...more