Pending Legislation, Wage and Hour, Notice Requirements

Connecticut Expands Paid Sick Law to Establish Entitlements for Most Employees by 2027

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 5/14/2024

On May 6, 2024, the Connecticut General Assembly expanded its 2012 landmark legislation that required private-sector employers with fifty or more employees to provide paid sick time to all “service workers.” The bill, which...more

Avalanche Alert: Top 10 California Employment Bills To Watch as Legislative Session Wraps Up

Fisher Phillips on 9/18/2023

California employers will want to sit down, grab a cup of coffee, and prepare themselves for the avalanche on new employment laws that may soon be coming their way. The state Legislature just completed its work for 2023 in a...more

Bill Granting Additional Employee Paid COVID-19 Child Vaccination Leave Awaits New York Mayor’s Signature

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 12/23/2021

On November 23, 2021, the New York City Council passed a bill (Introduction No. 2448-2021) that, if enacted into law, would allow employees who are parents paid time off to accompany their children to receive COVID-19...more

The California Legislature Is Back in Town! Which Pending Bills (and Executive Orders) Will Impact The Workplace?

Fisher Phillips on 7/27/2020

After returning from its hiatus on May 4, the California legislature has wasted no time in drafting a flurry of new bills which will affect employers in the aftermath of the state’s response to COVID-19. While the state...more

D.C. Council Advances Expansive Family and Medical Leave Bill

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 12/23/2016

On December 20, 2016, in a 9-4 vote, the Washington, D.C. Council passed bill B21-0415, The Universal Paid Leave Act of 2015. The bill will establish a universal paid leave system for individuals who work in the District of...more

Democratic Senators Propose Federal Legislation to Ban Use of Non-Compete Agreements with Low-Wage Employees and to Require...

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 6/9/2015

U.S. Senators Al Franken (D-Minn.) and Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) proposed federal legislation last week to ban the use of non-competes for low-wage employees and require companies to provide advance notice before asking...more