News & Analysis as of

Sick Leave New Legislation State Labor Laws

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,...

Minnesota Adopts New Rules for Parental Leave, Tips, and Recordkeeping Starting August 1, 2024

New laws in Minnesota will change how employers need to handle parental leave, tips, and recordkeeping. Most of the changes were part of the state’s omnibus bill for 2024 and are set to take effect on August 1, 2024....more

Jackson Lewis P.C.

Minnesota’s Paid Leave Law: New Guidance, Higher Payroll Taxes, Amendments

Jackson Lewis P.C. on

Under Minnesota’s Paid Leave Law (PLL) that goes into effect in January 2026, employers must provide covered employees up to 20 weeks of leave to care for themselves and their family members with paid leave benefits available...more

FordHarrison

What Connecticut Employers Need to Know About the Upcoming Changes to Connecticut's Paid Sick Leave Law

FordHarrison on

Executive Summary: On May 6, 2024, the Connecticut State Senate approved a significant expansion to Connecticut’s existing paid sick leave law that took effect in 2011. The bill is expected to be signed into law by Governor...more

Fisher Phillips

Governor Signs Sweeping Changes to Untangle Oregon’s Jumbled Leave Laws: Key Takeaways and a 5-Step Action Plan for Employers

Fisher Phillips on

Governor Kotek signed a bill into law today harmonizing Oregon’s overlapping and confusing set of leave laws. The new framework distinguishes different types of leave events under the state’s various laws and stops those...more

White and Williams LLP

[Webinar] Staying Ahead in 2024 - AI's Impact on the Workplace and Tips for Managing a Multi-State Workforce - March 21st, 1:00 pm...

Join us on March 21 for this topical webinar which will examine two of the latest trends facing employers. This session will examine what employers need to know and do as AI continues to impact the workplace, including a...more

Venable LLP

Employers Take Note: New Employee Paid Leave Laws for 2024

Venable LLP on

As any savvy employer will tell you, the start of the new year comes with new employee leave obligations. Effective January 1, 2024, employers across the country must comply with various new employee paid leave laws and...more

Buchalter

New Year, New Employment Laws in the Pacific Northwest

Buchalter on

It is a new year, which means new employment laws for employers in the Pacific Northwest. The following is a brief overview of significant new laws and changes for Washington and Oregon employers (all effective January 1,...more

Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth

At the Final Hour: Guidance for New Paid Sick Leave Requirements and Required Notices

The new paid sick leave requirements for California employers go into effect January 1, 2024.  The increase in paid sick leave that must be provided is the central element of the legislation....more

Hinshaw & Culbertson - Employment Law...

The 12 Days of California Labor and Employment Series – Day 1 "Expansion of Paid Sick Leave"

The end of something is always the beginning of something else. That always rings true for years end and new employment laws. It is time, once again, for all employers to sit down, buckle up, and get ready for the 2024...more

McDermott Will & Emery

Chicago Employees to Receive 10 Days of Paid Leave

McDermott Will & Emery on

As of December 31, 2023, all employees physically working in Chicago for at least two hours in a two-week period will earn both one hour of paid leave and one hour of paid sick leave for every 35 hours worked, pursuant to an...more

Paul Hastings LLP

Get Ready California Employers! A Wave Of New Employment Laws Set To Kick In Next Year.

Paul Hastings LLP on

Another New Year means another flurry of new laws for California employers. Indeed, Governor Newsom had another busy October, signing over a dozen employee-friendly bills touching everything from cannabis use to workplace...more

McDermott Will & Emery

California Expands Paid Sick Leave to Five Days Per Year

McDermott Will & Emery on

On October 4, 2023, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed Senate Bill 616 (SB 616) into law, officially expanding the Healthy Workplaces, Healthy Families Act of 2014 (HWHFA), California’s paid sick leave law. Effective...more

Fenwick & West LLP

10 New California Employment Laws Employers Should Know for the New Year

Fenwick & West LLP on

Governor Newsom recently signed a slew of new bills into law at the close of California’s 2023 legislative session. Of those, there are several employment-related laws that California employers should take note of. We...more

Winthrop & Weinstine, P.A.

New Minnesota Earned Sick And Safe Time Law

Over the summer, the Minnesota State Legislature passed a new earned sick and safe time (ESST) law that goes into effect starting January 1, 2024. Governor Tim Walz signed the new amendments into the current sick and safe...more

CDF Labor Law LLP

[Webinar] New California Employment Laws and Developments for 2024 - November 28th, 9:30 am - 11:00 am PT

CDF Labor Law LLP on

Join us for an in-depth complimentary webinar on November 28, 2023, from 9:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. (Pacific Time), presented by CDF Partners Mark S. Spring and Desiree J. Ho. This “Year in Review” webinar will cover 2023’s new...more

Epstein Becker & Green

California Employers: Increased Paid Sick Leave Effective January 1, 2024

Epstein Becker & Green on

Governor Gavin Newsom recently signed into law SB 616, which increases the amount of paid sick leave that employers must provide under the Healthy Workplaces, Healthy Families Act of 2014 (the “Act”)....more

Fisher Phillips

Here Are the Top 10 New Laws Coming Soon to California Workplaces and 5 Key Bills the Governor Surprisingly Vetoed

Fisher Phillips on

California employers know that the new year inevitably brings new workplace laws that are finalized at the end of the state’s legislative session in the fall. This year, state lawmakers considered over 2,700 bills – the most...more

Fox Rothschild LLP

California’s Paid Sick Leave Law is Updated to Mirror Many Enhanced City Requirements

Fox Rothschild LLP on

On October 4, Governor Newsom signed S.B. 616 which significantly expands the State’s existing paid sick leave laws (codified at Sections 245.5, 246, and 246.5 of the Labor Code) by increasing the number of paid sick days...more

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,...

California Expands Paid Sick Leave to Five Days or Forty Hours

On October 4, 2023, Governor Gavin Newsom signed Senate Bill (SB) No. 616 into law. SB 616 amends California’s paid sick leave law to expand mandatory paid sick leave from three days or twenty-four hours to five days or forty...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

If Pain (Or Anything Else), Yes Gain – Part 110: Imminent Changes to Colorado's Healthy Families and Workplaces Act

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on

What You Need To Know: Effective August 7, 2023, Colorado employees will be able to use leave under the Colorado Healthy Families and Workplaces Act for bereavement, to care for family members whose school or place of...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

If Pain (Or Anything Else), Yes Gain – Part 109: Mental Health Wellness Days Coming Soon to Connecticut

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on

On June 26, 2023, Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont signed a law expanding the use of state-mandated paid sick leave for service workers. The law introduces two changes to the reasons for use under the existing Connecticut...more

Littler

Connecticut Expands Paid Sick and Safe Leave Uses

Littler on

On June 26, 2023, Connecticut’s governor signed SB 2, which expands the reasons covered employees can use leave under the state’s paid sick and safe leave law, effective October 1, 2023....more

Stoel Rives - World of Employment

Paid Leave Oregon and OFLA Update: Senate Bill 999 Will Require Use of a “Rolling Forward” Leave Year, Align the Definition of...

Senate Bill 999, designed to align Paid Leave Oregon (PLO) with the Oregon Family Leave Act (OFLA), passed the Oregon Legislature on June 1, 2023, and is expected to be signed by Governor Kotek shortly. The bill makes the...more

Littler

Colorado Expands Reasons Employees Can Use Paid Sick Leave

Littler on

On June 2, 2023, Governor Jared Polis signed into law Senate Bill 23-017, which expands the reasons employees can use paid sick leave under Colorado’s Healthy Families & Workplaces Act (HFWA). In addition to the health and...more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

A New World For Minnesota Employers: Minnesota Concludes Legislative Session and New Requirements for Employers Abound

Dorsey & Whitney LLP on

The Minnesota Legislature recently concluded its 2023 session with the passage of a comprehensive paid family medical leave bill Mn Chapter 59 and an omnibus labor bill Mn Chapter 53  that will impose significant new...more

149 Results
 / 
View per page
Page: of 6

"My best business intelligence, in one easy email…"

Your first step to building a free, personalized, morning email brief covering pertinent authors and topics on JD Supra:
*By using the service, you signify your acceptance of JD Supra's Privacy Policy.
- hide
- hide