Wage and Hour, Employee Rights, Safe Leave

Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry Proposes Rules on Statewide Earned Sick and Safe Time Law

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 3/19/2025

The Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry (MNDOLI) recently issued proposed rules for governing Minnesota’s Earned Sick and Safe Time Law (ESST). The proposed rules are open for public comment through April 2, 2025....more

If Pain, Yes Gain – Part 114: Minnesota Publishes Sample Earned Sick and Safe Time Employee Notice

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 11/13/2023

What You Need To Know: Earlier this month, the Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry (DLI) released an Earned Sick and Safe Time (ESST) sample notice....more

Paid Sick and Safe Leave Blooms in Bloomington, MN with Release of Initial Rules

Littler on 4/7/2023

On March 31, 2023, Bloomington, Minnesota published “initial” rules implementing its Earned Sick and Safe Leave (ESSL) Ordinance, which will take effect on July 1, 2023. It also published the mandatory Notice of Employee...more

Colorado (Again) Changes Rules on How Employers Must Compensate Employees Using Paid Leave

Littler on 12/21/2022

Effective January 1, 2023, regulations under Colorado’s Healthy Families and Workplaces Act (HFWA) will again change how employers calculate the rate of pay when employees use paid sick and safe leave and/or public health...more

New York City Amends Paid Sick Law As State Leave Law Takes Effect

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP on 10/5/2020

On September 28, 2020, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio signed a local law amending the City’s Paid Sick Law (PSL) to align with New York State’s sick leave law (SLL), both of which took effect on September 30, 2020....more

NYC Employers Must Comply With New Safe And Sick Leave Obligations

Fisher Phillips on 9/30/2020

Just days before New York’s statewide paid sick leave law (NYPSL) takes effect on September 30, the New York City council passed a suite of amendments to NYC’s existing Earned Safe and Sick Leave Law (ESSL), in part aligning...more

New York City Council Introduces COVID-19 Bills Addressing Essential Workers and Paid Sick Leave Coverage

Proskauer - Law and the Workplace on 5/1/2020

As previously announced, the New York City Council has introduced an expansive package of COVID-19 bills that, among other things, propose sweeping protections for “essential” workers. The significance of this proposed...more

Westchester County, NY Publishes Paid Safe Leave Guidance as Law Takes Effect

Littler on 11/1/2019

The Westchester County Human Rights Commission, the agency responsible for conducting public outreach for the Westchester County Safe Time Leave Law, published a host of information, including a copy of the law, a Notice of...more

Texas Two-Step: San Antonio Joins Austin in Mandating Paid Sick and Safe Leave; Then Court Enjoins Austin Law from Taking Effect...

Littler on 8/21/2018

On August 16, 2018, the San Antonio City Council adopted a paid sick and safe leave ordinance which, aside from minor linguistic differences, is identical to the ordinance passed earlier this year in Austin. ...more

Better Safe Than Sorry: Employers Rush to Comply With New York City’s Amended Earned Safe and Sick Time Act

Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP on 5/23/2018

On May 5, 2018, New York City’s amended Earned Safe and Sick Time Act became effective, commencing the countdown for employers to comply with the law’s new requirements. The amendments expand the Earned Sick Time Act in two...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

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