Compliance with California’s paid sick leave law grew increasingly complex this year with new legislative developments. The Labor Commission updated its Frequently Asked Questions Page for California Paid Sick Leave to address these changes. Our article, New FAQs on California Paid Sick Leave Unveiled | California Workplace Law Blog, identifies highlights from the FAQs
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Alaska Paid Sick Leave Law: Requirements Employers Need to Know
By Brian Keeley on
Posted in Paid Sick Leave
Alaska voters approved Ballot Measure 1 (according to unofficial election results) which provides for paid sick leave for all employees in Alaska. (The measure also raises the minimum wage over the next several years and imposes restrictions on employer-sponsored meetings about religious or political matters.) This new paid sick leave requirement becomes effective July 1…
Missouri’s Paid Sick Leave Law: What Employers Need to Know
By Jessica Liss & Madelyn Foster on
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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.
Who is Eligible for Paid Sick Time?
The new law applies to all private employers in Missouri. However, certain employees are…
Nebraska Paid Sick Time Law: Requirements Employers Need to Know
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Nebraska voters overwhelmingly approved Initiative 436, which adopts the Nebraska Healthy Families and Workplaces Act. The Act requires private employers to provide paid sick time to all employees regardless of the size of the employer beginning on Oct. 1, 2025.
Who is Eligible for Paid Sick Time?
The new law applies to all employees…
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 Massachusetts Earned Sick Time Law.
Earned Sick Time Law
Originally passed by ballot measure in November 2014 and effective as…
California’s SB 1105: What Agricultural Employers Should Know About Expanded Use of Paid Sick Leave
By Katharine C. Weber on
Posted in California Compliance, Paid Sick Leave
Jackson Lewis attorneys Monica Bullock and Briana Antuna provide an insightful analysis of Senate Bill 1105, which expands paid sick leave for agricultural employees to include emergencies like smoke, heat, or flooding. This change takes effect on January 1, 2025. Read their take on this important legislative update here.
Michigan Supreme Court Invalidates Legislative Amendments to Minimum Wage, Paid Sick Leave Measures
By Emily M. Petroski & Allan S. Rubin on
Posted in Paid Sick Leave
Michigan employers soon will face a significantly higher minimum wage and more onerous employee sick leave obligations after the Michigan Supreme Court invalidated the Michigan legislature’s amendments related to two voter ballot initiatives. Mothering Justice v. Attorney General and State of Michigan, No. 165325 (July 31, 2024).
Learn more here.
Is Your Business Ready for Chicago’s Paid Leave and Paid Sick and Safe Leave Ordinance?
By Alison B. Crane & James Hager on
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The Chicago Paid Leave and Paid Sick and Safe Leave Ordinance is set to take effect on July 1, 2024, and the City’s Department of Business Affairs and Consumer Protection has published its long-awaited interpretive rules. These final rules provide guidance on several questions unanswered by the Ordinance, such as its application to remote…
Connecticut Legislature Passes Major Expansion of Paid Sick Leave Law
By Justin E. Theriault on
Posted in Paid Sick Leave
The Connecticut legislature has approved a major revision to Connecticut’s state statute mandating paid sick leave, broadly expanding coverage of the statute over the next several years to nearly every employer and employee in the state.
The Connecticut Senate approved the measure on May 6, 2024, which had previously passed in the House on April…
Duluth, Minnesota Repeals Its Paid Leave Ordinance; Other City Ordinances Remain
By Kaylyn R. Stanek & Elaine Luthens on
Leave laws, regulations, and ordinances continue to change in Minnesota. The city of Duluth, Minnesota, repealed its Earned Sick and Safe Time (ESST) ordinance effective Jan. 17, 2024. The Duluth ESST had guaranteed paid leave for qualifying employees working in the city since Jan. 1, 2020. Minnesota’s statewide ESST statute went into effect on Jan.