Employers with employees working in Chicago are required by a new law to provide employees paid sick leave and a new, separate bank of leave that employees can use for any reason at all. The Paid Leave and Paid Sick and Safe Leave Ordinance significantly amends the City’s current Paid Sick Leave Ordinance and will
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New York City’s Final Rules on Safe and Sick Time Become Effective
By Richard I. Greenberg, Daniel J. Jacobs, Joseph J. Lynett & Richard Sui on
Posted in Paid Sick Leave
On September 15, 2023, the New York City Department of Consumer and Worker Protection (DCWP) issued a final rule (Final Rule) on the city’s Earned Safe and Sick Time Act (ESSTA).
The Final Rule provides some clarification on various compliance issues such as coverage, required notice of usage, supporting documentation that can be requested, the…
California’s Paid Sick Leave Requirements Increased Effective 2024
By Susan E. Groff & Julia A. Olivier on
Posted in California Compliance, Paid Sick Leave
On October 4, 2023, California’s Governor signed Senate Bill (SB) 616, which increases the amount of paid sick leave employers are required to provide to California employees.
Beginning on January 1, 2024, employers must increase the amount of sick leave provided to California employees from three days/24 hours to five days/40 hours.
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It’s PSL Season—Not Pumpkin Spice Latte but Paid Sick Leave
By Janelle J. Sahouria on
Posted in Paid Sick Leave
As school resumes and temperatures fall, employees may be calling out sick. Here is a refresher on the basics of California’s paid sick leave law known as the Healthy Workplace Healthy Families Act, Labor Code 245 et seq.
Read more here.
Changes to Paid Sick Leave and Supplemental Public Health Emergency Leave for Colorado Employees
By Emely Garcia on
Posted in COVID-19, Paid Sick Leave
Starting on August 7, 2023, Colorado employees will be able to use paid sick leave for additional reasons under the Healthy Families and Workplaces Act (HFWA). Governor Jared Polis signed Senate Bill 23-017 into law on June 2, 2023, and it is expected to become effective on August 7, 2023.
Previously, the HFWA permitted employees…
Connecticut Expands Permitted Uses of Paid Sick Leave for Service Workers
By Justin E. Theriault on
Posted in Paid Sick Leave
Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont has signed a new law that will expand the circumstances in which service workers in Connecticut can use state-mandated paid sick leave. The new law goes into effect October 1, 2023.
Since its original passage in 2012, the Connecticut Paid Sick Leave Law has provided a defined set of “service workers”…
Michigan Supreme Court to Hear State’s Minimum Wage and Paid Sick Leave Laws Battle
Posted in Paid Sick Leave
In 2018, the Michigan legislature adopted, and then within the same legislative session amended, two voter-approved ballot initiatives, one to significantly raised Michigan’s minimum wage and the other to expand employer obligations to provide paid sick leave. In 2022, the Michigan Court of Claims held that the legislature’s actions violated the Michigan Constitution and ordered…
Voting and Sick Leave for Georgia Employees
By Emily S. Borna on
Posted in Leave, Paid Sick Leave
A new Georgia law takes effect on July 1, 2023 (GA S 129), that provides employees time off to advance vote in primaries and elections. This new measure amends existing law and, among other things, provides time off for employees to advance vote and revises provisions related to time off for employees to…
Gig Workers Get New Protections in Washington
By Jonathan M. Minear & Michael A. Griffin on
New laws in Seattle and Washington State allow certain gig workers greater access to traditional employee benefits.
Seattle Paid Sick and Safe Leave
Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell signed into law the App-Based Worker Paid Sick and Safe Time Ordinance on March 29, 2023. Among other things, this law requires that app-based workers accrue at least…
Federal Court Strikes Down Amendments to Puerto Rico 2017 Employment Law Reform
Posted in Paid Sick Leave
Less than a year after its enactment, a federal district court has declared null and void Puerto Rico Act 41-2022, a law that rolled back parts of the 2017 employment law reform. Financial Oversight and Management Board for Puerto Rico v. Pierluisi Urrutia, No. 17 BK 3283-LTS (D. P.R. March 3, 2023). Accordingly…