Archives: Paid Sick Leave

Austin, Texas Passes Paid Sick and Safe Leave Law

By Kristin L. Bauer, A. Robert Fischer and Jackson Lewis P.C. on February 16, 2018 Posted in: Paid Sick Leave

Austin, Texas Passes Paid Sick and Safe Leave Law Early this morning the Austin City Council passed a long-discussed ordinance requiring employers to provide employees with paid sick and safe leave (“PSL”). Austin is the first city in the South ever to enact such a law. Highlights of the New Austin Ordinance: Effective October 1, … Continue Reading

New York Paid Family Leave – One Month Check Up

By Jackson Lewis P.C. on February 8, 2018 Posted in: Leave, Paid Sick Leave

The New York Paid Family Leave (NY PFL) law has been in effect for over a month, yet reports indicate that many New York employers are not prepared for the operation requirements of the law. The basics of the law shouldn’t be news to employers with employees in New York. The NY PFL law provides … Continue Reading

City of Santa Monica Minimum Paid Sick Leave Accrual Limits to Increase January 1, 2018

By Susan E. Groff and Benjamin A. Tulis on November 20, 2017 Posted in: California Compliance, Paid Sick Leave, Uncategorized

The grace period is over. Effective January 1, 2018, the City of Santa Monica’s minimum cap on accrued sick leave for eligible employees will increase from 40 to 72 hours for businesses with 26 or more employees. The accrual-cap for businesses with 25 or fewer employees will increase from 32 to 40 hours. Santa Monica’s … Continue Reading

The Layers of the Paid Sick Leave Law in Montgomery County, Maryland

By Kathleen A. McGinley on June 22, 2017 Posted in: Paid Sick Leave

On October 1, 2016, Montgomery County’s Earned Sick and Safe Leave law became effective. This law allows all employees, with few exceptions, that work in Montgomery County, Maryland, to accrue paid and/or unpaid sick and safe leave, depending on the size of their employer, to use for their own illness, an illness of a family … Continue Reading

Both the City of San Diego and the State of California “Clarify” Their Sick Leave FAQs

By Susan E. Groff, Ellen M. Bandel and John P. Nordlund on April 25, 2017 Posted in: California Compliance, Paid Sick Leave, Uncategorized

As we recently reported regarding the City of Los Angeles, both the City of San Diego and the California Department of Labor Standards Enforcement (“DLSE”) have updated their “Frequently Asked Questions” (“FAQs”) related to the respective local and state sick leave requirements. Below are some of the more salient points from each. … Continue Reading

The City of Los Angeles Quietly Updates Its Rules and FAQs Regarding the Minimum Wage and Paid Sick Leave Ordinance

By Susan E. Groff, Benjamin A. Tulis and Ellen M. Bandel on April 5, 2017 Posted in: California Compliance, Paid Sick Leave, Uncategorized

The sick leave landscape is constantly evolving, and the City of Los Angeles is no exception to that rule. This past month the City of Los Angeles Office of Wage Standards (“OWS”) revised its rules and regulations (“Revised Rules”) as well the FAQs regarding its Minimum Wage and Paid Sick Leave Ordinance (the “Ordinance”). … Continue Reading

Is Federal Paid FMLA Any Closer to Reality?

By Ellison F. McCoy on February 9, 2017 Posted in: FMLA, Leave, Paid Sick Leave

On Tuesday, February 7, 2017, Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) and Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.) reintroduced the Family And Medical Insurance Leave (FAMILY) Act, which would create a national system of paid leave for employees. This is the third attempt in the last five years by these same legislators to create federal paid leave. But, with … Continue Reading

The Saga Continues: Recent Opt-Outs and Other Developments Relating to the Cook County Earned Sick Leave Act, Illinois Employee Sick Leave Act

By Jody Kahn Mason on January 17, 2017 Posted in: Paid Sick Leave

The Village of Rosemont and the City of Oak Forest have become the latest suburban Cook County municipalities to join the Village of Barrington in opting out of the Cook County Earned Sick Leave Ordinance. (They both passed ordinances either superseding or opting out of the Cook County Minimum Wage Ordinance.) In rejecting the Cook … Continue Reading

Ohio Means Business: New Law Prohibits Cities and Counties From Enacting Paid Sick Leave, Predictive Scheduling, and Minimum Wage Laws

By Katharine C. Weber and David A. Nenni on January 3, 2017 Posted in: Paid Sick Leave, Predictive Scheduling

Imagine you operate multiple business locations in Columbus, Ohio where 3 counties comprise the city proper and as many as 11 counties comprise the larger Columbus Metropolitan Area. Now imagine that each of those counties adopts their own local ordinance requiring paid sick leave as well as advance notice (and extra pay) to employees before … Continue Reading

Are You Ready? City of Santa Monica’s Sick Leave Provisions Become Effective January 1, 2017

By Susan E. Groff and Alexandra Gilinsky on December 21, 2016 Posted in: California Compliance, Paid Sick Leave, Uncategorized

Are you sick of sick leave yet? Beginning on January 1, 2017, the new paid sick leave provisions under Santa Monica City’s recently adopted Minimum Wage and Sick Leave law will go into effect. Since our California Workplace Law Blog article first outlined key provisions of the law, the ordinance was amended later this year, … Continue Reading

Municipal Ordinance Passed by the Village of Barrington, Illinois Opting Out of the Cook County Paid Sick Leave Ordinance Creates More Uncertainty for Cook County Employers

By Jody Kahn Mason on December 5, 2016 Posted in: Paid Sick Leave

In a November already riddled with surprises and filled with looming uncertainty for employers – from the preliminary injunction blocking the DOL from enforcing the new federal overtime regulations, to the possible dramatic impact of the new Trump Administration on workplace law – on November 15, 2016, the Village of Barrington, Illinois, passed a Municipal … Continue Reading

Arizona and Washington Join The PSL Patchwork

By Katharine C. Weber on November 14, 2016 Posted in: Leave, Paid Sick Leave

On Election Day, voters in Arizona and Washington approved measures requiring employers in their respective states to provide paid sick leave and requiring employers to raise the minimum wage. They join the PSL states of California, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Oregon, and Vermont and an ever growing patchwork of cities and counties.… Continue Reading

Calculation of California Paid Sick Leave May Spook Employers

By Susan E. Groff and Melissa L. Yen on October 31, 2016 Posted in: California Compliance, Paid Sick Leave

As if paid sick leave wasn’t scary enough! From accrual methods, to the protections provided to the time off, to the varying (and ever growing) laws in different jurisdictions, paid sick leave can be spooky. What about how to calculate the rate of pay for the paid sick leave?? On October 11, 2016, the California … Continue Reading

Complimentary Webinar October 20: It Pays to Be Sick – How To Comply With Executive Order 13706

By Katharine C. Weber on October 18, 2016 Posted in: Leave, Paid Sick Leave

The final regulations for Executive Order 13706 (“Paid Sick Leave for Workers on Federal Contracts”) were published September 30, 2016. Under the Executive Order and final regulations, paid sick leave obligations will begin with new solicitations and contracts beginning January 1, 2017. Do you know if your organization is covered and if so, do you … Continue Reading

Cook County, Illinois Joins the City of Chicago in Mandating Paid Sick Leave for Employees

By Jody Kahn Mason on October 11, 2016 Posted in: Paid Sick Leave

Cook County, Illinois, has become the most recent jurisdiction to mandate that employers provide paid sick leave benefits for eligible employees. Beginning July 1, 2017, Cook County employers must allow eligible employees to accrue up to 40 hours of paid sick leave per year. The Cook County “Earned Sick Leave” Ordinance was passed on October … Continue Reading

Final Regulations Published for Federal Contractor Paid Sick Leave

By Patricia Anderson Pryor on September 29, 2016 Posted in: Leave, Paid Sick Leave

On the eve of the end of its fiscal year, the U.S. Department of Labor has announced final rules implementing Executive Order 13706 requiring that covered federal contractors provide paid sick leave for covered employees. Scheduled for official publication tomorrow in the federal register, the rules require federal contractors to provide at least 1 hour of paid sick leave for … Continue Reading

St. Paul, Minnesota Joins the Paid Sick Leave Patchwork Quilt and Continues Its Spread Into the Interior States

By Patricia Anderson Pryor on September 11, 2016 Posted in: Leave, Paid Sick Leave

We have been reporting on the growing patchwork of paid sick leave laws now for over 3 years. The patchwork continues to fill in heavily on the west coast with state laws in both California and Oregon and 10 city ordinances scattered across California, Oregon and Washington. This summer Los Angeles and San Diego added … Continue Reading

PSL: How Does the Patchwork Grow?

By Jackson Lewis P.C. on March 9, 2016 Posted in: Paid Sick Leave, Uncategorized

However many patches it takes to make a paid sick leave patchwork, we are there…and adding more. Here are the patches added in 2016, thus far: Alabama is now a kibosh state, joining about a dozen others that prohibit municipalities from passing a law requiring employers to provide employees with paid or unpaid leave. The … Continue Reading

New New York City PSL FAQs; Pittsburgh PSL Law Not Dead Yet

By Jackson Lewis P.C. on January 17, 2016 Posted in: Paid Sick Leave, Uncategorized

The New York City Department of Consumer Affairs, the agency that enforces New York City’s Earned Sick Time Law, has issued new and updated FAQs concerning that law. For additional information on the Department’s FAQ action, click here. Meanwhile, Pittsburgh’s Paid Sick Days Act is not dead yet. A Court of Common Pleas struck down … Continue Reading

Spokane PSL on the Way

By Jackson Lewis P.C. on January 12, 2016 Posted in: Paid Sick Leave, Uncategorized

Spokane may soon be the first 2016 PSL jurisdiction. Just 11 days into the New Year, its City Council passed a PSL ordinance. (Ordinance No. C35300). The mayor has vowed to veto it but the Council passed the ordinance by a wider margin than needed to override that veto. The rhythm of the ordinance is … Continue Reading

The Evolving Paid Sick Leave Patchwork: 2016 Update

By Jackson Lewis P.C. on January 10, 2016 Posted in: Paid Sick Leave

Another year, more PSL patches. With nearly 30 patches now, and contributions from every level of government, PSL has achieved full-fledged patchwork status. This year’s PSL highlights include: Oregon becomes the fourth state with PSL, joining CA, CT and MA. Montgomery County, MD becomes the first county to enact a PSL law. With more than … Continue Reading

Add Philadelphia to the Paid Sick Leave Mega-Trend

By Jackson Lewis P.C. on February 24, 2015 Posted in: Paid Sick Leave

After a few failed attempts, Philadelphia has become part of the paid sick leave mega-trend. The Mayor signed the “Promoting Healthy Families and Workplaces” Ordinance on February 12. It goes into effect 90 days after the signing. With the proliferation of PSL laws and more on the way, and with most of them using the … Continue Reading

President Proposes Federal Patches to Paid Leave Patchwork

By Jackson Lewis P.C. on January 15, 2015 Posted in: Paid Sick Leave, Uncategorized

President Obama has unveiled a handful of proposals that would give more employees more ability to be paid when absent from work for a variety of reasons. The President called on Congress to pass the Healthy Families Act, which would allow employees to earn up to seven days per year of paid sick time. Employees … Continue Reading

Voters Approve Paid Sick Leave Laws in Three Cities and Massachusetts

By Jackson Lewis P.C. on November 5, 2014 Posted in: Paid Sick Leave, Uncategorized

“Elections have consequences” goes the maxim and one of the consequences of the November 4 election is that employers in four additional jurisdictions have paid sick leave laws (PSL) to consider. The margin of approval suggests that PSL laws are widely supported by the electorate. Massachusetts becomes the third state to enact a PSL, following … Continue Reading