Vermont Governor Phil Scott has signed legislation extending the protections of the state’s unpaid family leave law. The expansion extends safe leave, bereavement leave, and qualifying exigency leave to employees of employers with ten or more employees. The law also broadens the definition of “family member” found in the law. The amendments will become effective
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DC Mayor Declines to Veto DC’s Paid Family Leave Bill
By Linda U. Okoukoni on
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Back in December 2016, we wrote an article discussing the passage of the District of Columbia Universal Paid Leave Amendment Act of 2016 (“the Act”) by a 9 to 4 DC City Council vote on December 20th. We explained that the next step was for the Act to be presented to Mayor Muriel Bowser. At…