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WA Cares Fund Premiums Started July 1, 2023, and Quarterly Reporting Begins October 1, 2023

On July 1, 2023, after a long delay, mandatory withholdings for the WA Cares Fund finally took effect. The WA Cares Fund is a state-run, long-term-care insurance program requiring employers to pay premiums through a mandatory...more

New Growth of State and Local Paid Leave Developments in the Evergreen State

Spring has sprung in the State of Washington, and there are several new paid leave developments taking root. First, the Washington Paid Family and Medical Leave Act, which generally provides leave with partial wage...more

Littler Lightbulb: It’s Almost Election Time – What Do Employers Need to Know?

No, no, not who to vote for.  Rather, employers should brush up on laws and regulations that entitle employees to time off to vote or to serve as an election official. What time off do you need to give employees?...more

Sonoma County, California Extends and Retroactively Expands Emergency Paid Sick Leave Ordinance

On June 8, 2021, the Sonoma County, California Board of Supervisors enacted an urgency ordinance that extends and amends – in part retroactively to January 1, 2021 – its emergency paid sick leave (EPSL) ordinance....more

Just in Time for Handbook Season, California Passes Sweeping Expansion of Family Leave Law

Effective January 1, 2021, SB 1383 expands the California Family Rights Act (CFRA) to cover smaller employers and provide access to leave for additional covered reasons....more

California Expands COVID-19 Supplemental Paid Sick Leave Requirements

On September 9, 2020, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed Assembly Bill (AB) 1867, a five-part bill that: (1) codifies existing COVID-19 supplemental paid sick leave (CPSL) requirements for certain food sector workers...more

Washington State Institutes Supplemental Paid Sick Leave Requirement for Food Production Workers

On August 13, 2020, Governor Jay Inslee issued Proclamation 20-67: Food Production Workers Paid Leave. Proclamation 20-67 modifies previous proclamations to prohibit any food production employer from continuing to operate...more

San Diego County Climate Changes Again on Mandatory Temperature Checks

San Diego County employers that scrambled to find thermometers to comply with the county’s prior health order learned on June 16, 2020 that their efforts were not in vain. One week after the county amended its order to omit...more

Temperature Check Requirements for the New Phase of Reopening in San Diego

As San Diego County, California employers scrambled to find thermometers to comply with the county health order temperature check requirement, the county did an about-face on its employee health screening directives.  On June...more

Washington State Reopens for Business with New Policies, Procedures, and Protective Equipment

On May 4, 2020, Washington Governor Jay Inslee signed Proclamation 20-25.3, which outlines a phased approach to reopening Washington’s economy.  After issuing Proclamation 20-25.3, the Office of the Governor issued a series...more

California Extends COVID-19 Paid Sick Leave to Essential Food Sector Workers

On April 16, 2020, Governor Newsom signed Executive Order ("EO") N-51-20, which took immediate effect and requires certain food sector workers to receive COVID-19 supplemental paid sick leave (CPSL)...more

Dear Littler: Do We Have to Provide the Kitchen Sink (Literally!) to Lactating Employees?

Dear Littler: A long-term San Francisco-based employee with our company is returning soon from maternity leave. In discussing her return date, she requested accommodations for expressing breast milk at work. After working...more

Dear Littler: What is the Story with Employee Election Leave?

Dear Littler: Election Day is coming up in a few weeks, and I’ve been getting questions from our managers in various branches about voting-related leave for employees. Our company has operations in more than a dozen states,...more

Washington State Amends Domestic Violence Leave Law

Effective June 7, 2018, Washington State amended its domestic violence leave law to require employers to provide reasonable safety accommodations to victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, or stalking and to incorporate...more

Who Could Have Predicted? Fair Scheduling Requirements Pose Compliance Challenges for Retail, Restaurant, and Other Employers

After San Francisco passed its Formula Retail Employee Rights Ordinances in November of 2014, making it the first jurisdiction to impose scheduling requirements on private employers, predictive or fair scheduling laws were...more

Reparando los Daños: Las Responsabilidades del Empleador como Consecuencia del Huracán Harvey

El huracán Harvey está inundando implacablemente el sureste de Texas y las áreas aledañas, resultando en inundaciones y daños sin precedentes. A medida que la tormenta se agrava, muchos empleadores se han preguntado cómo...more

Picking Up the Pieces: Employer Responsibilities in the Aftermath of Hurricane Harvey

Hurricane Harvey is relentlessly drenching southeast Texas and the surrounding areas, resulting in unprecedented flooding and damage. As the storm rages, many employers are wondering how to respond and what happens next....more

City of Tacoma Issues Rules Interpreting Paid Leave Ordinance

On August 5, 2015, the City of Tacoma, Washington published its final Paid Leave Rules (“Rules”) implementing Tacoma’s Paid Leave Ordinance (“Ordinance”). The Ordinance requires nearly all private sector employers to provide...more

Tacoma is the Third Washington City to Mandate Paid Leave

Earlier this year, the City Council of Tacoma, Washington approved a Paid Leave Ordinance (“Ordinance”).  Starting February 1, 2016, nearly all private sector employers must provide employees who work in Tacoma specified...more

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