What You Need To Know:
The Illinois House recently introduced legislation that would create a statewide paid family leave insurance program....more
Seyfarth Synopsis: Yesterday, the Michigan Court of Appeals reversed a July 2022 lower court decision that would have reinstated the 2018 Michigan Earned Sick Time Act on February 20, 2023. As a result, barring an appeal of...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: A bill that would provide paid leave for all workers in Illinois is awaiting Governor Pritzker’s signature. If signed into law, the bill would provide up to 40 hours of paid leave for eligible employees,...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: The Michigan Court of Claims issued a decision that rendered the current version of Michigan’s paid sick leave law unconstitutional and reinstated the 2018 version of the law. Currently, the 2018 version...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: On June 10, 2021, the statewide Proclamation of Disaster Emergency in Pennsylvania ended. This resulted in the sunset of COVID-19 paid sick leave (“PSL”) mandates in Philadelphia and Pittsburgh. Per the...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: Nevada Governor Steve Sisolak recently signed into law Senate Bill 209 (“SB209”) and Assembly Bill 190 (“AB190”). SB209 requires private employers to provide employees with up to four hours of paid leave...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: On May 28, Maryland Governor Larry Hogan announced his intention to allow H.B. 581, the Maryland Essential Workers’ Protection Act (the “Act”), to become law without his signature. On June 1, the Act took...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: Earlier this month, New Mexico passed a statewide paid sick leave law, requiring all private employers with one or more employees to provide eligible employees with paid sick leave. The law becomes...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: On March 29, 2021, amendments to the Philadelphia Public Health Emergency Leave mandate went into effect. These amendments create a 2021 Public Health Emergency Leave (“PHEL”) mandate for employers with 50...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: Buried deep within the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, signed into law on March 11, 2021, are several provisions related to tax credits that may help private employers with fewer than 500...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: On January 20, 2021 the New York State Department of Labor (“NYSDOL”) issued a non-binding statement titled “Guidance on Use of COVID-19 Sick Leave” (the “Guidance”). The NYSDOL Guidance pertains to the...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: Earlier this month, Pittsburgh enacted “An Ordinance providing for special conditions for the operation and use of Paid Sick leave under the Paid Sick Days Act during and due to the crisis presented by...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: On Tuesday night, Colorado voters, through a ballot initiative in the general election, voted to approve a statewide paid family and medical leave mandate, the Colorado Paid Family and Medical Leave...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: Multiple weeks after the New York State Paid Sick Leave (“NYPSL”) law’s September 30, 2020 effective date, the State has published a NYPSL website and set of frequently asked questions (“FAQs”). ...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: Last month, Colorado enacted a ground-breaking paid sick leave (“PSL”) mandate containing three distinct types of PSL. More recently...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: On March 11, 2020, Colorado became the first state to mandate COVID-19 related paid sick leave. The paid sick leave (“PSL”) bug continued to buzz through the state legislature...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: Last Friday, the Supreme Court of Texas issued a one-line decision, without explanation, denying the City of Austin’s petition for review of an appellate decision temporarily enjoining the Austin paid sick...more
On Thursday, March 12, Seyfarth issued a flash survey to our clients to get a pulse on employer reactions and benchmark their responses to the COVID-19 crisis. The questions covered a broad range of employer issues raised by...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: As the country continues to adjust to new realities created by the 2019 Novel Coronavirus disease, also known as COVID-19, the U. S. House of Representatives passed the Families First Coronavirus Response...more
3/17/2020
/ China ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Crisis Management ,
Emergency Management Plans ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) ,
Health and Safety ,
Infectious Diseases ,
Legislative Agendas ,
Paid Time Off (PTO) ,
Public Health ,
Sick Leave ,
Sick Pay ,
Trump Administration ,
Wage and Hour ,
Workplace Safety
Seyfarth Synopsis: 2019 proved to be an active year on the paid sick leave (“PSL”) front and there are no signs to suggest 2020 will slow down. As employers wrap up 2019 and look ahead to 2020 and beyond, here is a summary of...more
1/3/2020
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Employee Benefits ,
Employee Rights ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Local Ordinance ,
Paid Leave ,
Paid Time Off (PTO) ,
Safe Time ,
Sick Leave ,
State Labor Laws ,
Wage and Hour
Seyfarth Synopsis: The Washington State Paid Family and Medical Leave (“WPFML”) law was enacted in 2017. WPFML premium withholdings began January 1, 2019, and eligible employees can start receiving WPFML benefits as of...more
1/3/2020
/ Covered Employees ,
Covered Employer ,
Employee Benefits ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Labor Regulations ,
Medical Leave ,
New Legislation ,
Notice Requirements ,
Paid Family Leave Law ,
Paid Leave ,
Posting Requirements ,
State Labor Laws ,
Wage and Hour
Seyfarth Synopsis: In June 2019, the Nevada Paid Leave Law (“PTO Law”) went into effect “for the purpose of adopting any regulations and performing any other preparatory administrative tasks necessary to carry out [its]...more
11/21/2019
/ Accrual Requirements ,
Advisory Opinions ,
Carryover Basis ,
Covered Employer ,
Exempt-Employees ,
Labor Commissioners ,
Labor Regulations ,
New Legislation ,
Notice Requirements ,
Paid Leave ,
Paid Time Off (PTO) ,
Posting Requirements ,
Rate of Pay ,
Salaried Employees ,
State and Local Government ,
State Labor Laws ,
Wage and Hour
Seyfarth Synopsis: Following an announcement and the release of FAQs, the City of San Antonio released an official copy of the amended San Antonio Sick and Safe Leave Ordinance (“SSLO”) late last month along with an updated...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: On October 3, 2019, the San Antonio City Council adopted an amended PSL ordinance, now known as the Sick and Safe Leave Ordinance (“SSLO”). Despite a number of key differences between the SSLO and San...more
10/18/2019
/ Accrual Requirements ,
Carryover Basis ,
Covered Employees ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Local Ordinance ,
Paid Leave ,
Paid Time Off (PTO) ,
Safe Leave ,
Sick Leave ,
State and Local Government ,
Wage and Hour
Seyfarth Synopsis: Last month, Bernalillo County, NM became the first local jurisdiction to enact a mandatory paid time off ordinance. The Ordinance, which goes into effect on July 1, 2020, requires covered employers located...more
9/11/2019
/ Accrual Requirements ,
Carryover Basis ,
Covered Employees ,
Covered Employer ,
Earned Sick Time ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Local Ordinance ,
Notice Requirements ,
Paid Time Off (PTO) ,
Recordkeeping Requirements ,
State and Local Government ,
Wage and Hour