Get ready to ring in the new year with new and expanded employer leave obligations. Chicago’s new Paid Leave and Paid Sick and Safe Leave Ordinance will take effect on December 31, 2023 and the following laws go into effect on January 1, 2024.

• California – Increase in amount of paid sick leave
• California – Leave for Reproductive Loss
• Colorado – Family and Medical Leave Insurance Benefits Become Available
• Illinois – Extended Child Bereavement
• Illinois – Paid Leave for All Workers Act
• Minnesota – Paid Sick and Safe Leave
• Minnesota – Amendments to Bloomington’s Sick and Safe Time Ordinance and amendments to St. Paul’s Sick and Safe Time Ordinance to align with the Minnesota state statute

Other new leave and accommodation laws are on the horizon in 2024 and beyond.

• Delaware – Paid Family Medical Leave Insurance (contributions begin January 1, 2025; benefits begin January 1, 2026)
• New Hampshire – Workplace Accommodations for Nursing Employees (begins July 1, 2025)
• Maine – Paid Family Medical Leave (contributions begin January 1, 2025; benefits begin May 1, 2026)
• Maryland – Paid Family and Medical Leave Insurance Program (contributions begin October 1, 2024; benefits begin January 1, 2026)
• Minnesota – Paid Family and Medical Leave (contributions and benefits begin January 1, 2026)
• Oregon – Amendments to Oregon Family Leave Act (new requirements begin July 1, 2024)

These laws are included in our leave law map database that provides subscribers with a detailed explanation of state and local leave laws around the country. The Leave and Accommodation Suite is developed and updated continually by our Disability, Leave & Health Management attorneys.