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DOL Issues Final Regulations Implementing the 2009 FMLA Amendments

by Lavon Ammori, Megan Norris | Miller Canfield on 5/17/2013

The Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) regulations issued by the Department of Labor (DOL) in 2009 addressed the new military leave requirements established in the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 (FY...more

Act Now Advisory: New York City Paid Sick Time Law Will Likely Become Effective

by Anna A. Cohen, Jeffrey M. Landes, William J. Milani, Ian Gabriel Nanos, Susan Gross Sholinsky, Dean L. Silverberg | Epstein Becker & Green, P.C. on 5/17/2013

On May 8, 2013, the New York City Council approved a legislative amendment that would create a statutory entitlement to sick time for employees working in New York City. The amendment, entitled the "Earned Sick Time Act"...more

New York City Council Passes Act Requiring Mandatory Paid Sick Leave

by Sean Kirby | Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 5/16/2013

On May 8, 2013, the New York City Council, by a 45-3 vote, passed the New York City Earned Sick Time Act which will require employers with 20 or more employees to provide paid sick leave to their employees (the “Sick Leave...more

New York City Passes Earned Sick Time Act; Expects to Override Mayor Bloomberg's Threatened Veto Yet Again

by Michael S. Arnold | Mintz Levin - Employment, Labor & Benefits on 5/15/2013

As expected, the New York City Council has passed the Earned Sick Time Act, which, if enacted, will require most City employers to provide job-protected sick leave, whether paid or unpaid, to the more than 1.6 million...more

Legislative Update: Social Media Account Protection and Paid FMLA?

by Daniel A. Schwartz | Pullman & Comley, LLC on 5/14/2013

With just a few weeks left in what has turned out to be a very unpredictable legislative session in Connecticut, there are still several bills up for consideration that employers need to be on the look out for. ...more

NYC Poised To Become Latest City To Require Paid Sick Leave

by XpertHR - Partnered with LexisNexis on 5/14/2013

Many New York City employers will likely be required to provide employees at least 40 hours of paid sick leave next year....more

Are You Feeling Sick? New York City Passes a New Sick Leave Law

by Jill Lowell, Jean Schmidt, Terri Solomon | Littler on 5/13/2013

If at first you don't succeed, try and try again. That is what the New York City Council (the Council) has done since 2009. And after four years, the result is a controversial sick leave law, the Earned Sick Time Act (the...more

New York City Council Passes the Earned Sick Time Act

by Fredric Leffler, Marc Mandelman, Katharine Parker, Brian S. Rauch, Leslie Silverman, Allan Weitzman | Proskauer Rose LLP on 5/9/2013

On Wednesday, May 8, the New York City Council passed the New York City Earned Sick Time Act (the "Act"), which requires most New York City employers to provide mandatory paid and unpaid sick leave to employees working in New...more

As Expected, New York City Council Overwhelmingly Enacts Paid Sick Leave Law

by Mark Goldstein, Cindy Minniti | Reed Smith on 5/9/2013

In a move that was expected for weeks, the New York City Council on May 8, 2013 finally passed—by an overwhelming majority—a bill requiring city employers to provide employees with five days of annual paid sick leave,...more

Employment Law in the News: Paid Sick Leave in NYC, Social Media in NJ, Mandatory NLRB Posters

by Julie Levinson Werner | Lowenstein Sandler LLP on 5/9/2013

Mandatory Sick Leave Coming to New York City - Businesses with 20 or more employees will be required to provide paid sick time to their workers, if legislation before the New York City Council is passed. Although Mayor...more

Healthcare Update, No. 2, May 2013: Facebook Foils FMLA Faker

by Karen Luchka | Fisher & Phillips LLP on 5/8/2013

The legitimate and beneficial purposes of the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) are undeniable. The law provides employees who have a serious health condition, are caring for a family member with a serious health condition,...more

New York City Council Continues Expansion of Employee Rights, is Poised to Enact Paid Sick Leave Legislation

by Mark Goldstein, Cindy Minniti | Reed Smith on 5/7/2013

Beginning in slightly less than one year, New York City is expected to join San Francisco, Portland, and Seattle in requiring its employers to provide employees with paid sick leave. The New York Council has reached an...more

Limits On Family Leave: Employees of the Same Employer

by Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 4/24/2013

Both federal and state law provide employees leave for the birth or placement of a child and for bonding with a child after birth or placement. Under certain circumstances, employers may limit their employees’ leave. One such...more

The Family Medical Leave Act in 2013

by Messer & Caparello, P.A. on 4/11/2013

The Family Medical Leave Act of 1993 (FMLA) is a federal law that requires qualifying employers to provide 12 workweeks of unpaid leave during any 12-month period of time for qualified medical and family reasons such as...more

Indiana Bill Would Prevent Mandatory Local Attendance And Leave Policies

by Rena Pirsos | XpertHR - Partnered with LexisNexis on 4/10/2013

Indiana employers may find it easier to manage employee attendance and leave if a bill passed by the state legislature (S.B. 213) is signed into law by Governor Pence. ...more

Labor Letter - April 2013: Curbing Abuse Of "Intermittent" FMLA Leave

by Cynthia Doll | Fisher & Phillips LLP on 4/10/2013

The Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) allows employees to take 12 weeks of leave for their own or a family member’s serious health condition and up to 26 weeks for military caregiver leave. The leave can be taken in one block,...more

Employment Law Advisory for April 2, 2013: Pregnant Employees May Be Entitled To More Than The Four Month Leave Permitted By The...

by Hopkins & Carley on 4/3/2013

Most California employers are keenly aware that California’s Pregnancy Disability Leave Law (“PDLL”) requires an employer to allow an employee disabled by pregnancy, childbirth, or a related medical condition, to take a leave...more

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DOL Issues Final Regulations Implementing the 2009 FMLA Amendments

Act Now Advisory: New York City Paid Sick Time Law Will Likely Become Effective

New York City Council Passes Act Requiring Mandatory Paid Sick Leave

New York City Passes Earned Sick Time Act; Expects to Override Mayor Bloomberg's Threatened Veto Yet Again

Legislative Update: Social Media Account Protection and Paid FMLA?

NYC Poised To Become Latest City To Require Paid Sick Leave

Are You Feeling Sick? New York City Passes a New Sick Leave Law

New York City Council Passes the Earned Sick Time Act

As Expected, New York City Council Overwhelmingly Enacts Paid Sick Leave Law

Employment Law in the News: Paid Sick Leave in NYC, Social Media in NJ, Mandatory NLRB Posters

Healthcare Update, No. 2, May 2013: Facebook Foils FMLA Faker

New York City Council Continues Expansion of Employee Rights, is Poised to Enact Paid Sick Leave Legislation

Limits On Family Leave: Employees of the Same Employer

The Family Medical Leave Act in 2013

Indiana Bill Would Prevent Mandatory Local Attendance And Leave Policies

Labor Letter - April 2013: Curbing Abuse Of "Intermittent" FMLA Leave

Employment Law Advisory for April 2, 2013: Pregnant Employees May Be Entitled To More Than The Four Month Leave Permitted By The...

A Fever Over Paid Sick Leave Laws

What’s New at the General Assembly? Anti-Employer Bills, Says CBIA

New York City Council on the Verge of Mandating Paid Sick Leave

Portland Passes Mandatory Sick Leave Ordinance

Wild Bear Attacks Employer

Did You Know…New Pregnancy Regulations In Effect In California

PERB Ruling Affirms Teacher on 39-Month Reemployment List Remains an Employee of the District and Able to File Grievance

Portland Adopts Mandatory Sick Leave Law

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