Paid Time Off (PTO), Ballot Measures

Michigan Court of Appeals Dismisses February 20, 2023 Expansion of Paid Sick Leave and Increases to Minimum Wage

Bodman on 1/26/2023

In a 3-0 decision (Mothering Justice v Attorney General) issued today, January 26, the Michigan Court of Appeals overturned a July 2022 Court of Claims ruling finding that the Michigan Legislature lacked the constitutional...more

Voters Nationwide Approve Ballot Measures Impacting the Workplace

Troutman Pepper on 11/19/2020

Q: Can you provide an overview of Election Day 2020 ballot measures approved by voters that may impact the workplace? ...more

Questions and Answers About Proposition 118, Which Enacts Paid Family and Medical Leave in Colorado

Littler on 11/12/2020

For years, a group of Colorado’s legislators tried—without success—to enact a statewide paid family and medical leave (PFML) program. Facing gridlock at the statehouse, advocates of PFML opted to take the issue directly to...more

WPI State of the States: What State and Local Measures Will Appear on the Ballot?

Littler on 11/2/2018

After the California legislature adjourned—sending several noteworthy labor and employment bills to Governor Brown for his veto or signature in September—only a few states remain in active session. ...more

If Pain, Yes Gain—Part 52: Michigan Legislature Adopts Earned Sick Time Initiative

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 9/14/2018

Seyfarth Synopsis: Last week, the Michigan Senate and House of Representatives voted to approve a paid sick leave ballot initiative requiring employers to provide employees with earned sick time for certain covered reasons. ...more

From Ballots to Bills: Michigan Adopts Paid Sick and Safe Time Law and Raises the Minimum Wage

Littler on 9/11/2018

On September 5, 2018, the Michigan Legislature adopted as law a proposed ballot measure that will require employers to provide their employees paid leave that can be used for “sick” and “safe” time purposes. Michigan’s Earned...more

WPI State of the States: Anti-harassment and Lactation Accommodation Proposals Advance, While Ballot Initiatives Take Shape

Littler on 9/6/2018

Although the bulk of state lawmaking has finished for 2018, those few states still in session are moving quickly on pending bills. California lawmakers, for example, had until the end of August to move bills to the governor’s...more

Arizona Raises Minimum Wage, Adds Paid Sick Leave Requirement

Ballard Spahr LLP on 11/15/2016

When Arizona voters passed Proposition 206, The Fair Wages and Healthy Families Act, on November 8, 2016, they not only approved an increase in Arizona's minimum wage, they also approved a requirement for employers to provide...more

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