News & Analysis as of

Sick Leave Employee Benefits Accrued Benefits

Gould + Ratner LLP

Cook County’s New Paid Sick Leave Ordinance to Replace Earned Sick Leave

Gould + Ratner LLP on

Effective December 31, 2023, Cook County’s new Paid Leave Ordinance (the Ordinance) will require employers to provide 40 hours of paid leave (i.e., leave that can be used for any reason) during a 12-month period. The...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

Paid Sick Leave is Coming to Pittsburgh

Ballard Spahr LLP on

On July 17, 2019, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court held that the City of Pittsburgh’s Paid Sick Days Act (PSDA)—a 2015 ordinance that required businesses to provide paid sick leave to workers in the City—is valid....more

Miles & Stockbridge P.C.

Time Is Almost Up on Efforts to Delay Start of Maryland Paid Sick Leave

Employers are abuzz about the upcoming start of the Maryland Healthy Working Families Act, which goes into effect this Sunday, February 11, 2018. Contrary to some local news reports, efforts to delay this bill have not yet...more

Holland & Knight LLP

Maryland's Paid Sick Leave Mandate Set to Take Effect This Month

Holland & Knight LLP on

• The Maryland Healthy Working Families Act is scheduled to go into effect on Feb. 11, 2018, making Maryland the ninth state to mandate paid sick leave for private employers. • The Act requires that Maryland employers with...more

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,...

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Rules That Unused Paid Sick Leave Does Not Qualify as Wages Under the Commonwealth’s Wage Act

In Mui v. Massachusetts Port Authority, issued on January 29, 2018, Massachusetts’s highest court decided an issue of first impression in the Commonwealth: whether accrued but unused paid sick time counts as “wages” for...more

Littler

Changes to Paid Sick Time in New Jersey: Elizabeth Becomes 10th Municipality to Require Paid Sick Leave and Jersey City Expands...

Littler on

On October 29, 2015, the City Council in Jersey City, New Jersey voted to broaden the scope of its paid sick leave ordinance, which was enacted in 2013. Just four days later, on November 3, 2015, voters in Elizabeth, New...more

Holland & Knight LLP

Reminder for California Employers: Paid Sick Leave Effective July 1, 2015 - Both Non-Exempt and Exempt Employees Are Covered by...

Holland & Knight LLP on

On July 1, 2015, California’s Healthy Workplaces, Healthy Families Act of 2014 takes effect. Given the fast-approaching deadline for compliance, this is a reminder about the new law and its requirements. The highlights of the...more

Proskauer Rose LLP

City Council Expands New York City Earned Sick Time Act

Proskauer Rose LLP on

Yesterday, the New York City Council passed an amendment to the New York City Earned Sick Time Act (the "Act") expanding its coverage in several significant ways. The law, as amended, will take effect on April 1, 2014. As...more

Epstein Becker & Green

Act Now Advisory: Amendments to the District of Columbia's Accrued Sick and Safe Leave Act of 2008

Since 2008, the District of Columbia's Accrued Sick and Safe Leave Act ("ASSLA") has required D.C. employers to provide employees with paid leave (i) to care for themselves or their family members, and (ii) for work absences...more

Epstein Becker & Green

Act Now Advisory: Guidance for D.C. Employers from the Government Audit of the D.C. Accrued Sick and Safe Leave Act of 2008

Epstein Becker & Green on

The Accrued Sick and Safe Leave Act of 2008 ("Act") requires D.C. employers to provide employees with paid sick days to care for themselves or their family members and with access to paid leave for work absences associated...more

Fenwick & West LLP

Is an Honor Vacation Policy Right for My Company?

Fenwick & West LLP on

Companies in California and across the United States are moving away from traditional vacation accrual policies to unlimited vacation policies, or honor vacation policies. What is an honor vacation policy? How can start-ups...more

11 Results
 / 
View per page
Page: of 1

"My best business intelligence, in one easy email…"

Your first step to building a free, personalized, morning email brief covering pertinent authors and topics on JD Supra:
*By using the service, you signify your acceptance of JD Supra's Privacy Policy.
- hide
- hide