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Foster Swift Collins & Smith

[Webinar] 2024 Labor & Employment Law Virtual Update - September 18th, 8:30 am - 11:00 am ET

It has been a particularly busy year on the labor and employment law front. To learn more about the major challenges employers face and developments your organization needs to address before year's end, we encourage you to...more

Miller Nash LLP

[Webinar] Embracing Change: A Guide to Oregon's Evolving Leave Laws Landscape - May 29th, 9:00 am - 10:30 am PDT

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Paid Leave Oregon (PLO) continues to shape the landscape of Oregon employment benefits since going into effect on September 3, 2023, and employers have faced ongoing challenges in navigating its complexities. In addition, the...more

Fisher Phillips

Key Updates for Employers in New York State: What Made the Budget and What Got Cut?

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Employers should get ready to comply with key workplace changes since New York lawmakers just finalized the state budget. The 2024-2025 budget – which was approved on April 20 – ushers in three significant updates impacting...more

Epstein Becker & Green

NYC ESSTA’s New Private Right of Action Gives Employers a Reason for Action … to Review Safe and Sick Leave Policies

In the latest paid leave law development out of New York, the New York City Council amended the City's Earned Safe and Sick Time Act (ESSTA) to create a private right of action....more

Epstein Becker & Green

Making Sense of New Paid Leave Obligations in Illinois – Coming SOON

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On January 1, 2024, virtually every employer in Illinois will face new obligations to provide paid leave to their employees....more

Winthrop & Weinstine, P.A.

New Minnesota Earned Sick And Safe Time Law

Over the summer, the Minnesota State Legislature passed a new earned sick and safe time (ESST) law that goes into effect starting January 1, 2024. Governor Tim Walz signed the new amendments into the current sick and safe...more

Stoel Rives - World of Employment

Paid Leave Oregon and OFLA Update: Senate Bill 999 Will Require Use of a “Rolling Forward” Leave Year, Align the Definition of...

Senate Bill 999, designed to align Paid Leave Oregon (PLO) with the Oregon Family Leave Act (OFLA), passed the Oregon Legislature on June 1, 2023, and is expected to be signed by Governor Kotek shortly. The bill makes the...more

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Illinois Employers: Paid Leave “for Any Reason” Is Coming! What You Must Know

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On March 13, 2023, Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker signed the Paid Leave for All Workers Act (the “Act”) into law. When the Act takes effect on January 1, 2024, eligible employees will be entitled to earn 40 hours of...more

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Playing by the Rules: NYC Proposes Amendments to Enforcement Rules for Earned Safe and Sick Time Act

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When New York City amended its Earned Safe and Sick Time Act (NYC ESSTA) two years ago to align with New York State’s Paid Sick Leave Law (NYS PSLL) more closely, Big Apple employers found themselves with limited formal...more

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Delaware’s Paid Family & Medical Leave Program to Commence in 2026

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Governor John Carney recently signed the Healthy Delaware Families Act (the “Act”), which establishes the Delaware Family and Medical Leave Insurance Program (the “Program”) and makes Delaware the 11th state to provide paid...more

Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck

Colorado Paid Leave: Late-Breaking HFWA 2022 Updates and FAMLI Preview

All employers with employees working in Colorado should be well aware by now that, regardless of size or industry, employees are entitled to paid sick and safe leave pursuant to the Healthy Families and Workplaces Act...more

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New York City Is Poised to Require Employers to Provide Paid COVID-19 Child Vaccination Leave

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As we previously reported, New York was one of the first states to require employers to provide paid COVID-19 vaccination leave for public and private employees. On November 23, 2021, the New York City Council approved a...more

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Year-End Appropriations Act Includes Income and Employment Tax Provisions

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The recently enacted Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (Act) contains a wide range of tax, appropriations, and other provisions, including pandemic-specific provisions and extensions of provisions in the Coronavirus Aid,...more

Epstein Becker & Green

#WorkforceWednesday: 2020 in Review and What's to Come in 2021

It's our first #WorkforceWednesday of 2021! The past year tested our resilience, and COVID-19 forced everyone to think creatively and adapt quickly. Nowhere was that seen more clearly than in the workplace. Workplace Safety...more

Gould + Ratner LLP

The Impact of the $900 Billion Appropriations Act on Employers and Their Employees

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Last week, Congress passed a $900 billion Appropriations Act. In addition to providing much-needed funding for vaccine distribution, direct payments to the vast majority of Americans, and a renewal of the popular Paycheck...more

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Sick and Safe Leave: NYS Releases FAQs and NYC Issues Notice

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New York State has issued guidance in the form of Frequently Asked Questions (“FAQs”) regarding the State’s Paid Sick Leave Law (“PSLL”), which became effective on September 30, 2020. As we previously reported, the PSLL...more

Bricker Graydon LLP

[Webinar] HR Benefits and Tax Opportunities during COVID-19 - November 10th, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm EST

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Bricker & Eckler’s annual “Hot Topics” seminar is going virtual this year! This series provides human resources professionals and in-house attorneys with insight into ongoing and emerging labor and employment issues. We...more

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Post-Pandemic Back-To-Business FAQs For Kentucky And Indiana Employers (UPDATED)

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Resuming business operations as the intensity of the COVID-19 pandemic decreases and governments in Kentucky and Indiana ease restrictions will involve more than unlocking your front door and turning the lights on. You must...more

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Trump Administration Issues Guidelines on “Opening up America Again"

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On April 16, 2020, the Trump Administration issued Guidelines entitled “Opening Up America Again” to help ease the Nation’s economy into reactivity and recovery from the COVID-19 crisis. ...more

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I’m Sick - I Need Leave - But I Don’t Want To Use FMLA Leave

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How many times have you heard, as a Human Resources professional, an employee make the statement: “I need leave, but I don’t want to use my FMLA leave”? In many cases, our initial response is to educate the employee and help...more

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Newark City Council Passes Paid Sick Leave Ordinance; Mayor Expected To Approve Measure

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Executive Summary: Following Jersey City's lead, New Jersey's largest city is poised to enact an ordinance that would require employers to provide up to 40 hours per year of paid sick time to Newark employees. ...more

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New York City Looks to Expand its Paid Sick Leave Law Before it Takes Effect in April 2014

Mayor Bill de Blasio and incoming Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito recently announced at a joint press conference that the New York City Council will look to expand the Earned Sick Time Act in the coming days. The...more

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