The Families First Coronavirus Response Act (“FFRCA”), which required that employers of fewer than 500 employees provide Emergency Paid Sick Leave (“EPSL”) and Expanded Family and Medical Leave (“EFML”) to eligible employees...more
The Families First Coronavirus Response Act (“FFRCA”) ended by its terms on Dec. 31, 2020. Although many expected the FFCRA protections to be extended due to the continuing pandemic, only a portion of the FFCRA was extended...more
In the face of the coronavirus pandemic, the federal government and many states and localities have implemented paid leave requirements....more
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Colorado has joined a growing number of states and municipalities in requiring most employers to provide paid sick leave. Although the COVID-19 pandemic was the catalyst for this new...more
Changes are coming to California’s Kin Care Leave law, effective Jan. 1, 2016, to align it more closely with California’s Paid Sick Leave law in two significant respects: the definition of “kin” and the purposes for which...more
Yesterday, Sept. 10, California Gov. Jerry Brown signed into law the “Healthy Workplaces, Healthy Families Act of 2014.” Effective July 1, 2015, the Act imposes requirements upon employers in California very similar to those...more