Following a successful ballot initiative in November 2024 known as Proposition A, the Missouri Earned Paid Sick Time Law went into effect as scheduled on May 1, 2025. However, the law has come under fire on multiple fronts in...more
5/16/2025
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After weeks of anticipation and brewing legal challenges to the impending Missouri Earned Paid Sick Time Law, which is still scheduled to go into effect Thursday, May 1, 2025, employers received some clarity this week from...more
In July 2024, the Michigan Supreme Court’s Mothering Justice et al. v. Attorney General et al. decision reinstated the State’s Earned Sick Time Act of 2018 (ESTA), effective February 21, 2025. This replaces the Michigan Paid...more
As mandatory State paid family leave and paid family and medical leave (collectively “PFML”) programs have significantly expanded and proliferated in recent years, participating employers and employees have been faced with a...more
1/31/2025
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As we reported last week, paid sick leave initiatives were on the ballot and up for vote in three states – Alaska (“Ballot Measure No. 1”), Missouri (“Proposition A”), and Nebraska (“Initiative 436”)....more
Governor Newsom recently signed new laws – SB 1105 and AB 2499 – which extend and clarify employees’ available reasons for use of California paid sick leave (PSL)....more
10/24/2024
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Out with the old and in with the new. Governor Newsom recently signed new laws which extend and clarify employees’ available reasons for use of California paid sick leave. There are expanded unpaid leave protections for...more
Effective February 21, 2025, Michigan’s Earned Sick Time Act (“ESTA”) will replace the Paid Medical Leave Act (“PMLA”). As detailed in our prior update, the ESTA is a significantly more pro-employee mandate than the current...more
Effective November 21, 2024, Massachusetts employers must allow employees to use Massachusetts Earned Sick Time to address the employee’s or the employee’s spouse’s physical or mental health needs related to pregnancy loss or...more
10/3/2024
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With each passing year, the country’s patchwork of mandatory state paid family and paid family medical leave (collectively, “PFML” or “PFL”) laws continues to evolve and expand. Why is this existing patchwork so challenging...more
2024 marks the start of the sixth year that NY PFL benefits are available to eligible employees. As a reminder, under the NY PFL law, eligible employees may receive up to 12 weeks of job-protected paid leave in a 52-week...more
What You Need to Know: Background: The Cook County Paid Leave Ordinance passed the Cook County Board by a nearly unanimous vote on December 14, 2023. One Board member declined to vote, but the remaining 16 members present...more
1/2/2024
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Seyfarth Synopsis: With the new year right around the corner, California published updated FAQs on the state’s amended Paid Sick Leave Law, which goes into effect January 1, 2024. We’re here to break down the key insights and...more
1/2/2024
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Effective January 1, 2024, California’s amended Paid Sick Leave law goes into effect. As detailed in our prior update, the amendments increase the annual amount of California paid sick leave from three days or 24 hours to the...more
12/28/2023
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On December 13, 2023, the Chicago City Council voted to amend the Chicago Paid Leave and Paid Sick and Safe Leave Ordinance (the “Amended Ordinance”) and delay implementation of both Paid Leave and Paid Sick and Safe Leave...more
12/18/2023
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What You Need To Know:
On November 9, 2023, the Chicago City Council passed a brand new “Chicago Paid Leave and Paid Sick and Safe Leave Ordinance” (the “Ordinance”). The Ordinance is effective December 31, 2023, and...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: On September 13, 2023, the California legislature passed S.B. 616, which is expected to significantly expand the State’s existing paid sick leave mandate by increasing the annual amount of paid sick leave...more
9/18/2023
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Seyfarth Synopsis: On Tuesday night, Colorado voters, through a ballot initiative in the general election, voted to approve a statewide paid family and medical leave mandate, the Colorado Paid Family and Medical Leave...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: On March 25, Governor Phil Murphy of New Jersey signed into law expansive leave protections, mainly triggered by the declaration of a state of emergency, under the Earned Sick Time, Family Leave, Family...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: The New Jersey Earned Sick Leave Law (“ESLL”) Proposed Rules were first published in September 2018. Seemingly on bedrest until earlier this month, the New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce...more
1/27/2020
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Seyfarth Synopsis: 2019 proved to be an active year on the paid sick leave (“PSL”) front and there are no signs to suggest 2020 will slow down. As employers wrap up 2019 and look ahead to 2020 and beyond, here is a summary of...more
1/3/2020
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Safe Time ,
Sick Leave ,
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Wage and Hour
Seyfarth Synopsis: The Washington State Paid Family and Medical Leave (“WPFML”) law was enacted in 2017. WPFML premium withholdings began January 1, 2019, and eligible employees can start receiving WPFML benefits as of...more
1/3/2020
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Seyfarth Synopsis: Minneapolis, MN made four key amendments to its Sick and Safe Time Ordinance and Cook County, IL passed the Earned Sick Leave Ordinance -
Minneapolis Sick and Safe Time Ordinance Updated -
Nearly...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: Following the path of 12 other New Jersey municipalities, on September 13, 2016, the Morristown, NJ, Town Council passed a mandatory paid sick leave ordinance (the “Morristown Ordinance”). The ordinance...more
One area of employment law that certainly isn’t hibernating this winter is mandatory paid sick leave. Since the start of 2016, mandatory paid sick leave developments have occurred from coast to coast and include: (1) an...more