The New York City Department of Consumer and Worker Protection (“DCWP”) is requiring that all City employers conspicuously post its Know Your Rights at Work poster by July 1, 2024, and also provide a copy to current employees...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: A bill that would provide paid leave for all workers in Illinois is awaiting Governor Pritzker’s signature. If signed into law, the bill would provide up to 40 hours of paid leave for eligible employees,...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: Minnesota, also known as “the land of 10,000 lakes” is quickly becoming “the land of 10,000 paid sick leave laws.” Last month, Bloomington became the fourth Minnesota city to pass a citywide Earned Sick...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: West Hollywood has joined the growing ranks of California cities that have their own local sick leave and/or minimum wage requirements. West Hollywood enacted an ordinance that creates new paid and unpaid...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: Last month, Allegheny County became the third Pennsylvania locality to pass a paid sick leave ordinance. With the exception of the ordinance’s notice requirements, the ordinance is scheduled to take effect...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: On March 29, 2021, amendments to the Philadelphia Public Health Emergency Leave mandate went into effect. These amendments create a 2021 Public Health Emergency Leave (“PHEL”) mandate for employers with 50...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: Paid sick leave ordinances in Texas continue to face setbacks as multiple judges have granted temporary injunctions barring such ordinances from taking effect while lawsuits are pending. Dallas has...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: On Wednesday, March 10, 2021, a Texas appellate court affirmed a temporary injunction against the City of San Antonio’s Paid Sick Leave (“PSL”) Ordinance, ruling that the ordinance is unconstitutional and...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: Roughly two years ago we introduced Seyfarth’s Infographic tracking the spread of paid sick leave and anti-local sick leave laws around the country from pre-2014 to year-end 2018. We have since seen a...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: This Legal Update is a reminder to employers that important aspects of the New York State Paid Sick Leave Law and amended New York City Earned Safe and Sick Time Act began on January 1, 2021. Under the...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: Earlier this month, Pittsburgh enacted “An Ordinance providing for special conditions for the operation and use of Paid Sick leave under the Paid Sick Days Act during and due to the crisis presented by...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: Last week, the New York City Department of Consumer and Worker Protection published an updated set of Frequently Asked Questions (“FAQs”) related to the recently amended New York City Earned Safe and Sick...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: On October 27, 2020, the New York City Department of Consumer and Worker Protection published an updated English version of its model “Notice of Employee Rights: Safe and Sick Leave” under the New York City...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: The emergency leave provided by Congress in March 2020 at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic is starting to run out for many employees whose children’s schools are still closed. Employers and employees...more
10/23/2020
/ Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
EPSLA ,
Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) ,
Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) ,
Flexible Work Arrangements ,
Local Ordinance ,
Relief Measures ,
Sick Leave ,
Sick Pay ,
State Labor Laws ,
Trump Administration
Seyfarth Synopsis: On September 17, 2020, amendments to the Philadelphia Promoting Healthy Families and Workplaces ordinance went into effect. These amendments were passed in response to COVID-19 and provide covered...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: On March 30, 2020, just two days before Dallas’ paid sick leave ordinance was scheduled to begin full enforcement, a federal court in Texas granted a preliminary injunction prohibiting enforcement of the...more
3/31/2020
/ Accrual Requirements ,
Dallas ,
Earned Sick Time ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) ,
Local Ordinance ,
Paid Leave ,
Paid Time Off (PTO) ,
Parental Leave ,
Safe Leave ,
Sick Leave ,
State and Local Government ,
Wage and Hour
Seyfarth Synopsis: Last April, the Dallas City Council passed an ordinance requiring employers to provide employees who work within the City of Dallas with 48 or 64 hours of paid sick leave per year, depending on size. ...more
3/25/2020
/ Accrual Requirements ,
Dallas ,
Earned Sick Time ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) ,
Local Ordinance ,
Paid Leave ,
Paid Time Off (PTO) ,
Parental Leave ,
Safe Leave ,
Sick Leave ,
State and Local Government ,
Wage and Hour
Seyfarth Synopsis: During his 2020 State of the State remarks, Governor Andrew Cuomo announced a statewide paid sick leave (“PSL”) proposal as part of his agenda in support of New York employees. If successful, New York would...more
1/13/2020
/ Earned Sick Time ,
Employee Rights ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Legislative Agendas ,
Local Ordinance ,
Paid Leave ,
Paid Time Off (PTO) ,
Preemption ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Sick Leave ,
Sick Pay ,
State and Local Government ,
State Labor Laws ,
State of the State ,
Wage and Hour
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
/ Earned Sick Time ,
Employee Benefits ,
Employee Rights ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Local Ordinance ,
Paid Leave ,
Paid Time Off (PTO) ,
Safe Time ,
Sick Leave ,
State Labor Laws ,
Wage and Hour
Seyfarth Synopsis: Weeks before the Fair Workweek Law was set to become effective, the Philadelphia Mayor’s Office of Labor announced that the law’s effective date would be postponed until April 1, 2020. Additionally, the...more
12/6/2019
/ Delays ,
Employee Rights ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Fair Workweek ,
Food Service Workers ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Local Ordinance ,
Restaurant Industry ,
State and Local Government ,
Wage and Hour ,
Work Schedules
Seyfarth Synopsis: On Friday, November 22, 2019, the trial court presiding over the San Antonio paid sick leave (“PSL”) lawsuit enjoined the City of San Antonio’s amended Sick and Safe Leave Ordinance (“SSLO”). While the SSLO...more
11/27/2019
/ Legislative History ,
Local Ordinance ,
Permanent Injunctions ,
Preemption ,
Safe Leave ,
Sick Leave ,
State and Local Government ,
State Constitutions ,
State Labor Laws ,
TRO ,
TX Supreme Court
Seyfarth Synopsis: Following an announcement and the release of FAQs, the City of San Antonio released an official copy of the amended San Antonio Sick and Safe Leave Ordinance (“SSLO”) late last month along with an updated...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: On October 3, 2019, the San Antonio City Council adopted an amended PSL ordinance, now known as the Sick and Safe Leave Ordinance (“SSLO”). Despite a number of key differences between the SSLO and San...more
10/18/2019
/ Accrual Requirements ,
Carryover Basis ,
Covered Employees ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Local Ordinance ,
Paid Leave ,
Paid Time Off (PTO) ,
Safe Leave ,
Sick Leave ,
State and Local Government ,
Wage and Hour
Seyfarth Synopsis: Last month, Bernalillo County, NM became the first local jurisdiction to enact a mandatory paid time off ordinance. The Ordinance, which goes into effect on July 1, 2020, requires covered employers located...more
9/11/2019
/ Accrual Requirements ,
Carryover Basis ,
Covered Employees ,
Covered Employer ,
Earned Sick Time ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Local Ordinance ,
Notice Requirements ,
Paid Time Off (PTO) ,
Recordkeeping Requirements ,
State and Local Government ,
Wage and Hour
Seyfarth Synopsis: Just last week, San Antonio agreed to delay implementation of its paid sick leave ordinance until at least December 1, 2019. Now, as of this week, a lawsuit has been filed challenging the Dallas paid sick...more