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If Pain, Yes Gain—Part 97: Mandatory Paid Sick Leave Law Coming to New Mexico

Seyfarth Synopsis: Earlier this month, New Mexico passed a statewide paid sick leave law, requiring all private employers with one or more employees to provide eligible employees with paid sick leave.  The law becomes...more

Paid Leave and Coronavirus--Part 27: Philadelphia Enacts 2021 Public Health Emergency Leave; Mandate in Effect

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

If Pain, Yes Gain—Part 96: District Court Permanently Enjoins Dallas Paid Sick Leave Ordinance

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

Paid Leave and Coronavirus — Part 26: Massachusetts Closing in on COVID-19 Paid Sick Leave Mandate

Seyfarth Synopsis: On April 1, 2021, Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker signed a new law that, among other issues, addresses the solvency of the Commonwealth’s unemployment compensation fund by imposing an excise on wages...more

Paid Leave and Coronavirus — Part 25: New York Department of Labor Posts Vaccine Leave FAQs

Seyfarth Synopsis: The New York Department of Labor (“NYDOL”) has released FAQs on the State’s COVID-19 Vaccine Paid Leave Law, which went into effect on March 12, 2021. The FAQs address a number of issues that were unclear...more

If Pain, Yes Gain—Part 95: Appellate Court Affirms Temporary Injunction Barring San Antonio’s Paid Sick Leave Ordinance

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

Paid Leave and Coronavirus—Part 23: Congress Expands Tax Credits for Voluntary Families First Coronavirus Response Act (“FFCRA”)...

Seyfarth Synopsis: Buried deep within the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, signed into law on March 11, 2021, are several provisions related to tax credits that may help private employers with fewer than 500...more

Paid Leave and Coronavirus — Part 22: New York COVID-19 Vaccine Paid Leave Bill Becomes Law

Seyfarth Synopsis: As expected, on Friday, March 12, 2021, Governor Andrew Cuomo signed New York State’s COVID-19 Vaccine Paid Leave Bill into law. The law took immediate effect and will expire on December 31, 2022....more

Paid Leave and Coronavirus — Part 21: New York Legislature Passes COVID-19 Vaccine Paid Leave Law

Seyfarth Synopsis: Earlier this month, the New York State Legislature passed a bill that would require employers to provide every employee a paid leave of absence for each COVID-19 vaccine injection they receive. The paid...more

Paid Leave and Coronavirus—Part XX: New York Department of Labor Issues Guidance on State COVID-19 Paid Leave Mandate

Seyfarth Synopsis: On January 20, 2021 the New York State Department of Labor (“NYSDOL”) issued a non-binding statement titled “Guidance on Use of COVID-19 Sick Leave” (the “Guidance”). The NYSDOL Guidance pertains to the...more

If Pain, Yes Gain — Part 94: Live From New York, It’s . . . Mandatory Sick and Safe Time

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

If Pain, Yes Gain—Part 93: New York Department of Labor Announces Proposed Regulations for Statewide Sick Leave Law

Seyfarth Synopsis: On December 2, the New York State Department of Labor (“NYDOL” or the “Department”) published proposed regulations for the general New York State Paid Sick Leave (“NYSPSL”) Law that went into effect on...more

Paid Leave and Coronavirus—Part XIX: Pittsburgh Passes Temporary Emergency COVID-19 Paid Sick Leave Law

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

If Pain, Yes Gain—Part 92: New York City Publishes Updated Earned Safe and Sick Time FAQs

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

Through Ballot Initiative, Colorado Becomes Ninth State to Enact Paid Family Leave Law

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

If Pain, Yes Gain —Part 91: New York City Publishes Updated Earned Safe and Sick Time Model Notice

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

If Pain, Yes Gain—Part 90: New York State Publishes Paid Sick Leave Website and FAQs

Seyfarth Synopsis: Multiple weeks after the New York State Paid Sick Leave (“NYPSL”) law’s September 30, 2020 effective date, the State has published a NYPSL website and set of frequently asked questions (“FAQs”). ...more

Paid Leave and Coronavirus — Part XVII: Supplemental Paid Sick Leave for All Coming to California Later This Week

Seyfarth Synopsis: On September 9, 2020, Governor Newsom signed Assembly Bill 1867, which requires private employers with 500 or more employees nationwide to provide COVID-19-related supplemental paid sick leave to their...more

If Pain, Yes Gain — Part 87: Colorado Department of Labor and Employment Issues Guidance on Statewide 3-in-1 Paid Sick Leave Law &...

Seyfarth Synopsis: Last month, Colorado enacted a ground-breaking paid sick leave (“PSL”) mandate containing three distinct types of PSL. More recently...more

If Pain, Yes Gain — Part 86: 3-in-1 Statewide Paid Sick Leave Law (Beyond COVID-19) Enacted In Colorado

Seyfarth Synopsis: On March 11, 2020, Colorado became the first state to mandate COVID-19 related paid sick leave. The paid sick leave (“PSL”) bug continued to buzz through the state legislature...more

Paid Leave and Coronavirus — Part XIII: Massachusetts Legislature Contemplates Providing Government Funded Sick Leave to Employees...

Seyfarth Synopsis: The Massachusetts Legislature is currently considering expanding the Commonwealth’s earned sick time law to provide paid sick time to employees who need to take time off from work for certain reasons...more

If Pain, Yes Gain — Part 85: Supreme Court of Texas Remains Silent on Austin Paid Sick Leave Ordinance Temporary Injunction

Seyfarth Synopsis: Last Friday, the Supreme Court of Texas issued a one-line decision, without explanation, denying the City of Austin’s petition for review of an appellate decision temporarily enjoining the Austin paid sick...more

If Pain, Yes Gain — Part 82: Dallas’ Paid Sick Leave Ordinance Temporarily Blocked by Federal Court

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

If Pain, Yes Gain — Part 81: Dallas Employers Get Ready–Full Paid Sick Leave Enforcement Begins April 1!!

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

Paid Leave and Coronavirus — Part II: House Passes COVID-19 Relief Bill with Paid Sick and Family Leave Mandates

Seyfarth Synopsis: As the country continues to adjust to new realities created by the 2019 Novel Coronavirus disease, also known as COVID-19, the U. S. House of Representatives passed the Families First Coronavirus Response...more

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