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The Connecticut legislature has approved a major revision to Connecticut’s state statute mandating paid sick leave, broadly expanding coverage of the statute over the next several years to nearly every employer and employee...more
Continuing the wave of new rules and regulations related to paid leave in Minnesota, on January 8, 2024, the St. Paul Department of Human Rights and Equal Economic Opportunity (HREEO) issued guidance on its interpretation of...more
California’s amended Paid Sick Leave (PSL) law introduced notable changes for California employers effective January 1, 2024. The amended PSL law now requires employers to provide the greater of 5 days or 40 hours in annual...more
In October, California passed Senate Bill (SB) 616, which increases the amount of paid sick leave employers are required to provide to California employees. The Labor Commissioner recently published an updated Frequently...more
Minnesota recently enacted a statewide paid sick and safe time leave law that will become effective on January 1, 2024. Four Minnesota cities—Minneapolis, St. Paul, Duluth, and Bloomington (one of the largest...more
On October 4, 2023, California’s Governor signed Senate Bill (SB) 616, which increases the amount of paid sick leave employers are required to provide to California employees. Beginning on January 1, 2024, employers must...more
The end of the public health emergency means welcome changes for Colorado employers when it comes to complying with the paid leave requirements of the state’s Healthy Families and Workplaces Act (HFWA). Under the HFWA,...more
In recent years, several states have adopted new laws requiring paid sick leave for certain employees. While each state law differs, most of the new legislation specifically provides that employers do not have to pay...more
The New York State Department of Labor has issued final regulations for the New York Paid Sick and Safe Leave Law (NYSSL), which has been in effect since September 30, 2020. The final regulations contain no changes to the...more
The Colorado Department of Labor and Employment (CDLE) has adopted new rules, effective Jan. 1, 2022, pertaining to overtime and minimum pay, adjusted labor compensation and wage protection. These changes, adopted Nov....more
On November 10, 2021, after a public hearing and comment submission period, the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment (CDLE) published three final rules: (1) the Colorado Overtime and Minimum Pay Standards Order #38...more
Executive Summary: The New York Department of Labor (NYDOL) announced on May 27, 2021, that employees in New York must be permitted to use sick leave under the New York Paid Sick Leave Law to recover from any side effects...more
Effective July 1, 2021, Virginia joins the District of Columbia and many other states with paid leave for designated workers (Virginia’s Paid Sick Leave Law), home health workers in this case. Paid sick leave is compensated...more
The regulatory framework that applies to California is complex and ever-changing. Even the most diligent employers can find themselves unintentionally out of compliance in ways both big and small. And California provides many...more
New York State’s Paid Sick Leave law took effect on September 30, 2020. The law, adopted at the start of the coronavirus pandemic in March, requires every employer with employees working in New York to provide paid or unpaid...more
On April 3, 2020, Governor Cuomo signed into law the New York State Sick Leave law (“NYSSLL”), which requires most private employers in New York to provide mandatory paid sick leave to their employees. The law, which takes...more