Labor & Employment Law: Vermont and Federal Legislative Update
Employment Law Now IV-63- Your 10 Questions About The New DOL Covid-19 Regulations
Family First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA): Paid Sick Leave and Expanded FMLA
Employment Law Now IV-58- Breaking: New Federal Coronavirus Legislation
On May 28, 2021, Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker signed into law legislation requiring all Massachusetts employers to provide emergency paid sick leave to employees who are unable to work for certain reasons relating to...more
On April 7, 2021, New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham signed House Bill 20, enacting the Healthy Workplaces Act (HWA), which will require private employers in New Mexico with at least one employee to provide paid sick...more
Beginning on March 29, 2021, Senate Bill 95 will place additional requirements on employers to provide supplemental paid sick leave to employees impacted by COVID-19. The bill, which was approved by the legislature on March...more
President Biden signed the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARPA) into law on March 11, 2021. ARPA provides $1.9 trillion in federal stimulus, which includes, in addition to subsidies for employer-provided benefits plans, a...more
Although the federal Family First Coronavirus Response Act (“FFCRA”) and state laws specifically tailored to the COVID-19 pandemic (such as the New York Quarantine Leave Law, which we discuss here have taken center stage...more
States and municipalities continue to take action to fill in the gaps left by federal legislation providing leave, including for reasons related to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. New York, New Jersey, and the City of...more
Back in January, management-side labor and employment lawyers in Colorado thought the biggest wage and hour compliance issue for 2020 would be limited to ensuring clients were up to date on the expanded meal and rest break...more
As we have previously reported, New York State Governor Andrew M. Cuomo signed into law a new comprehensive sick-leave program for all New York employees. The sick-leave law became effective September 30, 2020, for the...more
Earlier this year, New York State enacted a statewide paid sick leave (PSL) law, which took effect on September 30, 2020. Entitlement to use leave under the law begins on January 1, 2021, and, the New York State Department of...more
After almost one month since going into effect, New York State has issued the first round of guidance on the New York State Paid Sick Leave Law (“NYSSL”) on October 20, 2020. As we recently reported, the NYSSL requires all...more
Downs Rachlin Martin labor and employment attorneys Amy Resnick and Andrea Wright highlight key Vermont and Federal legislative updates from 2020 that impact HR professionals. They walk through: Vermont minimum wage...more
On September 28, 2020, Mayor Bill de Blasio signed Int. No. 2032-A (“Amendments”) into law, amending New York City’s Earned Safe and Sick Time Act (“NYC ESSTA”) to align with New York State’s Paid Sick Leave Law (“NY PSLL”)....more
Employers with more than 500 employees nationally, and employers of healthcare-provider and emergency-responder employees previously exempted from Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) requirements, must provide...more
On September 11, 2020, the U.S. Department of Labor (“DOL”) revised the regulations related to the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (“FFCRA”). The new regulations are a response by DOL to a U.S. District Court’s...more
The Families First Coronavirus Response Act (the “FFCRA”) signed into law on March 18, 2020, established the Emergency Paid Sick Leave Act (the “EPSLA”) and expanded the scope of the Family Medical Leave Act (the “FMLA”). As...more
In an Executive Order issued late Friday night, Gov. Andrew Cuomo's office clarified that individuals who voluntarily travel to states with significant coronavirus spread will not be entitled to paid quarantine leave from...more
As this pandemic began to take hold in the U.S., I was the one arguing “there is no way they will shut down all of California, it just isn’t practical!” Nearly four months later, I stand corrected (with a mightily bruised...more
It's not as large as you'd think. One of my favorite workplace advice columnists, Karla Miller of The Washington Post, had a good one yesterday about an employee who was having to bring her 10-year-old daughter to work....more
Los Angeles County enacted an ordinance requiring employers with 500 or more employees nationally and that are not otherwise covered by the federal Families First Coronavirus Response Act and Governor Newsom’s Executive Order...more
Effective April 27, 2020, many large employers in Colorado (those with 500 or more employees) are now required to pay up to 80 hours of sick leave at a rate of two-thirds employees’ regular pay for a variety of...more
The IRS issued guidance on the FFCRA Paid Leave Tax Credits under the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (“FFCRA”) on March 31, 2020. The FFCRA Paid Leave Tax Credits are fully refundable tax credits giving covered...more
Both New York and the federal government passed laws providing leave for employees impacted by COVID-19, leaving employers in New York grappling to understand how the two laws intersect. New York employers are required to...more
On April 3, 2020, New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo signed into law a statewide Paid Sick Leave Law (the “Law” or “PSLL”). The PSLL is in addition to the mandatory COVID-19 Paid Sick Leave Law that was enacted on March 18,...more
Puerto Rico’s Law 37-2020 provides certain employees up to five days of paid leave once they exhaust other paid leave. Law 37-2020 amends Puerto Rico Law 180-1998, which establishes paid sick and vacation leave benefits...more
BREAKING: The U.S. Department of Labor just issued its regulations to implement the new federal Covid-19 obligations on Paid Sick Leave and FMLA. In this episode, Mike Schmidt tells you how the new regulations answer the 10...more