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
The Oregon Legislature has enacted several new laws that will impact the workplace in 2022. This Holland & Knight alert provides a brief summary of select employment laws that went into effect on Jan. 1, 2022, unless...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
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 approach the end of the year, it is critical to remember and implement the new legal requirements that go into effect in New York on December 31, 2020 and shortly thereafter. Failure to comply with these requirements...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
As we previously reported here, Chicago, along with Cook County and Illinois, raised its minimum wage rate effective July 1, 2020. Along with Chicago establishing differing wage rates for large employers (21 or more...more
The State of Illinois has taken strong measures to mitigate the spread of COVID-19. Recognizing the impact of COVID-19 on the State of Illinois, on March 20, 2020, the Governor first issued Executive Order 2020-10 directing...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
On April 7, 2020, Mayor Eric Garcetti issued three emergency orders that have an impact on employers in the City of Los Angeles: (1) requiring 80 hours of COVID-19-related paid sick leave to employees of large employers; (2)...more
On April 7, 2020, Mayor Garcetti signed three employment-related COVID-19 Emergency Orders. Emergency Order: Supplemental Paid Sick Leave Due to COVID - 1. Required Employers: An Employer with more than 500 employees...more
The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) just released significant FAQs that provide further guidance to employers interpreting and preparing to implement emergency paid sick and paid family leave under the Families First...more
On March 18, 2020, President Trump signed the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (the “FFCRA”) into law. As employers try to keep up with the ever-changing legal landscape in the face of the novel coronavirus, numerous...more
On March 18, 2020, President Trump signed into law the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (“FFCRA”). Relevant to employers, the FFCRA contains two separate, but related, provisions: The Emergency Family and Medical...more
- The President signed the FFCRA into law on March 18, 2020. The Act will go into effect “not later than 15 days after the date of enactment” (i.e., no later than April 2, 2020). Most employers with 500 or fewer employees are...more
Tax credits available to employers for paid sick leave and family and medical leave - On March 18, 2020, the President signed into law the Families First Coronavirus Act. The Act includes the Emergency Paid Sick Leave Act...more
On March 18, 2020, the U.S. Senate passed the “Families First Coronavirus Response Act” (the “Act”) and President Trump signed the Act into law the same day. The Act is significantly less onerous on employers than an earlier...more
New York Governor Cuomo and the New York State legislature have reached agreement on a bill to expand New York's Paid Sick Leave Law to provide job protection and pay for New Yorkers quarantined as a result of the Novel...more
On March 18, President Trump signed the new federal Coronavirus legislation providing significant changes to the FMLA and paid sick leave requirements (effective April 2, 2020). Mike Schmidt is joined in this episode by...more
The Senate passed the Families First Coronavirus Response Act today, an economic stimulus plan aimed at addressing the impact of the COVID-19 outbreak on Americans and introducing paid sick leave and an expanded family and...more
It was a busy January 2020 in Trenton, with the state enacting several new employment laws, with more apparently on the way. This is in addition to the slew of new laws adopted in 2019 impacting New Jersey employers....more
The New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development (the “Department”) has issued its final regulations regarding the state’s Paid Sick Leave Act (the “Act”), which took effect on October 29, 2018. The Department...more
Beginning on March 15, 2020, employers will have to begin providing their Pittsburgh employees with paid sick leave pursuant to a Pittsburgh ordinance passed in 2015. Now that it has cleared judicial hurdles, the new law will...more