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Sunrise, Sunset: New York State 2025 Budget Brings New Paid Prenatal Personal Leave and Sunset Date for COVID-19 Paid Leave

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Governor Kathy Hochul approved the Fiscal Year 2025 New York State Budget (the “NYS 2025 Budget”) on April 20, 2024....more

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Chicago’s Paid Leave and Paid Sick and Safe Leave Ordinance Ushers in Some of the Nation’s Most Generous Employee Leave...

Chicago’s recent enactment of its Paid Leave and Paid Sick and Safe Leave Ordinance (“Ordinance”) marks some of the country’s most progressive paid time off legislation and also imposes robust requirements upon Chicago...more

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New Chicago Ordinance Expands Paid Time Off for All Workers

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What is the Chicago Paid Leave and Paid Sick and Safe Leave Ordinance? On November 9, 2023, the Chicago City Council passed the Chicago Paid Leave and Paid Sick and Safe Leave Ordinance (the “Ordinance”), which goes into...more

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Oregon Paid Leave—Upcoming Deadlines

Oregon’s paid leave program (providing up to 12+ weeks of paid family, medical, and safe leave to eligible employees per leave year) will be here soon. Almost all businesses with employees in Oregon are required to...more

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Oregon Paid Leave—Now Is the Time to Think About Equivalent Plans

Oregon’s much anticipated Paid Leave program (formally called Oregon Paid Family and Medical Leave Insurance) will be here soon. Employee and employer contributions to the state program start January 1, 2023, and employees...more

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State & Local Employment Law Developments: Q3 2021

2021 continues the trend of increasing regulation of the workplace by state and local governments. Although it is not possible to discuss all state and local laws, this update provides an overview of recent and upcoming...more

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Massachusetts COVID-19 Emergency Paid Sick Leave Forms

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As many readers know, on May 28, 2021, An Act Providing for Massachusetts COVID-19 Emergency Paid Sick Leave was passed. The Act creates a fund for the Commonwealth to reimburse eligible employers who provide employees with...more

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Resource: Checklists And Compliance Tips For New York City Hospitality Employers

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New York City hospitality employers face a myriad of requirements under federal, state, and local laws. This employment law "checklist" provides a guide for such businesses in order to ensure that they are onboarding new...more

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New Mexico Employers, Take Note: Broad Paid Sick Leave Law Enacted

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On April 8, 2021, New Mexico’s Governor, Michelle Lujan Grisham, signed House Bill 20, the Healthy Workplaces Act (“Act”). Effective July 1, 2022, all private employers must provide eligible employees in New Mexico up to 64...more

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COVID-19 Vaccine: New Paid Leave Laws for New York State Employees

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Effective March 12, 2021, all New York State employers are required to provide employees with paid time off (PTO) to receive a COVID-19 vaccine at the employee’s regular rate of pay. Employees may take up to four hours per...more

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New York Employers Must Now Provide Employees with Paid Leave to Get Vaccinated

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New York employers no longer have to ponder if and how they should incentivize their employees to get vaccinated. Effective March 12, 2021, Senate Bill S2588A creates Labor Law Section 196-C, “Leave for COVID-19 Vaccination”...more

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Roadmap to Compliance: Major Employment Laws Effective as of January 2021 and Beyond

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While state legislatures focused much-needed attention on pandemic-related legislation throughout most of 2020, many continued to alter their employment laws in significant ways, or simply had previously passed laws scheduled...more

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City of Pittsburgh Enacts Ordinance Mandating Paid Time Off Related to COVID-19

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On December 9, 2020, Mayor Bill Peduto signed into law an ordinance covering employers with 50 or more employees and requiring them to provide paid time off for employees working in the city who miss work due to reasons...more

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State-Funded Temporary Paid Leave Benefits for Eligible Oregon Employees

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On Tuesday, the Oregon Health Authority sent a helpful reminder about a little-publicized benefit available to eligible Oregon employees in the midst of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic: temporary paid leave funded by the State...more

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As the COVID-19 Pandemic Continues, Colorado Implements Permanent Paid Sick Leave for All Employees

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On July 14, 2020, Governor Jared Polis signed into law the Healthy Families and Workplace Act (HFWA), and Colorado joined the growing number of states and cities that require employers to provide paid sick leave. Many...more

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Seattle Passes Ordinance Providing COVID-19 Paid Sick and Safe Time for Gig Workers

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On June 1, 2020, the Seattle City Council unanimously passed an ordinance temporarily requiring certain companies that rely on “gig economy” workers to provide paid sick and safe time to those workers for the duration of the...more

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Buchalter Client Alert COVID-19: Takeaways from the DOL’s Latest FFCRA FAQs

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Earlier this week, the US Department of Labor (DOL) added to their long list of Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) to the Families First Coronavirus Response Act or FFCRA. These latest additions raises the total of FAQs from...more

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CARES Act Summary – Employees, Unemployment Insurance, and Assistance to State and Local Governments

Assistance to State, Local and Tribal Governments - The CARES Act establishes a $150 billion “Coronavirus Relief Fund” for state, local and tribal governments to use to cover any costs related to COVID-19 that had not...more

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

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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

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

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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

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Pittsburgh Paid Sick Days Act Going Into Effect Amidst Uncertainty

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On March 15, 2020, the long-awaited Paid Sick Days Act of the City of Pittsburgh (the Act) will go into effect. Originally enacted by the city in 2015, it took a 2019 decision of the state Supreme Court to re-define the...more

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Pittsburgh Extends Paid Sick Leave to Employees, Differing from Philadelphia Law in Key Ways

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Q.  My company has offices in Philadelphia and Pittsburgh. Is Pittsburgh’s new paid sick leave law the same as Philadelphia’s paid sick leave law?...more

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Massachusetts PFML Quarterly Returns and Contributions Due By January 31, 2020

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Seyfarth Synopsis: Yesterday, the Department of Family and Medical Leave (DFML) reported on guidance it received from the Department of Revenue regarding how employers participating in the Commonwealth’s Paid Family and...more

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DC Employers Must Notify Employees of Their Right to Paid Leave

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Starting February 1, 2020, covered District of Columbia employers must notify employees about their right to paid leave under the DC Paid Family Leave Act (PFLA)....more

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Increased Regulations for Employers, Among Philadelphia City Council’s Agenda

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In advance of their first official meeting of 2020, members of Philadelphia City Council outlined their legislative priorities, and several say they intend to introduce legislation to increase protections for employees....more

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