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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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Minnesota Legislative Update 2024, Part II: Don’t Miss the Omnibus - Legislators’ Last Chance to Pass Employment Law Bills

As the Minnesota Legislature enters the latter half of its 2023–2024 legislative session, the pressure is on to meet critical deadlines before adjournment on May 20, 2024. House and Senate committees are racing against the...more

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Important Change to Massachusetts PFML Law: Employees May Supplement (Top Off) PFML Benefits with Vacation, PTO, and Sick Time

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Effective November 1, 2023, the Massachusetts Paid Family and Medical Leave (PFML) law will allow employees to supplement (i.e. “top off”) benefits received from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts with any available accrued...more

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If Pain, Yes Gain—Part 106: Minnesota Legislature Passes Statewide Paid Sick and Safe Time Bill

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What You Need To Know- On Tuesday, May 16, 2023, the Minnesota legislature passed a statewide paid sick and safe time mandate, known as Earned Sick and Safe Time (ESST), as part of a larger jobs and labor package. The...more

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Legislative Top 5 - January 2023 #3

Governor’s Budget Rollout - This week, Governor Walz began rolling out key features of his proposed budget with two press conferences focused on investments in economic and children and families initiatives. The $12...more

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New York City Council Passes COVID-19 Child Vaccination Leave

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New York Mayor Bill de Blasio is expected to sign a bill passed by City Council that requires employers to provide workers with paid time off to get their children vaccinated or care for them if they suffer vaccine side...more

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California Employees Receive Two More Weeks of Supplemental COVID-19 Paid Sick Leave

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On March 19, 2021, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law S.B. 95, which requires covered California employers to provide qualifying employees with up to 80 additional hours of COVID-19-related paid sick leave...more

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California brings back, and expands, COVID-19 Supplemental Paid Sick Leave

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On March 19, 2021 Governor Newsom signed into law SB 95 (adding sections 248.2 and 248.3 to the Labor Code), which requires employers to pay California employees up to two weeks of COVID-19 supplemental paid sick leave...more

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California Enacts New COVID-19 Supplemental Paid Sick Leave Requirements With Retroactive Application

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SB 95, recently signed into law by Governor Newsom, provides immediate COVID-19 paid sick leave protections for many California employees. The new law continues and expands the requirements for COVID-19-related sick pay ...more

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Notice Requirements for California's New Supplemental Paid Sick Leave Law

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As discussed in our March 24, 2021 Alert, California Governor Gavin Newsom has signed Senate Bill No. 95 (SB 95) which retroactively extends and expands COVID-19 supplemental paid sick leave (CSPSL) through September 30,...more

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New California Legislation Expands COVID-19 Related Supplemental Paid Sick Leave Beginning March 29, 2021

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On March 19, 2021, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed Senate Bill No. 95 (SB 95) which retroactively extends and expands COVID-19 supplemental paid sick leave (CSPSL) through September 30, 2021. ...more

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New York Passes Paid COVID-19 Vaccine Leave

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Employees in New York state will soon be entitled to paid leave to receive the COVID-19 vaccine. A new bill recently passed by the state legislature entitles employees to up to four hours of paid leave per injection. The bill...more

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

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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

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NYC Amends Earned Safe and Sick Time Act to Correspond to NY State’s New Sick Leave Law and Imposes Additional Notice and Other...

On Sept. 28, 2020, Mayor Bill de Blasio signed into law amendments to the NYC Earned Safe and Sick Time Act (NYC ESSTA), which took effect on Sept. 30, 2020. These changes align the NYC ESSTA with New York State’s recently...more

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New York City Amends its Sick Leave Law to Align With State Law and Adds New Requirements for City Employers

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On September 29, 2020, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio signed New York City Council Int. No. 2032-A, which largely brings the New York City Earned Safe and Sick Time Act (ESSTA) into alignment with the New York State Sick...more

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New York City's Earned Safe and Sick Time Act Amended

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On September 28, 2020, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio signed into law amendments to the New York City Earned Safe and Sick Time Act (ESSTA). The amendments were enacted with the chief purpose of aligning ESSTA with the...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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Revised Guidelines & New FAQs for Pittsburgh’s Paid Sick Leave Law, Effective Soon

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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania's Paid Sick Days Act will (finally) take effect on March 15, 2020, the effective date triggered when the Mayor's Office of Equity (“MOE”) released guidelines on December 16, 2019. On February 15,...more

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Minnesota Legislative Update: 2020 Priorities Unveiled

The legislature’s second week was busy with committee hearings and press conferences where legislators announced and debated their priorities for the session. Legislators agreed to extend policy deadlines to help address the...more

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New York Governor Proposes Significant Employment Law Updates in 2021 Budget

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In what has become a trend over the last few years, Governor Cuomo included multiple labor and employment law proposals in the budget that, if approved, would create significant new responsibilities for New York employers,...more

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If Pain, Yes Gain—Part 80: Paid Sick Leave Final Rules Blossom out of Garden State After 1+ Years of Silence

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Seyfarth Synopsis: The New Jersey Earned Sick Leave Law (“ESLL”) Proposed Rules were first published in September 2018. Seemingly on bedrest until earlier this month, the New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce...more

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New Jersey Department of Labor Releases Final Regulations for Earned Sick Leave Law

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On January 6, 2020, the New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development (the “Department”) issued long-awaited regulations regarding enforcement of New Jersey’s Earned Sick Leave Law (ESLL) as well as its responses...more

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If Pain, Yes Gain—Part 79: Will the PSL Bug Infect New York State in 2020?

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Seyfarth Synopsis: During his 2020 State of the State remarks, Governor Andrew Cuomo announced a statewide paid sick leave (“PSL”) proposal as part of his agenda in support of New York employees. If successful, New York would...more

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San Antonio Paid Sick Leave Ordinance Will Not Go Into Effect December 1

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A Bexar County judge just allowed San Antonio employers to enjoy their Thanksgiving holiday a little bit more. Bexar County District Court Judge Peter Sakai advised all counsel on Friday that he is granting the requested...more

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