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It’s that time of year for my annual holiday rituals: gingerbread lattes, Black Friday sales and employee handbook updates! As we move into 2025, California’s legal landscape continues to evolve, with several important...more
Important updates to the Massachusetts Paid Family and Medical Leave (“MA PFML”) law are going into effect January 1, 2025. Employers should take steps now to provide their current employees with notice of these changes by...more
Fido’s under the weather? Is Fluffy due for a check-up? A new bill introduced in the New York City Council aims to give employees time off to care for their furry (or scaley or feathered) friends. The proposed measure seeks...more
By now you’ve heard of “quiet quitting” — a movement where employees rejected hustle culture or going above and beyond what their jobs required. But a new trend this summer takes the “quiet” concept to another level. Instead...more
With primary season well underway, and the general election approaching in November, it is important to know whether you are required to give employees time off to vote; And, whether that time off must be paid or unpaid....more
The recently overhauled paid leave ordinances in Illinois include: Illinois Paid Leave For All Workers Act (effective January 1, 2024), Cook County Paid Leave (effective February 1, 2024) and the City of Chicago Paid Leave...more
Attracting diverse talent comes with a wealth of benefits to any company but retaining diverse talent, each with varying backgrounds, cultures, and experiences, also comes with a challenge: how to implement policies that...more
As the United States gradually emerges from the pandemic, employers (and especially those in the tech sector whose workforces can easily work remotely) are looking for ways to help frazzled and burned-out employees. In...more
Whether managing a disability leave of absence, providing parental leave, or classifying time out of the office as paid sick, employers face a complex web of laws and obligations that impact employee morale, productivity and...more
The leaves are changing, and the air is turning cooler. While employers are gearing up for fall, voting leave may be far from their minds. After all, even though the presidential candidates are in full swing campaign mode,...more
It’s that time of year when students around the country head back to school. In addition to watching their office supplies fly out of their store rooms, employers will see an increase in employee requests for time off work to...more