(Podcast) California Employment News: SB848 – Protected Leave for Reproductive Loss
California Employment News: SB848 – Protected Leave for Reproductive Loss
California Employment News: Fundamentals of the California Family Rights Act (CFRA)
Primer for Nonprofits on Paid Employees, Volunteers, and Interns
The Friday and Monday Leave Act or the Family and Medical Leave Act: FMLA, Part 1
Webinar | Understanding the Families First Coronavirus Response Act
Employer Planning for Coronavirus
Employment Law Now: IV-51 - A New 2020 Vision
HR Law 101 Ep. 10: Are You Aware of the Family Medical Leave Act? Part 1
HR Law 101 Ep. 8: Handbooks and What to Include Part 3
I-13 – Policies, Policies, Policies, and Microchips Embedded in Employees
Negotiating the Maze of Overlapping Leave Laws
“You Want More Time Off?” – Dealing with Employees’ Medical Leave Requests Under the FMLA and ADA
Governor Kotek signed a bill into law today harmonizing Oregon’s overlapping and confusing set of leave laws. The new framework distinguishes different types of leave events under the state’s various laws and stops those...more
There are a number of statutes in California that grant eligible employees the right to take a leave of absence for various reasons. SB848 creates a new leave of absence entitlement under CA law regarding reproductive loss....more
As flagged in our legal roundup article for 2024, employees in England, Scotland and Wales will have a statutory entitlement to take one week of unpaid carer’s leave from April 6, 2024 onwards....more
Governor Gavin Newsom just signed into law a bill that further expands California unpaid leave by allowing employees to take protected time off due to “reproductive loss.” Senate Bill 848, signed into law on October 10, will...more
Dear Littler, Our company is expanding and we are concerned about compliance with all of the various state leave laws. We think we’re on top of most of them, but we understand that some states have laws requiring leave...more
The New York Labor Law has been amended to clarify that workers may not be punished or disciplined for taking legally protected absences. Under Section 215 of the Labor Law, employers are prohibited from retaliating against...more
A recent opinion by the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals (“Sixth Circuit” or “Court”), King v. Steward Trumbull Memorial Hospital (4/7/2022), addressed whether an employer failed to accommodate its employee’s potentially...more
Employers in Ontario have been waiting for clarification on the interpretation of COVID-19 leave provisions throughout much of the pandemic. Employers had hoped that the Court of Appeal’s decision in Taylor v Hanley...more
Grief and bereavement leave are complex issues for many employers. Employers may have defined bereavement policies of 3 to 5 days for leave while the fallout from the death of a loved one can rarely be encapsulated in a...more
On January 1, 2021, the California Family Rights Act (CFRA) expanded in several ways, including that small employers (those with 5 or more employees) must now provide up to 12 workweeks of CFRA leave within a 12-month period...more
The California Legislature passed and Governor Newsom signed several new laws covering topics ranging from COVID-19 to leaves of absence to data reporting. Most of these laws take effect January 1, so now is a good time for...more
With more than 90,000 cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) across 65 countries, it is only a matter of time before the disease has an impact on normal business operations. However, as the virus continues its march around the...more
The Singapore government has introduced additional control measures to minimize the risk of further transmission of the 2019 Novel Coronavirus in the community. Employers in Singapore must take proactive steps within the...more
Today our employer focused legislative update zeroes in on “no rehire” provisions in settlement agreements, expansion of benefits to employees who donate organs, and care for a family member...more
On February 19, 2019, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy signed into law legislation that significantly expands an employee’s right to unpaid and paid leave under New Jersey’s existing Family Leave Act (“NJFLA”), Temporary...more
In the first episode of this two-part series, John Stretton and Rachel Mandel discuss the complexities surrounding the Family and Medical Leave Act and the Americans with Disabilities Act, including the interplay between the...more
Announcement 2017-11 (Announcement) provides that a tax-qualified employer retirement plan may treat a distribution to a current or former employee covered by the Announcement as on account of hardship or an unforeseeable...more
Our experienced employment lawyers review major federal and California laws regarding employee leaves of absence and how they impact employers in 2017 and beyond. Topics include: • Creating a checklist for handling requests...more
Congress adopted the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (“FMLA”) to provide job security for employees who must miss work due to their own serious health condition, the birth of their children, to care for family members...more
Effective as of July 1, 2016, employers in Wisconsin who employ at least 50 individuals are required to provide eligible employees with up to six weeks of unpaid leave in a 12-month period to undergo and recover from bone...more
On his last day in office, Governor Patrick signed Senate Bill 865, the so-called Parental Leave Act (“Parental Leave”), which amends the Massachusetts Maternity Leave Act (“MMLA”) to provide unpaid leave to all eligible...more
Similar bills pending before the Assembly (A2919) and Senate (S2177), each entitled the “New Jersey Security and Financial Employment Act” or the “NJ SAFE Act,” would require employers with 25 or more employees to provide 20...more