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Michigan’s Earned Sick Time Act, With Amendments, Has Gone Into Effect

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Following the 2019 ballot initiative and Michigan Supreme Court decision in Mothering Justice v. Attorney General, Michigan’s Earned Sick Time Act (“ESTA”) went into effect on February 21, 2025. The ESTA sets out minimum...more

Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP

Michigan Legislature Amends Paid Sick Leave and Minimum Wage Laws

On February 21, 2025, Michigan’s governor signed into law amendments to the Earned Sick Time Act (ESTA) and the Michigan Wage Act (Wage Act) (both previously reinstated by the Michigan Supreme Court).  The changes arrived the...more

Clark Hill PLC

What the Revised Earned Sick Time Act Means for Michigan Employers

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On Feb. 21, Governor Whitmer signed an amendment to the Earned Sick Time Act (“ESTA”), which became effective immediately. The law requires most Michigan employers to permit employees to accrue and use paid earned sick time....more

Bodman

A Legislative Update: Last Minute Bills Amend Michigan’s Earned Sick Time Act and Improved Workforce Opportunity Wage Act

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Michigan’s Earned Sick Time Act (“ESTA”) and Michigan’s Improved Workforce Opportunity Wage Act (“IWOWA”) became effective February 21, 2025. Last minute bills, passed earlier this week and just before midnight Thursday,...more

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Michigan Paid Sick Leave and Minimum Wage Laws: Last-Minute Amendments Led to These Major Changes

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Michigan employers received some good news on the wage and hour front when the state legislature passed amendments to the new paid sick leave and minimum wage laws at the 11th hour. Although employers did not get complete...more

Fox Rothschild LLP

What’s Old is New Again—Michigan Earned Sick Time Act Goes into Effect February 21, 2025

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In less than two weeks, the sick leave requirements in Michigan are changing. The state is reverting to the Earned Sick Time Act (ESTA), which was initially adopted in 2018 but was then subject to amendments and litigation. ...more

Foster Swift Collins & Smith

[Webinar] How Should Employers Prepare for Upcoming Changes? - February 12th, 12:00 pm - 12:30 pm EST

As of now, beginning on February 21, Michigan employers and employees will experience significant changes to the state’s employment laws. These changes include increases to the minimum wage, implementation of the Earned Sick...more

Bodman

Michigan’s Earned Sick Time Act: A Legislative Update

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Michigan’s Earned Sick Time Act (“ESTA”) will become effective on February 21, 2025.  Last minute bills have been introduced by both the House and Senate, designed to address serious issues ESTA presents to Michigan...more

Partridge Snow & Hahn LLP

New Year, New Massachusetts Employment Compliance Requirements

As employers plunge forward into the New Year, they are reminded that if they have any employees working in Massachusetts – in person or remotely – then they need to ensure their Massachusetts employees have been provided the...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

The New Year Brings a Legal Challenge to Minnesota’s Earned Sick and Safe Time Law

Air Transport Association of America, Inc., doing business as Airlines for America (A4A), filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota on December 30, 2024 (the Complaint), seeking a declaratory...more

Husch Blackwell LLP

Michigan Employers Must Heed Recent Court Ruling on Minimum Wage and Paid Sick Leave - UPDATED 12-18-2024

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In a landmark decision in Mothering Justice v. Attorney General, the Michigan Supreme Court has ruled on the constitutionality of legislative actions surrounding the Improved Workforce Opportunity Wage Act (Wage Act) and the...more

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Understanding Proposition A’s Impact: Key Changes to Missouri's Minimum Wage and Paid Sick Leave

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In the 2024 election, Missouri voters approved Proposition A, a measure that raises the minimum wage beginning January 1, 2025, and introduces mandatory earned paid sick leave for most workers effective May 1, 2025....more

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Election Results May Lead to More States Implementing Paid Leave

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2025 is set to be another year of expanded paid leave requirements for employers. While the results are still preliminary, employers should start preparing in the states that have voted in new leave laws....more

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Massachusetts Earned Sick Time Law Expanded to Include Reproductive Loss Events

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A change to the Massachusetts Earned Sick Time Law went into effect November 21, 2024, that expands the permissible usage of earned sick time to include care for an employee or the employee’s spouse in the event of pregnancy...more

Stinson LLP

New Paid Sick/Safe Leave Requirements for Missouri Employers in 2025

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On November 5, 2024, Missouri voters overwhelmingly passed Proposition A, increasing the state's minimum wage and requiring employers with 15 or more employees to provide mandatory paid sick leave for Missouri employees...more

Bowditch & Dewey

Massachusetts and Connecticut to Expand Paid Sick Leave Benefits for Employees

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Massachusetts - Starting November 21, 2024, all Massachusetts employers covered by the state’s Earned Sick Time Law will be required to allow employees to use sick time for certain reproductive losses. This change comes...more

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Massachusetts and Connecticut Both Set to Expand Scope of Benefits for Sick Employees

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Massachusetts Earned Sick Time Law - Once again, Massachusetts is among the vanguard of U.S. states in providing employee leave benefits. Starting November 21, 2024, all Massachusetts employers covered by the state’s...more

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Connecticut Employers: 2025 Paid Leave

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Employers with employees in Connecticut need to be aware of Connecticut’s recently enacted revision to Public Act No. 24-8, which broadens the scope of paid sick leave requirements, making it applicable to a broader range of...more

Farrell Fritz, P.C.

The Importance of Filing a Notice of Claim Against A Village: CPLR 9802 - A Trap for the Unwary Litigator

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Failing to file a notice of claim pursuant to Civil Practice Law and Rules (“CPLR”) Section 9802 can become a trap for the unwary litigator who commences a hybrid proceeding-action (Article 78 claim(s) combined with plenary...more

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Massachusetts’ Earned Sick Time Law Now Covers Pregnancy Loss: What Employers Need to Know

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As of Nov. 21, 2024, Massachusetts employees may use earned sick time to address physical and mental health needs following a pregnancy loss or failed assisted reproduction, adoption, or surrogacy under an amendment to the...more

Kerr Russell

Significant Changes to Paid Sick Time Coming February 2025

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Rather than enacting without change, the Legislature substantially amended the ballot initiative and enacted such amended initiative into law. This action ultimately resulted in litigation to determine whether the...more

Littler

Massachusetts Expands Reasons for Use of Earned Sick Time

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The Massachusetts legislature has expanded the reasons employees can use Massachusetts Earned Sick Time through provisions in a larger bill entitled, “An Act Promoting Access to Midwifery Care and Out-of-Hospital Birth...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

If Pain, Yes Gain – Part 124 : Massachusetts Expands Covered Sick Time Reasons to Include Reproductive Loss Events

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Effective November 21, 2024, Massachusetts employers must allow employees to use Massachusetts Earned Sick Time to address the employee’s or the employee’s spouse’s physical or mental health needs related to pregnancy loss or...more

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Michigan’s Supreme Court Clarifies Its Mothering Justice Opinion and Sets State’s Minimum Wage Increases and Tip Credit Phaseout

Following the Michigan Supreme Court’s July 31, 2024, ruling that the state legislature’s December 2018 “adopt and amend” action was unconstitutional, and that the state’s minimum wage will increase in 2025, the court has now...more

Bodman

Are Independent Contractors Covered Under Michigan’s Earned Sick Time Act?

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Employers know by now that Michigan’s Earned Sick Time Act (“ESTA”) will become effective in February of 2025.  As Human Resources professionals plan to implement ESTA-complaint policies, one of the big questions is – who,...more

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