Wage and Hour, State Constitutions, Paid Sick Leave

Missouri's Repeal of Paid Sick Leave and Portions of Minimum Wage: What’s Next for Proposition A

Polsinelli on 5/21/2025

On May 14, 2025, the Missouri Senate voted 22-11 to repeal portions of Proposition A, the voter-approved initiative that increases the state’s minimum wage and requires employers to provide earned paid sick leave....more

Legal Challenge Threatens New Missouri Minimum Wage and Paid Sick Leave Law

Polsinelli on 12/13/2024

The Missouri Chamber of Commerce and Industry, along with other Missouri business groups, recently filed a lawsuit in the Supreme Court of Missouri attempting to stop Proposition A from taking effect. The lawsuit asserts five...more

New Laws in New York May Raise Employers’ Costs, Starting January 1, 2025

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 11/22/2024

Employers with workers in New York State may want to start preparing now for several new rules that will take effect on January 1, 2025. Most of them are likely to impact employers’ bottom lines....more

Preparing for Changes to Paid Sick Leave in Michigan: Moving from the PMLA to the ESTA

Husch Blackwell LLP on 8/19/2024

On July 31, 2024, the Michigan Supreme Court ruled in a 4-3 decision that the Michigan Legislature violated the state constitution in Mothering Justice v. Attorney General, when it applied an “adopt-and-amend” approach in...more

Michigan Supreme Court Reinstates Voter-Initiated Versions of State’s Paid Sick Leave and Minimum Wage Laws

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 8/1/2024

On July 31, 2024, the Michigan Supreme Court reinstated Michigan’s original (2018) voter-initiated versions of the Improved Workforce Opportunity Wage Act (IWOWA) and the Earned Sick Time Act (ESTA). ...more

Michigan Court of Appeals: ‘Adopt And Amend’ Strategy Is Constitutional; Current Paid Medical Leave and Minimum Wage Laws Remain...

Miller Canfield on 1/30/2023

In a unanimous decision (Mothering Justice, et al. v Attorney General) issued January 26, 2023, the Michigan Court of Appeals overturned a July 2022 Court of Claims ruling that the Michigan Legislature lacked the...more

Michigan Employers May Soon Face Increased Minimum Wage, Expanded Sick Leave Requirements

Benesch on 8/1/2022

A Michigan court recently held that the current versions of the state’s minimum wage and paid sick leave statutes are unconstitutional due to legislative foul play, immediately voiding the existing laws. Mothering Justice v....more

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