As New York employers look toward 2025, they should keep the following key dates in mind as it pertains to employee leave and benefit...
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As we previously reported, effective January 1, 2025, New York employers will be required to provide employees with 20 hours of paid...
On October 23, 2024, legislation was introduced in the New York City Council that would amend the New York City Earned Safe and Sick Time...
On January 1, 2025, an amendment to New York Labor Law section 196-b, the state’s paid sick leave law, will go into effect. The amendment...
Massachusetts lawmakers had a busy 2024 and have ushered in several new measures to take effect in the coming months. As Massachusetts...
Background Sonoma County (the County) initially enacted Ordinance No. 6320 on August 18, 2020 to provide COVID-19 related paid sick leave...
As we previously reported, over the past year, New York State has adopted a statewide sick leave law, paid leave for COVID-19...
Following last year’s wave of new employment laws (previously covered as follows: Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3), Virginia has adopted a...
On March 19, 2021, Governor Newsom signed Senate Bill 95 (SB 95), which creates, in part, new Labor Code Section 248.2.[1] As a reminder,...
As we previously reported, on March 18, 2020, New York State passed a law providing job protection and benefits to certain employees...
The City of Pittsburgh is expected to enact the new Temporary COVID-19 Emergency Paid Sick Ordinance (the “Ordinance”), which provides...
New York City first adopted a local paid sick leave law in 2014. Over the ensuing six years, the City legislature amended the law several...
On September 17, 2020, Governor Gavin Newsom signed Senate Bill 1383 (SB-1383), which significantly expands employee eligibility for...
On September 11, 2020, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) issued a new administrative rule concerning the Families First Coronavirus...
On September 9, 2020, Governor Newsom signed Assembly Bill (AB) 1867 into law, adding section 248.1 to the Labor Code. Under this new...
The enactment of paid sick leave laws began as a state and local employment law trend roughly a decade ago, gaining substantial momentum...