Since the outset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the employment law landscape has continued to change at a rapid pace. This includes recent changes to federal, state, and local leave requirements for COVID-19 related sick leave.
Continue Reading While Federal and California State COVID-19 Sick Leave Has Expired, Some California Localities Continue To Maintain Local COVID-19 Sick Leave Requirements
California recently enacted Assembly Bill 1867, requiring all private employers with 500 or more employees to provide COVID-19 supplemental paid sick leave for their California employees. Employers must begin providing supplemental sick leave, under the new law, no later than September 19, 2020. The law will remain in effect until the later of December 31, 2020 or expiration of any federal extension of the Families First Coronavirus Response Act.
Continue Reading California Expands COVID-19 Paid Sick Leave
On April 16, 2020, Governor Gavin Newsom issued Executive Order N-51-20, which requires California employers in the food sector industry to provide certain workers affected by the COVID-19 pandemic with up to 80 hours of supplemental paid sick leave.
Continue Reading California Employers In The Food Sector Industry Ordered To Provide COVID-19 Supplemental Paid Sick Leave
As the national response to COVID-19 intensifies, states and localities across the country have announced school closures. Employers should review their state and local laws to determine whether such closings may trigger an employee’s right to take job-protected, or paid leave.
Continue Reading Emergency School Closures and Paid Sick Leave – What Employers Need to Know
New Jersey’s Paid Sick Leave Act will go into effect on October 29, 2018, making it the tenth state plus Washington DC and dozens of localities to mandate paid sick leave. New Jersey’s Act requires employers of all sizes to provide employees with up to 40 hours of paid leave per 12-month period.
Continue Reading New Jersey Requires Employers to Provide Paid Sick Leave
Date: Thursday, November 16, 2017
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Georgia’s “kin care law” went into effect on July 1, 2017. Under this new law, Georgia employers with 25+ employees must permit employees who work 30+ hours per week to use up to five hours of their earned sick leave to take care of immediate family members.
Continue Reading Georgia Kin Care Law: Low Burden but a Sign of Laws to Come?
On July 13, 2015, California Governor Jerry Brown signed AB 304 amending the Healthy Workplaces, Healthy Families Act of 2014 clarifying certain terms of the law, effective immediately upon his signature.
Continue Reading California Paid Sick Leave Law Clarified by Amendment Effective Immediately
As is often the case, the coming new year brings a slate of new requirements for California employers to grapple with. Employers should have these developments on their radar to ensure compliance in 2015 and beyond.
Continue Reading Paid Sick Leave, Anti-Bullying Training, Joint Employer Liability – Are You Ready For These And Other Changes To California Employment Laws?
Last month, the voters of Massachusetts passed Ballot Question 4, which entitles all Massachusetts employees to earn and use sick leave (time). In doing so, Massachusetts became the third state to guarantee sick leave, following California and Connecticut. The Massachusetts law takes effect on July 1, 2015.
Continue Reading Massachusetts Requires Employers to Provide Sick Leave