As previously reported in our CPC blog, on Election Day, Massachusetts voters approved a paid sick leave law. Under this new law, which becomes effective July 1, 2015, employees in the state of Massachusetts may qualify to earn and use sick time. Employees will earn one hour of sick time for every 30 hours worked, Read more
On July 1, 2015, employees that work in the city of Eugene, Oregon will start earning a new benefit – paid sick leave. A proposed rule released earlier this month by the city of Eugene suggests how the paid sick leave law will operate. As proposed, the following conditions will apply: Who Is Covered by Read more
On November 4, 2014, Massachusetts voters approved paid sick leave law. Massachusetts has now become the third state to adopt a statewide paid sick leave. The law is effective, July 1, 2015 and applies to all private sector employers. The requirements, however, will depend on the company’s size. Employers with 11 or more employees must Read more
All private employers in the City of Newark, NJ are required to provide employees with up to five days paid sick time off under the City’s new Paid Sick Leave law and to post the City of Newark Paid Sick Leave Ordinance Poster. Who is eligible for paid sick leave? Employees who work in the Read more
Employees in the city of New York are now earning a full week of paid sick leave annually. Under a new law that went into effect on April 1, companies with five or more employees must provide employees up to 40 hours paid time off to care for their own illness or health care or Read more
Paid and unpaid sick leave laws are part of a growing trend that allows employees time off to recover from their own illness or to care for a sick family member. Currently, Jersey City, New York City, Portland, Seattle, San Francisco, the state of Connecticut, and Washington, D.C. have all passed sick leave laws, often Read more
This week, the Portland City Council passed the Earned Sick Leave Ordinance. This means starting next year most workers in Portland, Oregon will be able to earn up to a week of paid sick leave. The Earned Sick Leave Ordinance allows employees who work in Portland for more than 240 hours in a year to Read more
Last February the US Department of Labor (DOL) announced that it is working on new set of FMLA leave regulations for military and airline flight crew families. The final version of those regulations is expected to be announced in the near future. In the meantime, you might be interested in learning more about how the Read more
New CT mandatory-to-post Paid Sick Leave poster – law is effective January 1, 2012. Connecticut employers employing 50 or more individuals in the state in any one (1) quarter in the previous year must post the new poster at the workplace where it is easy to view. Under the law, an “employer” is any person, Read more
Connecticut is the first state to require employers to provide specified hourly service workers with paid sick leave. Beginning January 1, 2012 employers that employ fifty (50) or more “service” employees in the state will be required to provide annual sick leave. Service workers as defined in the law (Senate Bill 913), generally cover the Read more
