News & Analysis

On October 4, 2023, Governor Gavin Newsom signed SB 616, which arguably results in the most significant changes to California’s statewide paid sick and safe leave law since the Healthy Workplaces, Healthy Families Act (HWHFA) was first enacted in 2014.

The simplified crisis regulations introduced in connection with the COVID-19 pandemic expired at the end of June 2023. As of July 1, 2023, the regular statutory provisions once again apply for access to short-time working.

On July 1, 2023, after a long delay, mandatory withholdings for the WA Cares Fund finally took effect.

Delaware has published an initial set of interpretive rules in anticipation of the state’s upcoming paid family and medical leave program.

While significant bills impacting Connecticut employers were signed into law, proposed employer mandates on pay transparency, paid sick leave, and predictive scheduling failed to gain the necessary votes for passage in 2023.

After clearing necessary procedural and financial hurdles this week, Maine is set to enact one of the broadest and most generous paid family and medical leave programs in the country.

For the past several years, we have reported on employment and labor laws taking effect mid-year. Increasingly, new compliance challenges are not taking a summer vacation.

Spring has sprung in the State of Washington, and there are several new paid leave developments taking root.

Minnesota has joined the growing number of jurisdictions that have enacted paid family and/or medical leave programs for employees.

Minnesota will soon join the ranks of states with state-wide earned paid sick and safe leave requirements.