Every year, there are numerous state laws and local ordinances that take effect after the first of the year - and 2019 is no exception. This article summarizes key labor and employment laws and ordinances that become effective in the next few months.
Connecticut continues to add to its roster of employee-friendly laws. The legislative session has ended, and Governor Lamont is expected to sign into law a bill that creates what appears to be the most generous paid family leave program in the country.
In a statement issued from Beacon Hill on June 11, 2019, Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker, along with state house and senate leadership, announced that they agreed to implement a three-month delay to the state Paid Family and Medical Leave program.
On May 28, 2019, Maine Governor Janet Mills (D) signed into law a groundbreaking new statute requiring Maine employers (even small businesses) to provide paid time off beginning January 1, 2021.
All New York State employers must post a notice of rights in accordance with a recent amendment to the state’s election leave law on or before June 15, 2019.
A recent labour arbitration case in Nova Scotia considered whether an employee who masturbated while watching pornography in a workplace bathroom stall had a sex addiction, and whether sex addiction is a disability that employers must accommodate.
Nevada Governor Steve Sisolak has announced his intent to sign Senate Bill No. 312, which will require, for the first time, that Nevada private-sector employers provide employees with up to 40 hours of paid leave per benefit year.
El 4 de junio de 2019, la Secretaría de Trabajo y Previsión Social (STPS) publicó un Decreto en el Diario Oficial de la Federación mediante el cual se adicionan diversas disposiciones de la Ley del Seguro Social
Earlier this year, a labour arbitrator rendered a decision that sends a clear warning to employers in Ontario about how to handle employees with substance abuse disorders.
On June 4, 2019, the Mexican Department of Labor and Social Welfare published a Decree in the Official Gazette, amending several laws to allow parents to take leave time to care for children under the age of 16 who have been diagnosed with cancer.
