Washington’s legislature recently passed a new Healthy Starts Act (the “Act”), which places significant obligations on Washington employers with respect to pregnant employees.
A New York agency has issued much-needed guidance regarding the tax treatment of deductions from employee wages used to finance paid family leave premiums, and the tax treatment of paid family leave benefits to be received by eligible employees.
More than two years after Emeryville, California’s Minimum Wage, Paid Sick Leave, and Other Employment Standards Ordinance took effect on July 2, 2015, the City Manager adopted implementing regulations.
The New York Workers’ Compensation Board has adopted final regulations to implement the New York Paid Family Leave Benefits Law. This law will provide eligible employees with paid, job-protected leave starting in 2018.
In a recent decision, the Tenth Circuit unanimously held that a temporary employee’s request for an undetermined leave of absence was not a reasonable request for accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act.
On July 27, 2017, Governor Baker signed the Massachusetts Pregnant Workers Fairness, requiring most employers in the Commonwealth to provide reasonable accommodations to employees for pregnancy and related conditions.
On July 17, 2017, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court unanimously held that an employee may pursue a disability discrimination claim under state law against her former employer for failing to accommodate the employee’s use of medical marijuana.
