Category: Paid Sick Leave Updates

NYC Amends Earned Safe and Sick Time Rules to Add Detailed Paid Prenatal Leave Requirements

A new paid prenatal personal leave entitlement was added to section 196-b of the New York Labor Law, i.e., the New York State Paid Sick Leave Law.

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Missouri Legislature Passes Bill Repealing State Paid Sick Time Law

Following a successful ballot initiative in November 2024 known as Proposition A, the Missouri Earned Paid Sick Time Law went into effect as scheduled on May 1, 2025. However, the law has come under fire on multiple fronts in recent weeks, and suffered what looks like a decisive blow

Missouri Supreme Court Maintains State Paid Sick Time Law; May 1, 2025 Effective Date Remains – For Now

After weeks of anticipation and brewing legal challenges to the impending Missouri Earned Paid Sick Time Law, employers received some clarity from the Missouri Supreme Court. However, uncertainty surrounding the law remains in the form of pending legislation from the state legislature.

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New York State Releases Paid Prenatal Personal Leave FAQs

A new paid prenatal personal leave entitlement was added to section 196-b of the New York Labor Law, i.e., the New York State Paid Sick Leave Law.

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Alaska, Missouri, and Nebraska Join Nation’s Paid Sick Leave Law Patchwork

Paid sick leave initiatives were on the ballot and up for vote in three states – Alaska (“Ballot Measure No. 1”), Missouri (Proposition A), and Nebraska (Initiative 436).

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As Election Looms Ballot Initiatives Could Bring Paid Sick Leave to Alaska, Missouri, and Nebraska

Paid sick leave initiatives are on the ballot and up for vote in three states that don’t necessarily jump off the page as home grounds for a potential paid sick leave mandate.

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California Expands Paid Sick Leave Protections For 2025

At the end of California’s 2023 legislative session, the legislature significantly expanded the state’s Healthy Workplaces, Healthy Families Act of 2014 (HWHFA), primarily by providing more leave. Those amendments went into effect on January 1, 2024. This year, Governor Newsom signed bills into law that expand paid sick leave

Michigan DOL Publishes Updated Paid Sick Leave Materials as Amended Law’s February 2025 Effective Date Looms

Effective February 21, 2025, Michigan’s Earned Sick Time Act (“ESTA”) will replace the Paid Medical Leave Act (“PMLA”). As detailed in our prior update, the ESTA is a significantly more pro-employee mandate than the current standards under the PMLA, and it will provide more generous paid sick leave rights

Massachusetts Expands Covered Sick Time Reasons to Include Reproductive Loss Events

Effective November 21, 2024, Massachusetts employers must allow employees to use Massachusetts Earned Sick Time to address the employee’s or the employee’s spouse’s physical or mental health needs related to pregnancy loss or a failed assisted reproduction, adoption, or surrogacy.

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Michigan Supreme Court Resuscitates State’s Earned Sick Time Act of 2018

On July 31, 2024, the Michigan Supreme Court issued its long-awaited decision in Mothering Justice et al. v. Attorney General et al., holding in a 4-3 ruling that Michigan’s current paid sick leave law, the Paid Medical Leave Act, is unconstitutional and reinstating the State’s Earned Sick Time Act

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Category: Paid Sick Leave Updates

NYC Amends Earned Safe and Sick Time Rules to Add Detailed Paid Prenatal Leave Requirements

Missouri Legislature Passes Bill Repealing State Paid Sick Time Law

Missouri Supreme Court Maintains State Paid Sick Time Law; May 1, 2025 Effective Date Remains – For Now

New York State Releases Paid Prenatal Personal Leave FAQs

Alaska, Missouri, and Nebraska Join Nation’s Paid Sick Leave Law Patchwork

As Election Looms Ballot Initiatives Could Bring Paid Sick Leave to Alaska, Missouri, and Nebraska

California Expands Paid Sick Leave Protections For 2025

Michigan DOL Publishes Updated Paid Sick Leave Materials as Amended Law’s February 2025 Effective Date Looms

Massachusetts Expands Covered Sick Time Reasons to Include Reproductive Loss Events

Michigan Supreme Court Resuscitates State’s Earned Sick Time Act of 2018

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