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New York State Budget Includes Enhanced Employer Obligations

The New York State enacted budget for fiscal year 2024 changes employers’ obligations by adding paid leave for prenatal care, converting unpaid break time for purposes of expressing breast milk into paid time, and incorporating a sunset date into the existing COVID-19 Paid Sick Leave law.

Cathexis Partners
April 26, 2024

Paid Sick Leave Updates

Sunrise, Sunset: New York State 2025 Budget Brings New Paid Prenatal Personal Leave and Sunset Date for COVID-19 Paid Leave

Governor Kathy Hochul approved the Fiscal Year 2025 New York State Budget (the “NYS 2025 Budget”) on Apr. 20, 2024.

Jeni Hoyt
April 25, 2024

Paid Sick Leave Updates

CDC Shortens COVID-19 Isolation Guidelines; Potential Impact on New York COVID-19 Paid Leave

On Mar. 1, 2024, the CDC scaled back its guidance regarding COVID-19, most notably ending its recommendation of a five-day quarantine following a positive COVID-19 diagnosis.

Jeni Hoyt
March 8, 2024

Legislative Updates

What Employers Should Know About the Latest CDC COVID-19 Guidance

It has been almost exactly four years since the COVID-19 pandemic changed the American working landscape. Many of us followed the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) through multiple changes and guidance, including from no mask, to mask, to no mask.

Cathexis Partners
March 8, 2024

Legislative Updates

Philadelphia’s COVID-19 Sick Leave Law Expires

Philadelphia’s COVID-19 Supplemental Paid Sick Leave law expired on Dec. 31, 2023. As a result, as of Jan. 1, 2024, employers are no longer required to provide additional paid sick leave to employees when they are absent for certain COVID-19 reasons.

Cathexis Partners
January 22, 2024

Legislative Updates

Changes to Paid Sick Leave and Supplemental Public Health Emergency Leave for Colorado Employees

Starting on Aug. 7, 2023, Colorado employees will be able to use paid sick leave for additional reasons under the Healthy Families and Workplaces Act (HFWA). Governor Jared Polis signed Senate Bill 23-017 into law on June 2, 2023, and it is expected to become effective on Aug. 7, 2023.

Cathexis Partners
July 21, 2023

Legislative Updates

Florida’s Latest Legislation in Wake of COVID-19: What Employers Need to Know

New Florida legislation seeks to protect individuals from discrimination “based on health care choices” and bars COVID-19 mandates. The new law took effect on June 1, 2023.

Cathexis Partners
June 29, 2023

Legislative Updates

CMS COVID-19 Vaccination, Testing Requirements to Formally End This Summer

The Biden-Harris Administration announced on May 1, 2023, that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) would soon be eliminating COVID-19 vaccination requirements for healthcare providers. On May 31, 2023, CMS issued the awaited Final Rule.

Cathexis Partners
June 8, 2023

Paid Sick Leave Updates

Colorado Amends Paid Sick Leave Law; Public Health Emergency Leave for COVID-19 Ends this Week

Since 2020, Colorado has been one of the most active jurisdictions in the country in terms of imposing general and COVID-19 paid sick leave mandates on employers,[1] and subsequently amending corresponding regulations and administrative guidance.

Cathexis Partners
June 7, 2023

Legislative Updates

Puerto Rico Five-Day Paid Leave for COVID-19 Ends

The governor of Puerto Rico has issued Executive Order No. OE-2023-012, ending the state of emergency declared in 2020 due to the pandemic caused by the Coronavirus (COVID-19) and repealing multiple Executive Orders issued to adopt preventive measures because of COVID-19.

Cathexis Partners
May 18, 2023

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Tag COVID-19

New York State Budget Includes Enhanced Employer Obligations

Sunrise, Sunset: New York State 2025 Budget Brings New Paid Prenatal Personal Leave and Sunset Date for COVID-19 Paid Leave

CDC Shortens COVID-19 Isolation Guidelines; Potential Impact on New York COVID-19 Paid Leave

What Employers Should Know About the Latest CDC COVID-19 Guidance

Philadelphia’s COVID-19 Sick Leave Law Expires

Changes to Paid Sick Leave and Supplemental Public Health Emergency Leave for Colorado Employees

Florida’s Latest Legislation in Wake of COVID-19: What Employers Need to Know

CMS COVID-19 Vaccination, Testing Requirements to Formally End This Summer

Colorado Amends Paid Sick Leave Law; Public Health Emergency Leave for COVID-19 Ends this Week

Puerto Rico Five-Day Paid Leave for COVID-19 Ends

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