Archive for May 2017

Two FMLA Laws for Business Regulatory Compliance The Wisconsin Family Medical Leave Act was one of the first medical leave acts to be passed. It was passed in 1988, a full 5 years before the Federal Family Medical Leave Act was passed (FMLA). Since then many more states have added statewide FMLA laws including California, Connecticut,…

The Background Behind Oklahoma’s Preemptive Sick Leave & Minimum Wage Law With the introduction of HB 1634 in the 2017 legislative session, lawmakers took a look at repealing Oklahoma’s 2014 preemptive employment law. Although the future of HB 1634 is still uncertain, this article will cover the original bill SB 1023. SB 1023 was passed…

Georgia Governor Nathan Deal Signed New Sick Leave Law into Effect Georgia’s Governor Nathan Deal signed a new labor law into effect on Monday, May 8, 2017. However, the new bill isn’t what many business leaders have feared and it isn’t like many other sick leave laws passed this year. SB 201 governs the use of…

Overview of Louisiana’s Preemptive Law Act 667 In 2012, Louisiana passed one of the country’s first preemptive sick leave laws. Although Act 667 isn’t specifically written to preempt only local sick leave ordinances, it does preempt both local sick leave and minimum wage laws. Just as local minimum wage laws, sick leave laws, and other…

New Act Amends Existing Law while Creating New Ohio Bill SB331 just went into effect on March 20, 2017. The bill was an interesting hodgepodge of laws which included many diverse topics. At 30 pages, it covered nearly everything from “increased penalties for cock fighting” to (ahem) sexual relations with an animal to “the sale…

Overview of the Emeryville Fair Workplaces Ordinance Last fall, just after the passing of Seattle’s Secure Scheduling Ordinance, Emeryville passed their own version in the Fair Workweek Ordinance. As the third city to pass a “restrictive scheduling” law in the country, Emeryville’s law was the most far-reaching law passed to date. Seattle was the second…

The History behind Seattle’s Secure Scheduling Seattle was the second city in the country to pass a Secure Scheduling Ordinance. At 27 pages, it is more comprehensive than the city’s minimum wage law or sick leave law. Initiated and supported by Unions, the law excludes companies whose employees are unionized, which could be a factor…

Advanced Scheduling Makes its Debut in San Francisco. In 2014, San Francisco passed the country’s first Advanced scheduling law in the form of a Retail Employee Bill of Rights Ordinance. Shortly afterward, Seattle and Emeryville would pass similar ordinances.  The ordinance specifically covered retail employees of chain establishments, those with 40 or more establishments worldwide…

Alabama’s Preemptive Law Voids Birmingham’s Minimum Wage Ordinance Last year, two days after Birmingham, AL passed an increased minimum wage ordinance city-wide, the State Legislature passed a preemptive employment law. The new minimum wage was set to increase wages up to $10.10 an hour, from the Federal minimum wage of $7.25. The new law was…