Archive for February 2017

Minnesota Sick Leave Law Overview Many businesses don’t realize that Minnesota has a sick leave law in place already. That’s because the Minnesota law varies from sick leave laws of many other states. Minnesota’s law doesn’t require a certain amount of sick leave to be awarded to employees, but rather it oversees the legal uses…

Voters In Arizona Passed a Statewide Sick Leave Initiative On November 8, 2016, voters in Arizona and Washington State passed a ballot initiative for a statewide sick leave law and annual increases for minimum wage. The new Arizona law, the Fair Wages and Healthy Families Act, takes effect on July 1, 2017. This gives businesses…

When Cook County passed its Sick Leave Ordinance in 2016, several municipalities immediately threatened to opt out of the new ordinance. The county ordinance was patterned after the Chicago Sick Leave Laws passed earlier in the year. Even with major similarities, the Cook County Sick Leave Ordinance and the Chicago Sick Leave Law does have…

Sick Leave Laws Quick Reference Chart for Washington State, Spokane, Tacoma, Seattle, and SeaTac. Cities throughout Washington State have already enacted their own versions of Paid Sick and Safe Leave Laws. Add to the local laws, that Washington State recently passed a ballot imitative to institute sick leave laws across the entire states. Although many…

SeaTac’s new Sick Leave Laws have a Turbulent Beginning The City of SeaTac has seen a roller coaster ride when it pertains to their minimum wage and paid sick leave ordinance. First, the initiative barely passed in a vote, winning in 2013 by only 77 votes. Then the case against the new ordinance went to…

Spokane became the fourth city in Washington State to pass paid sick time laws with a 6-1 approval. The new sick time ordinances took effect on Jan 1, 2017.  However, before the new ordinance took effect, Washington State approved a statewide sick leave law. Spokane’s new ordinance was updated with a sunset clause that phases…

Washington Sick Leave Laws and Regulations In 2016, Washington State voted into law a Paid Sick Leave Law. However, several cities, including Seattle, Tacoma, SeaTac, and Spokane have already passed sick leave laws for their cities. Each cities laws vary, but this article will address the differences between each city and how employers can better…

Background of Sick Leave Laws throughout Washington Seattle was years ahead of Washington State to pass a Paid Sick and Safe Time Law (PSST). As the first state in to pass a sick leave law, Seattle set the trend for sick and safe time throughout the state. It took effect on September 1, 2012. However,…

Although the new Federal Overtime Law was set to start on December 1, 2016, a suit filed by 21 states gained ground when a Federal Judge halted the starting of the new law just a week before it took effect. The injunction placed a temporary halt on the new Overtime Rule charging the Department of…