Archive for April 2017

Cook County Takes Employment Matters into Its Own Hands In October, 2016 Cook County, Ill. passed a mandatory paid sick leave law and minimum wage increase. The new law requires time tracking for all employees and provides up to 5 days of paid sick leave. Additionally, starting on July 1, 2017, the minimum wage goes…

Hawaii Continues to Attempt Mandatory Sick Leave Laws Hawaii has a turbulent past when it comes to sick leave laws, but that hasn’t stopped lawmakers from introducing another set of sick leave laws in 2017. After several attempts at creating a paid sick leave law, lawmakers are again looking at several paid sick leave laws.…

Healthy Workplaces and Healthy Families Bill up for Review Lawmakers in Maine are scheduled to review a new mandatory sick leave bill that would provide both paid and unpaid sick leave to workers throughout the states. The proposed law, An Act to Support Healthy Workplaces and Healthy Families by Providing Paid Sick Leave to Certain…

The Debate in Maryland Wages On When the Maryland House of Representatives passed a sick leave bill requiring 7 days of mandatory sick leave to Maryland employees, Governor Larry Hogan vowed to veto the bill. Even so, Maryland isn’t the only state debating Sick Leave measures. Hawaii, Indiana and Nevada all have a number of sick…

Los Angeles Paid Sick Leave and Minimum Wage Laws Enacted Did you know? In addition to the hodgepodge of sick leave laws across California, Los Angeles become another city with independent sick leave laws. Despite the fact that the State of California recently implemented statewide sick leave laws, individual counties and cities throughout California are…

Washington D.C. Accrued Sick and Safe Leave Act Updates Eligibility While Washington D.C.’s Accrued Sick and Safe Leave Act (ASSLA)  or “the Act” was implemented in 2008, 2014 saw some amendments and policy changes to the act that will affect more employers and employees. Sick Leave Laws have seen record growth over the last few…

Montgomery County’s, MD. New Earned Sick and Safe Leave Law Gets Updated Montgomery County was the first county to enact paid sick leave laws to the employees within the county. Shortly thereafter, Cook County, Ill. enacted similar laws. Montgomery County’s new Sick Leave Laws awarded sick leave to most employees on October 1, 2016. Then…

In November 2014, voters in the State of Massachusetts passed into law the state’s Earned Sick Leave Law. The law took effect July 1, 2015 with a probationary period that lasted until January 1, 2016. After that point, all businesses are required to provide earned sick leave to their employees. Currently the 20 states have…