including significant changes to paid and sick leave for employees and new protections for temporary laborers and independent contractors. While some laws took effect during 2023, implementation of others was pushed to 2024. These are some significant employment law changes...
Illinois Enacts New Paid Leave LawLinkedIn Facebook X Send Embed On March 13, 2023, Illinois became only the third state to mandate paid time off for all workers in the state when it enacted the Paid Leave for All Workers Act. The act is effective January 1, 2024. Under the act, ...
which have been in place since 2017, are grandfathered for compliance purposes. Those employers located in the many local governments who opted out of the Cook County Sick Leave requirements, however, must comply with this new law, which prohibits municipalities from now “opting...
Paid Leave for All Workers Act (PLFAW) This act, effective from January 1, 2024, establishes a minimum paid leave standard for all workers in the state. It applies to all employers, except those covered by a city or county paid sick leave law and those currently covered by a collecti...
Employers subject to the City of Chicago and Cook County paid sick leave ordinances must follow local laws instead of state law. Employers who already have a policy that provides at least 40 hours of paid time off in a 12-month period do not need to make changes. When can employees ac...
The minimum wage in Illinois as of January 1, 2024 is $14.00 per hour. What is the new paid leave law in Illinois 2023? Illinois's new paid leave law, signed in 2023, requires employers to provide one hour of paid sick leave for every 35 hours worked, as opposed to the previous rat...
Maine and Nevada also allow workers to decide how to use their time, but substantial exemptions apply. Maine's Earned Paid Leave law only applies to employers with more than 10 employees, and Nevada's exempts businesses with less than 50. Illinois' will reach nearly all employees and has no...
The Act does not apply to employers covered by a “municipal or county ordinance” in effect on January 1, 2024 “that requires employers to give any form of paid leave to their employees, including paid sick leave or paid leave.” Therefore, the Act does not preempt the Chicago Minim...
Under Illinois law, an employer that offers personal sick leave benefits must allow employees to use the leave for absences due to a covered family member's illness, injury, medical appointment or for the personal care of a covered family member on the same terms that the employee may use th...
Connecticut's Expanded Paid Sick Leave Law Takes Effect January 1, 2025See more »DISCLAIMER: Because of the generality of this update, the information provided herein may not be applicable in all situations and should not be acted upon without specific legal advice based on particular situations...