With January 1, 2021 quickly approaching, it’s crunch time for New York employers to prepare to comply with the new statewide sick leave law. New York employers have been grappling with questions surrounding the New York Paid Sick Leave law (NYPSL) since...
The Westchester County Human Rights Commission (the “Commission”) has announced that the county’s Earned Sick Leave Law, which went into effect on April 10, 2019, has been preempted by New York’s Paid Sick Leave Law (“Law” or “PSLL”), which took effect on September 30, 2020....
After almost one month since going into effect, New York State has issued the first round of guidance on the New York State Paid Sick Leave Law (“NYSSL”) on October 20, 2020. As we recently reported, the NYSSL requires all private employers in the State to provide employees with ...
Labor and employment attorneys Miriam McKendall and Olivia O'Dwyer co-authored an Employee Benefit Plan Review article examining recent amendments to the Massachusetts Earned Sick Time Law under the Act Promoting Access to Midwifery Care and Out-of-Hospital Birth Options. The article notes the...
New York City amended the existing Earned Safe and Sick Time Act (referred to as the Paid Safe and Sick Leave Law), effective Sept. 30, 2020, to expand it and bring it in line with the requirements of the New York State Paid Sick Leave Law enacted in April 2020. Both ...
Earlier in 2020, New York State enacted a comprehensive new law, N.Y. Labor Law § 196-B, requiring employers to provide sick leave to all employees. The law takes effect on September 30, 2020, and employees will begin accruing leave as of that date, but
Unlike some other laws passed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the New York state sick leave law expansion is here to stay. It is permanent, not temporary. The NY sick leave law is not the same as New York Paid Family Leave (NY PFL). The NY PFL provides paid time off to employees ...
A recent New York law and an amendment to New York City’s existing Earned Safe and Sick Time Act (“ESSTA”) will require employers to update their policies and issue notices before the end of the year. Below is a summary of the new NY law, the amended
There's a call for more paid sick time in California. SACRAMENTO, Calif. - California workers will now have an increased guarantee of paid sick time following Gov. Newsom's signing of a new law on Wednesday. Newsom signed SB 616 into law, ensuring that all California workers will rec...
New York City Council Enacts Paid Sick Time Law; Employees Now Entitled to Paid Sick Time from Certain EmployersReibstein, Richard