Sick leave

The Oregon Bureau of Labor and Industries (BOLI) has incorporated several major labor law changes to its employer required postings. To ensure complete posting compliance, employers should post the updated 2016 Oregon All-On-One Labor Law poster featuring the following Oregon law changes: Oregon 2016 Minimum Wage Although Oregon’s minimum wage rate will not increase from Read more

Elizabeth is the latest New Jersey city to pass a paid sick leave ordinance. The new law that will require private employers to provide sick time to employees was approved by Elizabeth voters on November 3, 2015. The city has not released a copy of the Ordinance, but it is very likely that it will Read more

The city of Pittsburgh recently passed the Paid Sick Days Act to provide paid or unpaid sick time to employees working in the City. Employers with 15 or more employees must provide employees with no more than 40 hours of paid sick time in a year. Employers with 15 employees or less must provide employees Read more

Nearly all California employees are now covered by the state’s mandatory Paid Sick Leave law that went into effect last July. The Paid Sick Leave law (Labor Code §245) requires employers to provide employees up to three days of paid sick leave annually. Paid sick leave can be used for the diagnosis, care, or treatment, Read more

In 2013, Jersey City became the first New Jersey municipality to pass an Earned Sick Leave Ordinance. Under the law, employers with 10 or more employees are required to provide up to 40 hours of paid sick leave annually. Employers with less than 10 employees have to provide up to 40 hours of unpaid sick Read more

The city of Pittsburgh, PA has passed an ordinance requiring employers to provide paid or unpaid sick time to their employees working in the City. The Paid Sick Days Act will become effective January 11, 2016. Like other paid sick leave laws adopted across the nation, this local law was passed to reduce the spread Read more

In the last two years, paid sick leave has gained momentum in the state of New Jersey. Nine cities across the state have adopted a paid sick leave ordinance. The ordinances, which are now effective, are very similar in major areas.   Under all nine ordinances, qualified employees will accrue a minimum of one hour Read more

Tipped Employee Minimum Wage Two amendments to the Montgomery County, MD County Code went into this summer changing employers’ payment of wages responsibilities. The mandatory Minimum Wage workplace notice to employees has just been revised to reflect these changes. First, Bill 24-15 establishes $4.00 per hour as the minimum amount an employer must pay a Read more

Oregon is the fourth state to pass a statewide law (SB 454) requiring all employers to implement sick leave policies that give employees one week sick leave per year. The law applies to all state and private sector full-time, part-time, seasonal or temporary employees.   Sick Time Accrual & Benefit Employees generally must accrue sick Read more

Posted on June 15, 2015 by Viridiana Huerta, Research & Compliance The Massachusetts Office of the Attorney General requires all Massachusetts employers to post the new Earned Sick Time posting, which covers employee rights to earned sick time. The Earned Sick Time Law was approved by voters on November 4, 2014, and will be effective July 1, 2015. Read more