New York City Earned Safe and Sick Leave Law Amendments

CDC Latest COVID-19 Guidance

The following states, California, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, Washington and the District of Columbia have Paid Family and Medical Leave programs or expanded temporary disability leave programs to cover paid family leave as well.

Question: What should I know about holiday pay?

The Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) has released guidance regarding the executive order for EEO training of government contractors and grant recipients. See below:

When Election Day nears, employers should be prepared to respond to an employee's request for time off to vote. While there is no federal law mandating voting leave, most states require employers to provide their employees with time off from work to vote in an election.

Question: I have an employee with a hygiene issue. How should I handle that?

Amendments to Philadelphia's PHFWO

USCIS recommends that employers review the Employee Information and Attestation area in Section 1 for two common mistakes employees make:

The federal Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act imposes a notice of obligation on covered employers who implement a “plant closing” or “mass layoff” in certain situations, even when they are forced to do so for economic reasons. Employers with 100 or more full-time employees must provide at least 60 calendar days of notice to employees, unions, and state/local government officials. Even though COVID-19 was unforeseeable, an employer should provide as much notice to affected employees as possible. Additionally, some states have laws more stringent than federal WARN such as CA, IL, MA, NJ, NY, TN and WI.