A Chicago agency recently posted updates to its website regarding minimum wage obligations, paid leave and paid sick and safe leave, new fair work week thresholds, and updated required labor notices.
In recent years, Minnesota has enacted sweeping legislation impacting Minnesota employers at a break-neck pace. As the most recent legislative session came to a close, another set of new and supplemental laws was passed and quickly signed by Gov. Walz.
As the 2024 election approaches, protests continue across the country, and employees increasingly engage in discourse on important national and international political topics, employers can expect that political speech and activity will occur at work.
A new law will significantly expand Connecticut’s existing paid sick leave law by requiring that virtually all private employers in the state provide employees with paid sick leave no later than January 1, 2027.
On May 8, 2024, the Oregon Bureau of Labor and Industries issued temporary and proposed rules to help employers navigate paid leave changes in the state.
Littler’s 12th Annual Employer Survey explores how U.S. businesses are responding to change and uncertainty across several key workplace issues, while bracing for increased regulatory enforcement and a rise in employment-related litigation.
On April 30, 2024, the Chicago Department of Business Affairs and Consumer Protection published the final rules interpreting the Chicago Paid Leave and Paid Sick and Safe Leave Ordinance, which is set to take effect on July 1, 2024.
The Illinois Department of Labor (IDOL) has published the final regulations interpreting the Illinois Paid Leave for All Workers Act, which took effect four months earlier on January 1, 2024.
