Nebraskans appear to have overwhelmingly voted in favor of Initiative Measure 436 to create a new statewide paid sick time law that would become operative on October 1, 2025.
Missourians appear to have voted in favor of Proposition A to create a new statewide paid sick and safe time law that would become operative on May 1, 2025, along with increases to the state minimum wage.
The UK Government published its Employment Rights Bill within its 100-day deadline on October 10, 2024, announcing that it had unveiled significant reforms to employment rights.
The Massachusetts legislature has expanded the reasons employees can use Massachusetts Earned Sick Time through provisions in a larger bill entitled, “An Act Promoting Access to Midwifery Care and Out-of-Hospital Birth Options.”
The Massachusetts Department of Family and Medical Leave just announced the 2025 weekly benefit amount and contribution rates for both employers and employees under the state’s Paid Family and Medical Leave benefit program.
On September 29, 2024, California’s governor signed into law AB 2123. Starting Jan. 1, employers will no longer be able to require employees to use up to two weeks of vacation before they receive paid family leave insurance benefits.
On September 29 and 24, 2024, respectively, California’s governor signed two bills that amend California’s Healthy Workplaces Healthy Families Act (HWHFA), the statewide paid sick leave law.
