For employers with Washington State operations, what happened in 2018 does not necessarily stay in 2018. Those bidding 2018 farewell cannot say goodbye to various paid sick and safe time (PSST) policy, notice, and leave calculation obligations in 2019.
On December 14, 2018, Michigan’s employment law landscape dramatically changed—again—when Governor Rick Snyder (R) signed two lame duck session bills that overhaul the recently revised minimum wage and tip law and newly created paid sick law.
Mexico's Senate Joint Commissions on Education and Legislative Studies have approved a bill that would grant working parents the legal right to take time off from work to participate in their children’s school activities.
El pasado 5 de diciembre las Comisiones Unidas de Educación y la de Estudios Legislativos del Senado de la República emitieron el proyecto de decreto que reforma disposiciones de la Ley General de Educación y Ley Federal del Trabajo
This month's State of the States will provide an overview of select voter-approved state and local ballot initiatives that affect employment, and discuss other legislative efforts that made headway in November.
The New York City Administrative Code was recently amended to require NYC employers with four or more employees to (1) provide designated lactation room(s) for employees and (2) implement a lactation room accommodation policy.
As 2018 draws to a close, employers are looking to the next wave of labor and employment laws and regulations that will take effect in 2019 and beyond.
Under the new Parental Bereavement (Leave and Pay) Act 2018, starting in 2020, parents who experience the unfortunate loss of a child under the age of 18 or a stillbirth after 24 weeks of pregnancy will be entitled to two weeks’ leave.
