Earlier this month, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy signed a much-anticipated state-wide paid sick leave law. The law, which will go into effect Oct. 29, 2018, requires all New Jersey employers – regardless of size – to provide paid sick leave to their employees, whether full- or part-time. Notably, while dubbed the “paid sick leave
Are Employers Ready for Arizona’s New Paid Sick Leave Law?
By Dana L. Hooper on
On July 1, 2017, Arizona’s new sick leave law goes into effect and employers with even one employee in Arizona may need assistance to navigate the new laws and to review and revise policies, practices, and recordkeeping to comply. As a mere start, there are seven key aspects of this new law that Arizona employers…
House of Representatives Passes Overtime Bill to Give Workers Time Off Instead of Time-And-A-Half Pay
By Greenberg Traurig on
Posted in FLSA
On May 2, 2017, the United States House of Representatives (the House) passed the Working Families Flexibility Act (the Act), which would give workers the option of receiving paid time off (PTO) instead of time-and-a-half pay currently mandated by the Fair Labor Standards Act (the FLSA). The Act passed 227-197, largely along party lines, with…
“Nothing so Exhilarating as Being Shot at Without Result”—California Pay Day Statements and Accrued Vacation
By Michelle L. DuCharme on
Posted in Compensation, Wage & Hour
What does Winston Churchill have to do with California wage and hour requirements? Well, the “shot” at employers in Soto v. Motel 6 Operating L.P. at the California Court of Appeal was whether, because California vacation pay cannot be forfeited and must be paid out at termination, it therefore follows that the value of the…
Massachusetts Earned Sick Time Law Becomes Effective July 1, 2015
The Massachusetts Earned Sick Time Law (Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 149, § 148C), approved by a statewide ballot question last fall, goes into effect July 1, 2015. As of July 1, 2015, all employers must comply with the statute. Applicable regulations promulgated by the Massachusetts Attorney General have also been issued.
Importantly, all employers operating…