Topic
Safe Leave
21 published works
Ogletree Deakins Insights
States Grant Safe Leave for Crime Victims
By Publisher, John G. Stretton, Charles L. Thompson IV
Quick Hits New state laws in Alaska, California, Connecticut, Delaware, and Washington require employers to give employees time off after being the target of a violent crime. The safe leave…
Connecticut Employment Law Blog
“Safe” Leave Laws Gaining Momentum, with Connecticut at Forefront
Recently, I had the opportunity to talk with Law360 about developments regarding "safe" leave laws. As long-time readers of this blog now, Connecticut passed its family violence leave law back…
Ogletree Deakins Insights
Minnesota’s New Paid Sick and Safe Leave Law: For Some Employers, There Is a Forty-Eight Hours Solution
By Publisher, Colin H. Hargreaves
Four Minnesota cities—Minneapolis, St. Paul, Duluth, and Bloomington (one of the largest metropolitan-area suburbs)—already had such laws in effect since as early as 2017. Most of these ordinances are similar…
Morea Law Blog
New York City Employers Must Update Their Safe and Sick Time Policies to Comply with the City’s Amended Regulations
Cold New York City has amended its regulations for the City’s Earned Safe and Sick Time Act (ESSTA). The amended regulations cover numerous aspects of the ESSTA and became effective…
Wage & Hour Developments
Connecticut Expands Sick and Safe Leave
By Emily A. Bushaw, Adrienne Paterson
Connecticut Paid Sick and Safe Leave was expanded to add two additional permitted uses, effective October 1, 2023. Connecticut Paid Sick and Safe Leave originally went into effect in 2012.…
Disability, Leave & Health Management Blog
Bloomington Clarifies Requirements Under its Earned Sick and Safe Leave Ordinance
By Gina K. Janeiro, Hadley M. Simonett
Last year the City of Bloomington, Minnesota became the fourth city in Minnesota to pass an ordinance requiring certain employers provide paid sick and safe leave to eligible employees. The…
World of Employment
Oregon Paid Leave—Upcoming Deadlines
By Melissa Healy, Caroline Sundbaum
Oregon’s paid leave program (providing up to 12+ weeks of paid family, medical, and safe leave to eligible employees per leave year) will be here soon. Almost all businesses with…
Disability, Leave & Health Management Blog
Bloomington Becomes the Fourth City in Minnesota to Require Paid Sick and Safe Leave
By Gina K. Janeiro, Hadley M. Simonett
The City of Bloomington, Minnesota is the latest city in Minnesota to join the cities of Minneapolis, St. Paul and Duluth in enacting an Earned Sick and Safe Leave ordinance…
Ogletree Deakins Insights
Bloomington, Minnesota, Passes Paid Sick and Safe Leave Ordinance
On June 6, 2022, after a year of public meetings and feedback, the Bloomington City Council unanimously approved an ordinance that will require employers in the city to provide paid…
GT L&E Blog
New York Safe Leave Requirements Beginning 2021
One aspect of the new New York Paid Sick Leave Law that often does not receive attention is that portion of the law that allows an employee to take paid…