The Chicago suburbs followed the path of the Windy City this week with the formal approval of mandatory paid sick leave for private employees by the Cook County Board of Commissioners. Almost identical to the Chicago version of paid sick leave passed back in June, the Cook County law provides that all employees who work…
Read More »Concerned about the economic impact that passage of the Universal Paid Leave Act of 2016 (currently pending in the DC Council) would have, a number of national business groups headquartered in the nation’s capital have submitted an alternative to the DC Council for their consideration. The Employer Mandate plan put forth by the business coalition…
Read More »Following an array of cities on both coasts as well as its “Twin City” Minneapolis, St. Paul Minnesota joined the ranks of those local governments now mandating paid sick leave for employees of private companies. The St. Paul city council, which had been deliberating the legislation over the course of several months, finally enacted the…
Read More »There may be only 174 days left to the Obama administration, but his penchant for ruling by Executive Order continues to impact businesses. Executive Order 13706 requires federal contractors to offer their employees up to 7 days of paid sick leave per year on the basis of one hour earned for every 30 hours worked. …
Read More »It is now official, voters in two more states will be asked this fall whether their minimum wages should be increased. This past Monday, advocates in Colorado submitted over 200,000 signatures, more than double the required 98,492, to place the question of mandating an increase in the state minimum wage on the November ballot. The…
Read More »We would remind all of our members with franchises in Massachusetts that the Commonwealth implemented a new earned sick leave law which took effect one year ago, in July, 2015. The Attorney General’s office has developed a very informative and easy-to-navigate web site to provide detailed guidance on what the law requires of employers. The…
Read More »Voters in the state of Washington will have the opportunity to vote on the question of increasing the state’s minimum wage (currently $9.47) and mandating paid sick leave come this November. Advocates have succeeded in collecting the required signatures to put Initiative 1433 on the ballot. The initiative provides for specific increases in the state…
Read More »There are two dates every year when we have to be especially conscious of changes in government laws and/or regulations – one is January 1 and the other is today, July 1, the start of many government fiscal years. With so much new regulation being piled on to the business community, we thought it might…
Read More »Maybe it’s the sunshine, or the “healthy living”, but mandated sick leave is spreading to more communities in the Golden State as next month three major municipalities will foist the mandated benefit onto private employers beginning July 1. The state of California began mandating paid sick leave one year ago – after meeting a 30…
Read More »The germ of paid sick leave spread to the Midwest as well this week, as Chicago formally adopted the mandate by a unanimous vote of 48-0 at the Wednesday meeting of the City Council. As we advised you last week, with 38 sponsors (out of 50 aldermen) and the support of Mayor Rahm Emmanuel, the…
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