Notable leave developments are coming to Virginia. The state has enacted a significant expansion of its existing paid sick leave law—which presently only applies to home health workers—to all employees statewide. In addition, under the state’s new Paid Family Medical Leave Insurance program, employees will be eligible for up to 12 workweeks of partially-paid, job-protected
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Proposed Rules Issued on Recent NYC Earned Safe and Sick Time Act Amendments
By Evandro Gigante & Laura Fant on
- Requiring employers of all sizes to provide employees with an additional 32 hours of
New York State COVID-19 Sick Time Requirement to Sunset on July 31, 2025
New York State employers are reminded that, beginning July 31, 2025, they will no longer be required to provide COVID-specific sick time to employees.
Since March 2020, New York employers have been required to provide sick time—above and beyond what is required under the New York Paid Sick Leave Law—for employees who are under…
Amended NYC Earned Safe and Sick Time Act Rules Issued to Address Paid Prenatal Leave
To align with the new statewide paid prenatal leave law, the NYC Department of Consumer and Worker Protection has amended its rules related to the NYC Earned Safe and Sick Time Act (“ESSTA”) to address the paid prenatal leave requirement. The amended rules take effect on July 2, 2025.
As a reminder, effective January…