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Massachusetts Enacts COVID-19 Emergency Paid Sick Leave

By Mark W. Batten and Heylee Bernstein on Posted in Coronavirus, Leaves of Absences
CoronovirusLast week, Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker signed legislation providing for COVID-19 Emergency Paid Sick Leave for Massachusetts employees. Governor Baker vetoed an earlier version of the bill in April. The revised bill, signed into law on May 28, 2021, takes effect on Monday, June 7, 2021. Employees are eligible for COVID-19 Emergency Paid Sick Leave … Continue Reading

New York State Issues Guidance on COVID-19 Vaccine Leave Law

By Evandro Gigante, Arielle E. Kobetz and Alex Downie on Posted in Coronavirus, Leaves of Absences
The New York State Department of Labor (“NYSDOL”) has issued guidance on the State’s recently enacted COVID-19 vaccine leave law, which went into effect on March 12, 2021.  As we previously reported, the law requires employers to provide employees with “a sufficient period of time, not to exceed four hours” per dose to be vaccinated … Continue Reading

New York State Issues Additional Guidance on COVID-19 Quarantine Leave Law

By Evandro Gigante, Harris Mufson, Alex Downie and Rebecca Fishbein on Posted in Coronavirus, Leaves of Absences
***UPDATE: New York State has modified its Paid Family Leave COVID-19 FAQs for Employees to reflect this New York State Department of Labor guidance. We will continue to monitor New York’s COVID-19 leave law and provide updates.*** On January 20, 2021, the New York State Department of Labor issued new guidance on the state’s COVID-19 … Continue Reading

Election Season and the Workplace, Part 2: Political Leave Laws

By Allan Bloom, Alex Downie and Laura Fant on Posted in Leaves of Absences, Workplace Policies and Procedures
With Election Day just around the corner, we are highlighting some of the issues facing employers in a series of posts on election-related issues. In our first installment, we looked at employee protections around political speech and activity both in and outside the workplace. In this second installment, we’ll examine employees’ rights to take time … Continue Reading

DOL Updates FFCRA Regulations in Light of Recent SDNY Decision

By Alex Downie, Evandro Gigante and Laura Fant on Posted in Coronavirus, Leaves of Absences
On September 11, 2020 the U.S. Department of Labor (“DOL”) issued revised Families First Coronavirus Response Act (“FFCRA”) regulations in response to a federal court decision striking down certain portions of its previous regulations. The FFCRA is a federal law that requires certain employers to provide: (1) two weeks of paid sick leave to employees … Continue Reading

SDNY Decision Strikes Down Portions of DOL’s FFCRA Regulations

By Evandro Gigante, Heylee Bernstein and Laura Fant on Posted in Coronavirus
On August 3, Judge Paul Oetken of the Southern District of New York issued a decision invalidating various portions of the Department of Labor’s rules implementing the federal Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA). The FFCRA is the federal law that provides emergency relief and support to employees who need to take leave from work … Continue Reading

New York State Issues Guidance on COVID-19 Quarantine Leave Law

By Arielle E. Kobetz, Rachel Therese Gulotta, Laura Fant, Harris Mufson and Evandro Gigante on Posted in Coronavirus, Leaves of Absences, Workplace Policies and Procedures
***Updated April 16, 2020*** On March 25, 2020, New York State published Frequently Asked Questions and other guidance regarding the state’s recently enacted Covid-19 Paid Sick Leave Law and expansions to New York’s Paid Family Leave Law (PFL) and Disability Benefit Law. This bill was signed into law on March 18 and became effective immediately … Continue Reading

U.S. Department of Labor Releases Initial Guidance on the Federal Family First Coronavirus Response Act

By Evandro Gigante, Meika Freeman, Laura Fant and Guy Brenner on Posted in Coronavirus, Leaves of Absences, Workplace Policies and Procedures
*** Please note that the Department of Labor is updating (and in some cases revising) its initial guidance on a rolling basis, so be sure to click on the Questions and Answers link for the most current version. A blog post on the most recent updates to the guidance can be found here. *** On … Continue Reading

Massachusetts Governor Signs Parental Leave Bill

By Mark W. Batten, Samantha Regenbogen Manelin and Vanessa Gilbreth on Posted in Accessibility & Accommodation, Leaves of Absences, Workplace Policies and Procedures
On January 7, 2015, Governor Deval Patrick signed into law a Parental Leave bill, which significantly amends Mass. Gen. L. ch. 149, section 105D.  Before the amendment, the Massachusetts Maternity Leave Act (“MMLA”) provided eight weeks of job-protected leave to female employees for the birth or adoption of a child. Now, however, among other expansive … Continue Reading

Massachusetts AG Advises on Domestic Violence Leave Act

By Mark W. Batten, Samantha Regenbogen Manelin and Vanessa Gilbreth on Posted in Leaves of Absences, Workplace Policies and Procedures
Leave of absence formThe Massachusetts Attorney General recently issued an Advisory regarding the new Domestic Violence Leave Act, which was passed on August 8, 2014. The Advisory helped to clarify some of the requirements of the Act: Because the Act broadly states that it applies to employers with 50 or more employees, it was previously unclear whether the … Continue Reading
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