The Department of Labor has issued guidance for employers on the FMLA. The Employer’s Guide to the Family and Medical Leave Act attempts to walk employers through the FMLA process,
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Obama on Wage Gap: Making a List, Checking it Twice
In recent years the issue of the so-called “gender gap” in employee wages has, pardon the use of this word, “engendered” strong feeling on the part of the labor and
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New Brunswick Becomes the Latest New Jersey Municipality to Enact Paid Sick Leave
Just when we reported that Pittsburgh employers have gotten a reprieve from sick leave laws, New Jersey employers have yet another sick leave law with which to contend.
On December
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Pittsburgh Plows Ahead with Paid Sick Leave Despite Lawsuit
In August, the Pittsburgh City Council passed a paid sick leave ordinance that will require employers with 15 or more employees to provide up to 40 hours of paid sick
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Massachusetts Issues Sick Leave Poster
Massachusetts’ new sick leave law goes into effect on July 1, 2015. In anticipation of the law, the Attorney General has posted the Earned Sick Time Notice of Employee Rights
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As of June 30, 2015, New Jersey Will Have Nine Municipalities with Paid Sick Leave Laws in Effect
For those of you who have lost count or lost track of effective dates of local ordinances, the following New Jersey municipalities have passed paid sick leave laws:
- Bloomfield, effective
Philadelphia Issues Paid Sick Leave Poster
Philadelphia’s Managing Director’s Office has issued the Philadelphia Sick Leave Poster summarizing employees’ sick leave rights. Just as a reminder, the law goes into effect May 13, 2015.
The law
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This is Not an April Fool’s Joke: NYC Employers Must Offer Paid Sick Time Starting Today
Just a friendly reminder that New York City’s Earned Sick Time Act goes into effect today. Employers with 5 or more employees must offer employees who work in NYC up
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Patient Preference No Justification For Racial Discrimination
The Civil Rights Bureau of the New York Attorney General’s office has just announced the settlement and discontinuance of an investigation into an upstate nursing home where the AG sought
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Philadelphia Joins Growing Northeast Trend and Passes Law Requiring Employers to Accommodate Pregnant Employees
Philadelphia has joined New York City and New Jersey, who recently passed new laws protecting pregnant employees. (See our September 25, 2013 and January 27, 2014 posts for details about
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