December 2023 Statutory Update

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In this Update:

Accrued Paid Leave Updates

  • California Paid Sick Leave – updated resources
  • Chicago, IL Paid Leave and Paid Sick and Safe Leave – effective date delay, amendments
  • Cook County, IL Paid Leave – amendment/NEW

 

2024 Paid Family and Medical Leave (PFML) Benefits, Rates, and Required Notices

Statutory Update: Accrued Paid Leave Amendments in CA, IL and MN; 2024 PFML Benefits and Rates; January 1 Reminders & More

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In this Update:

Paid Family and Medical Leave Updates

  • Delaware Paid Leave (DE PL) – regulations, deadline for grandfathered plans
  • Massachusetts Paid Family and Medical Leave – amendment

 

Accrued Paid Leave Updates

  • California Paid Sick Leave – amendment
  • Connecticut Paid Sick Leave – updated guidance and required notice
  • Chicago, IL Paid Leave and Paid Sick and Safe Leave – amendment/NEW
  • Bloomington, MN Earned Sick and Safe Time – amendment
  • St. Paul, MN Earned Sick and Safe Time – amendment

Other News

  • California Leave for Reproductive Loss – NEW

January 1 Reminders

  • Connecticut Paid Leave (CT PL) – private plan renewals
  • Colorado Family and Medical Leave Insurance (CO FAMLI) – benefits begin   
  • Illinois Paid Leave for All Workers Act – accrual begins
  • Minnesota Earned Sick and Safe Time – accrual begins, model notice available
  • New Hampshire Paid Family and Medical Leave (NH PFML) – annual enrollment
  • Other Laws Becoming Effective or Amended Effective January 1

 

2024 Paid Family and Medical Leave (PFML) Benefits and Rates

Statutory Update: Maine Enacts Paid Family and Medical Leave (ME PFML); Federal Guidance; PFML and Accrued Paid Leave Updates & More

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In this Update:

Federal

Resources and Guidance
  • Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA) – updated worksite poster, proposed regulations
  • Recent Guidance – FMLA, ADA     

State and Local

Family and Medical Leave
  • Colorado Family and Medical Leave Insurance (CO FAMLI) reminder, regulations update
  • Massachusetts Parental Leave Act (MPLA) (unpaid) – updated guidance, updated required notice
  • Maine Paid Family and Medical Leave (ME PFML) NEW
  • New York Disability Benefits Law (NY DBL) – regulations update
  • Oregon Paid and Unpaid Family and Medical Leave (OR PFML and OFLA) – amendments, regulations update
  • Rhode Island TDI and TCI – maximum benefit increase effective 7/1/23
  • Washington Paid Family and Medical Leave (WA PFML) – amendments, regulations update
  • Tennessee Paid Family and Medical Leave Tax Credit NEW  
  • Paid Family Leave as a Class of Insurance – Alabama, Florida, Texas
  Accrued Paid Leave
  • Colorado Healthy Families and Workplaces Act amendment, updated required notice
  • Connecticut Paid Sick Leave – amendment
  • St. Paul, Minnesota Earned Sick and Safe Time – regulations update
  • Oregon Paid Sick Time – regulations update
  • Washington Paid Sick Leave – amendment
  • Seattle, WA Paid Sick and Safe Time for Gig Workers – NEW
Other News
  • Anaheim, CA Hotel Worker Protections – NEW
  • Illinois – New and Amended Legislation                                                                                                                                                                               
    • Victims’ Economic Security and Safety Act (VESSA) – amendment
    • Child Extended Bereavement Leave – NEW
    • Blood and Organ Donation Leave – amendment
  • Louisiana Leave for Genetic Testing and Cancer Screening – NEW
  • Minnesota Voting Leave – amendment
  • Nevada Domestic Violence Leave – amendment
  • New Hampshire Accommodations for Nursing Mothers – NEW
  • Oregon Leave for Victims of Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault or Stalking – amendment

How Top Employers are Approaching Bereavement Care: A Report

August 8, 2023

MMA’s Absence, Disability, and Life Practice and Empathy, a platform for helping families navigate the emotional and logistical challenges of loss, recently partnered to better understand how top employers are supporting their employees in some of life’s most difficult moments – through bereavement and loss.

The research conducted sheds light onto the key bereavement care initiatives and comprehensive benefits being offered at today’s top companies.  The findings show the compassion industry-leading companies are showing their workforce, bringing in a new era of bereavement support.

This is the first installment of a broader series. The “Moments that Matter” series sets out to recognize compassionate, industry-leading large employers who are committed to supporting their employees during life’s most challenging times.  The series builds off the release of MMA ADL’s 2023 Leaves of Absence and Time Away from Work Survey, which revealed a significant focus on and expansion of company-paid policies among employers.

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Statutory Update: Minnesota Enacts Earned Sick and Safe Time and Paid Family and Medical Leave, and Amends Existing Laws

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Last month the governor of Minnesota approved several measures impacting employee entitlements to leave and protections.

New Laws
  • Earned Sick and Safe Time – effective January 1, 2024
  • Paid Family and Medical Leave – contributions and benefits effective January 1, 2026
Changes
  • “Kin Care” – amended effective July 1, 2023; repealed effective January 1, 2024
  • Pregnancy and Parental Leave Act – amended effective July 1, 2023
  • Accommodations for Pregnant and Lactating Employees – amended effective July 1, 2023

Statutory Update: COVID-19 Legislation; New Federal Worksite Posters, PFML and Accrued Paid Leave Updates & More

May 25, 2023

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In this update:

COVID-19 Legislation

Federal

Recent Guidance

EEOC Guidance – COVID-19 and Anti-Discrimination Laws (Post-PHE) – updated

State and Local

Emergency Paid Sick Leave
Recently Expired
  • Long Beach, CA COVID-19 Supplemental Paid Sick Leave (SPSL)
  • Los Angeles City, CA COVID-19 Supplemental Paid Sick Leave (SPSL)
  • Los Angeles County, CA Supplemental Paid Sick Leave (SPSL)
  • Puerto Rico Emergency Paid Sick Leave (EPSL)
  • San Francisco, CA Public Health Emergency Leave (PHEL)
  • Seattle, WA Paid Sick and Safe Time for Gig Workers (GW PSST)
Still in Effect
  • Oakland, CA COVID-19 Emergency Paid Sick Leave (EPSL)
  • Colorado Public Health Emergency Leave (PHEL)
  • Nevada Hospitality Workers Paid Leave
  • New York COVID-19 Sick Leave
  • Philadelphia, PA COVID-19 Leave
Side-by-Side EPSL Summary updated

Non-COVID-19 Legislation

Federal

Updated Worksite Posters
  • Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (FMLA)
  • Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
Recent Guidance

Providing Urgent Maternal Protections for Nursing Mothers Act (PUMP Act)

State and Local

Paid Family and Medical Leave
  • Colorado Family and Medical Leave Insurance (CO FAMLI) – amendment, base period wages
  • Connecticut Paid Leave (CT PL) – maximum weekly benefit increase June 1, 2023
  • Maryland Paid Family and Medical Leave (MD PFML) – effective date change and amendments
  • Oregon Paid Family and Medical Leave (OR PFML) – potential effective date delay
  • Paid Family Leave as a Class of Insurance
    • Arkansas – new, effective July 30, 2023
    • Tennessee – new, effective January 1, 2024
  • Michigan Tax Incentive for Employers Providing Paid Adoption Leave – delayed
Accrued Paid Leave 
  • Puerto Rico Minimum Wage, Vacation and Sick Leave Act – reversal of 2022 amendments
  • Illinois Paid Leave for All Workers Act – resources
  • Bloomington, MN Earned Sick and Safe Leave – model notice and resources
Other News
  • Colorado Military Leave – amendment
  • Georgia Kin Care – removal of repeal date
  • Georgia Voting Leave – amendment
  • Virginia Leave for Organ and Bone Marrow Donation – new, effective July 1, 2023

Statutory Update: COVID-19 Legislation; Protections for Pregnant and Working Mothers; PFML and Accrued Paid Leave Updates & More

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In this Update:

COVID-19 Legislation

State and Local

Emergency Paid Sick Leave

  • Cal/OSHA COVID-19 Prevention Non-Emergency Regulations – new, effective February 3, 2023          
  • San Francisco, CA Public Health Emergency Leave – COVID-19 requirement ending February 28, 2023   
  • Colorado Public Health Emergency Leave – status (still in effect)      
  • Side-by-Side EPSL Summary – updated       

Non-COVID-19 Legislation

Federal

Anti-Discrimination and Accommodation         

  • Protections for Pregnant and Nursing Employees                                                                                                                                                                                        
    • Pregnant Workers Fairness Act – new, effective June 27, 2023                                                                                                                                                    
    • Providing Urgent Maternal Protections (PUMP) for Nursing Mothers Act – new, effective December 29, 2022                                                                                

Recent Guidance          

  • Telework, the FLSA and the FMLA   

State and Local

Paid Family and Medical Leave

  • Massachusetts Paid Family and Medical Leave (MA PFML) Regulations – amendment, maintenance of health benefits             
  • Vermont Family and Medical Leave Insurance (VT FMLI) – new, voluntary for private employers beginning July 1, 2024            
  • Reminders and Updated Resources                                                                                                                                                                                   
    • Colorado Family and Medical Leave Insurance (CO FAMLI)             
    • New Hampshire Paid Family and Medical Leave (NH PFML)                                  
    • Oregon Paid Family and Medical Leave (OR PFML)                                  

Accrued Paid Leave                          

  • Illinois Paid Leave for All Workers Act – new, effective January 1, 2024
  • Michigan Paid Medical Leave Act – Status of Litigation – no changes to current requirements
  • Bloomington, MN Earned Sick and Safe Leave – amendments, law becomes effective July 1, 2023
  • St. Paul, MN Earned Sick and Safe Time – clarifications and amendments effective February 18, 2023

Other News        

  • California – Bereavement Leave – clarification on covered family members
  • San Francisco, CA – Military Leave Pay Protection Act – new, effective February 19, 2023
  • New York – Electronic Access to Required Postings – new, effective December 16, 2022
  • New York – Lactation Accommodations – new, effective June 7, 2023