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

May 25, 2023

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 –