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
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- 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