Paid Sick Leave

New and Updated

• Date:

  November 6, 2024

  Type:

  News

  Nebraska Voters Approve Paid Sick Leave

  Initiative Measure 436 will allow eligible employees to accrue one hour of paid sick leave for every 30 hours worked.

• Date:

  November 6, 2024

  Type:

  News

  Paid Sick Leave and $15 Minimum Wage Are Coming to Missouri

  Missouri voters have approved a ballot proposition that will raise the state minimum wage to $15 by 2026 and require employers to provide employees one hour of paid sick leave for every 30 hours worked.

• Type:

  Handbook Templates

  Sick Leave Handbook Statement [1-10 Employees; Lump Sum Method]: Massachusetts

  Massachusetts employers with fewer than 11 employees should consider including this statement in their handbook to educate employees, including supervisors, about the availability of sick leave using the lump sum method and to show their compliance with the Massachusetts Earned Sick Time Law.

• Type:

  Handbook Templates

  Paid Sick Leave Handbook Statement [11+ Employees; Lump Sum Method]: Massachusetts

  Massachusetts employers with 11 or more employees should consider including this statement in their handbook to educate employees, including supervisors, about the availability of sick leave using the lump sum method and to show their compliance with the Massachusetts Earned Sick Time Law.

• Type:

  Handbook Templates

  Paid Sick Leave Handbook Statement [11+ Employees; Accrual Method]: Massachusetts

  Updated title (formerly Paid Sick Time Handbook Statement [11+ Employees]: Massachusetts) and statement for style; and updated statement and guidance to reflect amendments that expand qualifying reasons for leave to include reproductive loss events, effective November 21, 2024. 

• Type:

  Handbook Templates

  Paid Sick Leave Handbook Statement [Accrual Method]: Chicago, Illinois

  Updated statement to clarify employee eligibility. 

• Type:

  Legal Timetable

  California Expands Paid Sick Leave Reasons for Agricultural Employees

  Updated to reflect changes to the California kin care leave law as a result of the amendments to the Healthy Workplaces, Healthy Families Act.

• Type:

  Legal Timetable

  California Amends Protections for Crime Victims

  Updated to reflect changes to the California kin care leave law as a result of the amendments to the Healthy Workplaces, Healthy Families Act.

• Type:

  Employment Law Guide

  Paid Sick Leave: Pennsylvania

  Updated to include Philadelphia sick leave qualifying reasons related to COVID-19, under the definition of preventive medical care.

• Type:

  Handbook Templates

  Paid Sick Leave Handbook Statement [1-9 Employees; Lump Sum Method]: Oakland, California

  Oakland employers should consider including this statement in their handbook to educate employees, including supervisors, about the availability of sick leave using the lump sum method and to show their compliance with the Oakland Minimum Wage Law. This policy also covers the California Healthy Workplaces, Healthy Families Act. It is intended to address compliance with both state and local law.