Alaska employers with 14 or fewer employees that wish to provide sick leave using the accrual method rather than lump sum method should consider including this statement in their handbook to educate employees, including supervisors, about the availability of sick leave and to show their compliance with the Alaska Paid Sick Leave Law.
Missouri's legislature has passed a bill to repeal the state's new paid sick leave law and also eliminate annual inflation adjustments to the state minimum wage.
A first-of-its-kind law allowing employees to use paid sick leave to attend immigration-related proceedings could serve as a template for other states and localities to expand their own leave requirements.