Paid Sick Leave

New and Updated

• 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:

  Legal Timetable

  Massachusetts Adds Reproductive Loss Events to Sick Leave Qualifying Reasons

• Type:

  Handbook Templates

  Paid Sick Leave Handbook Statement [1-14 Employees; Accrual Method]: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

  Updated title and statement for style; and updated threshold and guidance to reflect guidelines that require employers to adopt a written policy and that clarify requirements regarding employer notice, effective July 2, 2024.

• Type:

  Handbook Templates

  Paid Sick Leave Handbook Statement [15+ Employees; Accrual Method]: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

  Updated title and statement for style; and updated threshold and guidance to reflect guidelines that require employers to adopt a written policy and that clarify requirements regarding employer notice, effective July 2, 2024.