Archive for March 2017

Georgia Passes Mandatory Sick Leave Preemptive Law Before paid sick leave laws started gaining momentum in localities across the United States, Georgia was the first state to pass a preemptive sick leave law in 2006. The Georgia law prohibits any local government from passing a local sick leave law requiring businesses to provide paid sick…

Do Westchester, New York Employers Face new Employment Laws? Lawmakers in Westchester, NY are looking at a mandatory paid sick leave law that would mirror the New York City Sick Leave Law. The law was introduced by Westchester Board of Legislatures’ Majority Leader Catherine Borgia-D. Under the proposed bill, employees within county limits would be…

Is Mandatory Paid Sick & Safe Leave Coming to Nevada? Currently Nevada doesn’t have any laws that require businesses to provide paid sick leave. However, that could change this year. A Nevada bill that would create a mandatory statewide paid sick leave law was heard this week before the Senate Committee on Commerce, Labor and…

History behind Arizona’s Preemptive Sick Leave Laws As Tempe, AZ city counsel members moved toward a city-wide sick leave law (2016), the State legislature took matters into their own hands. They passed two laws that completely disbanded Tempe’s efforts. The first law specifically preempts any city or county government from passing mandatory sick leave within…

Indiana is looking at passing Mandatory Sick Leave Indiana legislators returned to work on January 3, 2017 and slated for review this year are three different sick leave laws and two minimum wage laws. If passed, any of these laws will have a great impact on Indiana employers and will mean several changes for the…

Florida Passes Sick Leave Preemptive Law In 2013, Orange County considered a local sick leave law that would provide up to 56 hours of sick leave a year. The new law would make sick leave mandatory across the county. However, a Florida preemptive bill was signed into law that halted the Orlando bill and another…

Nevada Sick Leave Laws and Regulation Currently, Nevada does not have any mandatory sick leave laws. However, Nevada does require that employers have a clearly defined policy regarding paid time off. Additionally, if an employer has a contract with an employee that provides for sick leave, the employer is required to fulfill the contract. The Nevada…

Overview of The Hawaii Family Leave Law The Hawaii Family Leave Law (HFLL) has two main provisions. First, employers who provide sick leave or other paid time off to allow up to 10 days to be used for family leave purposes. Next, the law also requires large employers to provide family leave of up to…

Hawaii doesn’t currently have a specific sick leave law, although that could change in 2017. However, the Temporary Disability Insurance Program (TDI) does provide a level of sick leave to Hawaiian employees while the Family Leave Law provides benefits for leave when employee’s family members are sick. Unlike many other states, the disability insurance is…