Archive for April 2017

Local Minimum Wage Ordinance Struck Down by Supreme Court The last three years have been eventful for Louisville and Lexington employers. The Kentucky employers traversed through a roller coaster of employment laws when Louisville City created a minimum wage ordinance that would have raised minimum wage to $9 an hour. The Ordinance was passed in…

Counties in Iowa must roll back local law to comply with new State Law On March 30, 2017, Iowa Governor Terry Branstad signed into law bill HF 295. The new law prevents local governments and cities from enacting local laws that exceed or conflict with state and federal employment laws. This includes prohibiting local sick…

Employment Law Prevents Sick Leave Requirements on the Local Level On March 28, 2017, Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson signed SB 668 into law. The new law is a preemptive employment benefits law that prohibits subdivisions of the state, aka local governments, from requiring employers to provide more than State or Federal law requires.   Although…

Local Sick Leave Laws and other Employer Benefit Laws Banned in South Carolina On April 5, 2017, South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster signed bill SB 218 into law. The new law took effect immediately and prevents local governments from enacting laws that would force sick leave benefits and other employee benefits on employers. Preemptive Sick…

Changes to the Sick Leave Act Signed into Effect Weeks after its Implementation The Illinois Sick Leave Act, which was passed in 2016, and took effect on January 1, 2017 requires employers who offer sick leave to allow employees time to also care for family members. While the act does not require employers to provide…

Albuquerque Healthy Workforce Ordinance is Challenged Again in Court Last fall, a sick leave initiative was introduced for Albuquerque employees. The Healthy Workforce Ordinance was slated to show up on the November 2016 ballot, but was pulled by a judge who stated that the full text of the ordinance must show up on the ballot.…

Pennsylvania Senate Passes a Preemptive Sick Leave Bill The Pennsylvania Senate passed a bill, SB 128, that would retroactively prevent mandatory paid sick leave ordinances on the local level. The bill passed by 37-12 preempts local cities and counties from requiring businesses to provide paid sick leave. The bill has not yet moved through the…

A Bill Preempting Sick Leave and Minimum Wage moves to the Senate On March 2, 2017, a bill that would retroactively preempt local employment laws passed the Minnesota House of Representatives. HF 600 and SF 580 would stop local jurisdictions from passing employment law. Proponents of the bill state that the bill would stop a…

A Minnesota Bill, Hf 239, has been introduced that would require paid sick leave to all Minnesota employees and would provide up to 12 weeks of paid family leave. The bill was introduced on January 2, 2017 and is in addition to the bill HF 600, which creates a preemptive sick leave law banning local…

Michigan Proposes Paid Sick Leave Bill Both the Michigan House and Senate democrats have introduced bill that would require mandatory paid sick leave for employees across the state. If the bill passes, it would provide 1 hour of sick leave for every 30 hours worked. The bill would give up to 40 hours (5 days)…