Archive for June 2017

Maintaining Compliance under the Family Leave Act or FMLA At first glance, New Jersey’s Family Leave Act may look simple and easy for employers to maintain compliance. Business owners may incorrectly assume that the New Jersey laws are similar to newer family leave laws such as New York’s or California’s and that the protected leave…

Uniform Labor Standards Act to Create Uniform Landscape in Employment Law In March, the Minnesota House of Representatives approved HF 600. The bill prevents local cities from enacting local minimum wage and sick leave laws. It moved on quickly to the Senate, where it was passed. However, on May 30, Governor Mark Dayton vetoed the…

Mid-Year Labor Laws Mean Extra Care for Employers Employers across the United States have less than 30 days to be prepared for several employment laws that are taking effect on a state or local level. For some of these businesses, uncertainty over the future of local labor laws kept them from preparing more in advance.…

Mississippi passes a Preemptive Sick Leave Law Mississippi State currently does not have any mandatory sick leave laws on the books. In fact, in 2013, state legislatures passed a minimum wage and sick leave preemptive bill that protects employers from a diverse terrain of local employment laws. HB 141 is called “An Act to Prohibit…

New Idaho Minimum Wage Law As increased minimum wage laws sweep the nation, many Idaho employers have carefully watched the Idaho legislature to monitor laws regarding sick leave or minimum wage. Idaho, with its minimal employment laws, has the 7th lowest unemployment rate in the country at 3.4%. In 2016, Idaho lawmakers decided they wanted…

Sick Leave Laws in Delaware Sick leave and state FMLA laws have been passing around the country. In the last year alone, DC, Rhode Island and New York have all passed paid family and medical leave laws. Additionally, Arizona, St Paul, Minneapolis, Chicago and Cook County have passed mandatory sick leave laws. It has become…