Archive for July 2017

Sick Leave Bill for Maryland For five years, the Maryland legislature has tried to pass HB 1, a bill that would require businesses of all sizes to provide sick leave to their employees. That’s in addition to the family leave required by law.  Small employers with less than 15 employers would have to provide unpaid…

A Business Nightmare: A patchwork of Sick Leave Laws On July 1, 2017, the Cook County and Chicago Sick Leave Ordinances and new minimum wage went into effect. Although the Cook County and Chicago Sick Leave ordinances are very similar, there are differences, especially with the final rule publish. Cook County Sick Leave applies to…

Cook County Cities Pull Out of County Law When Chicago and Cook County passed their sick leave law last year, which also raised minimum wage across the Country, few would have predicted the staggering response by the towns and cities within Cook County. Cook County has a unique law that allows individual political subdivisions, in…

Senate Makes Changes to Sick Leave Bill The Rhode Island Senate just passed a bill that would require mandatory sick leave for employees across the state. The bill is a scaled down version to the one that was originally introduced, which gave massive protection and benefits to employees. The current version of the bill provides…

The Minimum Wage Fight: Expect the Unexpected A minimum wage gets voted into existence by city residents. It would seem a simple scenario. However, in the case of local minimum wage, it is seldom clear cut or simple. When St. Louis enacted a minimum wage ordinance that was set to take effect in 2015, it…

Seattle’s Experiment in Minimum Wage When Seattle passed its new minimum wage law, it became the highest and fastest rising minimum wage city in the country. As a result, and as part of the law, Seattle funded a 6 year study to determine the effects of minimum wage on the city. As a case study,…

Montana Sick Leave and Protected Leave Montana employers have often wondered what state laws are regarding sick leave or family medical leave. This is especially true as states across the United States have passed sick leave and parental leave laws. The purpose of this article is to provide an overview of protected leave in Montana…

New  York’s Short Term Disability Benefits The State of New York passed their Temporary Disability Benefits Program in 1949, making it one of the first states run disability programs. To date, only a handful of states offer temporary insurance including Hawaii, New  York, California and New Jersey. New York’s Temporary Disability Insurance provides paid benefits…

Utah Sick Leave and Protected Leave As many cities and states across the U.S.A. pass mandatory sick leave or local family medical leave laws, many Utah employers have wondered what protected leave laws exist in Utah. The purpose of this article is to provide an overview of protected leave in Utah for managers and Human…