Tag: paid sick leave

July 16, 2020

In an extraordinary legislative session interrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic—which led to a Colorado Supreme Court ruling that lawmakers could reconvene after initially adjourning in late March 2020, despite a constitutional provision limiting regular sessions to “one hundred and twenty […]

June 12, 2020

Before the COVID-19 pandemic struck, going to work sick was pretty common for many workers, especially those who live paycheck to paycheck. But now that COVID-19 has changed life as we know it, will this trend become a thing of […]

March 19, 2019

The Michigan Paid Sick Leave Act, which will require most employers with at least 50 employees to provide paid sick leave, is set to go into effect March 29. Under the new law, employees of covered employers are eligible for […]

December 7, 2016

Many large companies offer paid sick leave to their employees. Many smaller companies do as well, but some do not. For those companies that offer it the amount of time offered varies. In the smaller business market that I work […]

October 3, 2016

The Department of Labor rolled out its final regulations mandating paid sick leave for the employees of federal contractors. According to the DOL, once fully implemented, more than 1 million employees of federal contractors will be covered. At the highest […]

June 1, 2016

In a unanimous vote, the Minneapolis City Council has passed a paid sick and safe leave ordinance that is scheduled to take effect on July 1, 2017. The ordinance covers all employers with one or more employees, but employers with […]

March 4, 2016

In the restaurant industry—where paid sick leave is a luxury many establishments say they can’t afford—it’s not uncommon for minimum-wage-earning hosts, servers and kitchen staff to show up for work even when they’re ill. But as last year’s outbreaks of […]