The 2024 DMEC Annual Conference, from August 5-8, 2024 in Nashville, TN, will offer a one-of-a-kind deep dive into solutions and best practices for the challenges that leave and disability professionals face each day. On August 7, 2024, Joshua Seidman and Renate Walker will present “Parsing Paid Leave: Understanding Sick vs. Family Leave Laws.”
The paid leave
Continue Reading Joshua Seidman and Renate Walker to Present at the 2024 DMEC Annual ConferenceBy Marlin Duro-Martinez, Christina Duszlak, Joshua D. Seidman, and Renate M. Walker
Seyfarth Synopsis: With each passing year, the country’s patchwork of mandatory state paid family and paid family medical leave (collectively, “PFML” or “PFL”) laws continues to evolve and expand. Why is this existing patchwork so challenging for employers? Look no further than how
Continue Reading Weaving the Patchwork: How Mandatory Paid Family Leave Laws Stitch Together
By Sara Eber Fowler, Gillian B. Lepore, Adam J. Rongo, and Joshua D. Seidman
What You Need To Know:
Seyfarth Synopsis: Illinois joined the exclusive club of now three states that require employers to offer paid leave for any reason when Governor J.B. Pritzker signed the Paid Leave for Workers Act last week. The Act takes effect on January 1, 2024. Illinois employees will be entitled to earn and use at least 40 hours
Continue Reading Paid Leave For Any Reason Now A Reality In Illinois
By Gillian B. Lepore, Sara Fowler, Megan P. Toth, Tracy M. Billows, and Joshua D. Seidman
Seyfarth Synopsis: A bill that would provide paid leave for all workers in Illinois is awaiting Governor Pritzker’s signature. If signed into law, the bill would provide up to 40 hours of paid leave for eligible employees, effective January
Continue Reading If Pain (Or Anything Else), Yes Gain—Part 104: Illinois to Become Third State to Enact Paid Leave LawBy Daniel B. Klein, Christina Duszlak, and Alex J. Reganata
Seyfarth Synopsis: The Massachusetts Department of Unemployment Insurance has announced that the Massachusetts COVID-19 Emergency Paid Sick Leave (“MEPSL”) will expire on March 15, 2022. Employers have until April 29, 2022 to file their applications for reimbursements.
On May 28, 2021, a temporary Massachusetts law providing
Continue Reading Massachusetts COVID-19 Emergency Paid Sick Leave Will Expire On March 15th
By Joshua D. Seidman, Ryan B. Schneider, Tracy M. Billows, Dana D. Howells, and William P. Perkins
Seyfarth Synopsis: Roughly two years ago we introduced Seyfarth’s Infographic tracking the spread of paid sick leave and anti-local sick leave laws around the country from pre-2014 to year-end 2018. We have since seen a torrential downpour of
Continue Reading 2020 Census: The Whereabouts of Paid Sick and Personal Leave Laws & State Gatekeepers