The leave and disability arena is rife with complexity. For any given absence, employees may find themselves deep in the alphabet soup of absence—STD, FMLA, CAPDL, CFRA, CASDI, CAPFL, HELP! Okay, maybe the last one isn’t a leave law yet (I’m looking at you, Hawaii), but with so much complexity in just the traditional realm … Continued
Over the past few years, many states across the country have proposed (and a handful have passed) legislation to create state-mandated paid family and medical leave programs, providing eligible employees with job protection and paid benefits for qualifying leaves of absence. Recently, however, a new trend is popping up in legislation all over the country: … Continued
Original publish date: February 13, 2020. Updated January 27, 2023 Managing military-related leave requests can prompt a lot of questions, as employers have two federal leave laws to consider: the Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) and Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA). We’ve seen a lot of confusion when employers try to decipher … Continued
Compliance Webinar: (September 28, 2022) Absence Management Academy: Paid Family & Medical Leave States continue to pass Paid Family and Medical Leave laws which broaden eligibility and reasons for leave. As more employees are working remotely and employers are expanding into multiple states, they need to understand the Paid Family & Medical Leave programs. Watch the … Continued
Correctly administering Paid Family and Medical Leave (PFML) has only become more complex following numerous state-level changes during the COVID-19 pandemic. The USA is one of the few industrialized nations without paid family and/or medical leave at the national level. Thus, states have led the way. Since 2020, D.C., Massachusetts, Washington, Connecticut, Oregon, New Hampshire, … Continued
It’s October and the tree leaves aren’t the only leaves that have changed in Washington, D.C. Several important updates to the D.C. Paid Family Leave program recently became effective, including the permanent elimination of the benefit waiting period, contribution rate changes, expanded wage replacement benefits, and the publication of a revised mandatory employee notice by … Continued
As we continue to count down (less than a year!) until benefits become available under Oregon’s paid family and medical leave (“PFML” or “Paid Leave Oregon”) program, there are some upcoming dates that both employees and employers should note. Implementation of the program was pushed out a year, but we have finally reached a major … Continued
Like tulips and daffodils, this spring brought leave absence activity popping up across the country, plenty of which was related to Paid Family and Medical Leave (PFML) programs. As a refresher, there are 10 states with established or upcoming PFML programs, including California, Colorado (benefits payable beginning in 2024), Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire (benefits payable beginning in 2023), New … Continued
After weeks of “will they or won’t they” speculation, New Hampshire has enacted New Hampshire House Bill 2, which established the Granite State Paid Family Leave Plan. You may be thinking, how did this radical paid leave bill sneak by my radar? Don’t fret quite yet–this is a unique law that doesn’t really mirror any … Continued
On Wednesday, May 26, 2021, emergency legislation (B24-185) went into effect in the District of Columbia (D.C.) that prohibits the offsetting of D.C. paid family leave benefits from insured temporary or short-term disability benefits. The legislation, known as the Short-term Disability Insurance Benefit Protection Emergency Amendment Act of 2021 (“the Act”), became law without the … Continued
With Connecticut’s paid leave (CTPL) program benefits becoming payable January 1, 2022, it’s time for employers to make decisions about how their employees will access benefits. If your organization has even one employee in Connecticut, you’ll need to be prepared. Here’s a short checklist: Register for the CT Paid Leave (CTPL) program, if you haven’t … Continued
Connecticut Registration and Catch-Up Contributions Connecticut once again reminded employers that they must register for the CT Paid Leave (CTPL) program with the Connecticut Paid Leave Authority (the Authority) as soon as possible if they have not already done so. Employers who didn’t register or begin withholding employer contributions timely can still use the catch-up … Continued
