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
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
New paid leave laws keep coming! Just when you think you’ve mastered the existing laws, a new one is enacted and you have to review your policies and practices all over again. To help ease the burden, here are our top five tips for keeping abreast of the new paid leave landscape. Tip #1: New … Continued
California continues its push to lead the country in providing workers with paid leave benefits. The latest expansion increases the amount of paid family leave from six to eight weeks in 2020. And an even bigger expansion is planned for 2021-22 as newly passed legislation creates a task force to propose an increase to a … Continued
Constantly changing leave laws make staying compliant increasingly complex and overwhelming for organizations. It not only poses a huge burden on time and resources, compliance mistakes can cost organizations thousands of dollars. If you’re feeling like it’s hard to keep up with compliance, you’re certainly not alone. A 2016 DMEC Leave Management Survey found that … Continued
On February 19, 2019, New Jersey governor Phil Murphy signed into law significant enhancements to the state’s Family Leave Insurance (NJ FLI) and Temporary Disability (NJ TDB) laws. Here are the highlights of the changes that employers and leave administrators will need to know. NJ FLI Entitlement Doubled Beginning July 1, 2020, eligible employees will be … Continued
California Senate Bill 1123, which expands the California Paid Family Leave (PFL) program, was signed into law on September 27, 2018, and will take effect on January 1, 2021. The amendment expands the scope of the California PFL program to allow an employee to receive benefits for leave taken for a qualifying exigency related to … Continued
The end of the 2018 legislative session in New Jersey brought with it passage of two bills impacting its statutory disability and family leave programs. The purpose of the bills is to provide for a more seamless transition between TDI and FLI benefits. The new laws go into effect October 4, 2019. NJ Assembly Bill … Continued
With the new year right around the corner, the Washington State Employment Security Department (ESD) has published an employer toolkit designed to guide employers as they implement the new Washington State Paid Family and Medical Leave (WA PFL) law, for which certain employer requirements begin January 1, 2019. The toolkit focuses on employer responsibilities and … Continued
The end of the 2018 legislative session in New Jersey brought with it passage of several bills impacting its statutory disability and family leave programs. After the governor’s conditional veto in early September, the New Jersey legislature amended the effective date to a year after enactment of the new law. Following that amendment, the new … Continued
