Labor and Employment Law Blog

New Guidance on Paid Sick Time: Industrial Commission of Arizona Supplements its Proposed Regulations

The Industrial Commission of Arizona (“ICA”) has issued a Notice of Supplemental Proposed Rulemaking (“Notice”) for Proposition 206, otherwise known as the Fair Wages and Healthy Families Act (the “Act”), available here. The Act, requiring certain employers to provide a minimum amount of paid sick time to Arizona employees, takes effect July 1, 2017.

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Does Your Federal Contractor Paid Sick Leave Policy Comply with Prop. 206?

Companies that entered into qualifying federal contracts since January 1, 2017 are required to have a sick leave policy, or an equivalent paid time off policy, that complies with federal Executive Order 13706. That Executive Order requires, among other things, that employers provide up to 56 hours of paid sick time each year. Arizona’s Fair […]

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California Employers Must Pay Commissioned Employees Separate Rest Break Pay

In California, employers are required to provide non-exempt employees with a ten minute paid rest break for every four hours worked or major portion of four hours worked (defined as anything more than two hours). A California appellate court ruled on February 28, 2017, in Vaquero v. Stoneledge Furniture LLC, that employees paid on a […]

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