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New Mexico Check-Up: Paid Sick Leave Coming 2022
Beginning July 1, 2022, New Mexico will require private employers to provide up to 64 paid sick leave hours to their employees each year. The Healthy Workplaces Act (“HWA”) was signed by Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham on April 8, 2021 … Continue reading
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California’s New COVID-19 Supplemental Paid Sick Leave—Senate Bill No. 95
On March 19, 2021, Governor Newsom signed Senate Bill No. 95 which requires covered employers to provide a new bank of supplemental paid sick leave for certain COVID-19-related reasons. This bill goes into effect 10 days from enactment, on March 29, 2021, … Continue reading
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| Tagged California, Families First Coronavirus Response Act, FFCRA, Paid Sick Leave
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The American Rescue Plan Act: How the New Legislation Affects Employers
On March 11, 2021, President Biden signed the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) of 2021. Within this $1.9 trillion relief Bill, Congress extended certain previously enacted COVID-19 stimulus package provisions and expanded on previous measures, providing more relief and creating new … Continue reading
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| Tagged COBRA, FFCRA, Paid Sick Leave, US Department of Labor
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California Mandates COVID-19 Supplemental Paid Sick Leave for Employers Not Covered by the FFCRA
Large employers in California must now comply with a California version of the federal Families First COVID Response Act (“FFCRA”). On September 10, 2020, the California legislature passed Assembly Bill No. 1867 requiring employers with 500 or more employees and … Continue reading
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| Tagged California, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Paid Sick Leave
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Colorado Enacts the “Healthy Families and Workplace Act”
The new Healthy Families and Workplace Act (“Act”) requires all private employers in Colorado to provide three types of paid sick leave to their Colorado employees: 1) COVID-19 emergency paid sick leave; 2) paid sick and safe time; and 3) … Continue reading
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Families First Coronavirus Response Act: Summary of the Employment Provisions of the New Law
On March 18, President Donald Trump signed the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (“FFCRA” or the “Act”), taking a major step to provide paid leave to workers affected by COVID-19 and blunt the effects of the virus on the U.S. … Continue reading
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| Tagged Coronavirus, COVID-19, FMLA, new legislation, Paid Sick Leave
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Paid Sick Time Under the Families First Coronavirus Response Act
Early on March 14, 2020, the U.S. House of Representatives passed House Bill 6201, titled the “Families First Coronavirus Response Act.” The bill is expected to be voted on by the U.S. Senate early this week. If passed by the … Continue reading
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| Tagged Coronavirus, COVID-19, Paid Sick Leave
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New Mexico Employment Law 2019 Review
It’s been a busy year for the New Mexico legislature – especially in the employment space. Check out Benjamin Nucci and Walker Crowson’s Legal Alert here taking a look at six employment bills impacting New Mexico employers.
Posted in Discrimination, Handbook, Minimum Wage, New Mexico, Pay, Sick Leave, Transgender
| Tagged At-Will, Ban the Box, Bill, Marijuana, Medical Marijuana, Michelle Lujan Grisham, Minimum Wage, Paid Sick Leave, Senate Bill, Susana Martinez, Union Security
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New Mexico: Bernalillo County Proposes Paid Sick Time Ordinance
On May 14, 2019, the Bernalillo County Commission introduced a paid sick leave ordinance for Bernalillo County, New Mexico. Bernalillo County is the most populous county in New Mexico, covering Albuquerque. A copy of the ordinance is available here. Among other … Continue reading
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| Tagged Albuquerque, Bernalillo County, Paid Sick Leave, Paid Sick Time
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Austin Paid Sick Leave on Life Support
Prospects of Austin’s Paid Sick Leave ordinance actually going into effect took a turn for the worse on November 16, 2018, when the Austin-based Third Court of Appeals held the ordinance is unconstitutional under Texas law. Pro-business groups originally filed … Continue reading