The Center for Workplace Compliance (CWC), our affiliated nonprofit membership association, presents an Interstate memo, which covers developments since October 2024.
Several states took actions related to paid leave laws:
- Alaska’s Ballot Measure 1 provides up to 56 hours of paid sick leave per year.
- Maine’s Department of Labor published final rules for the Paid Family and Medical Leave (PFML) Program.
- Missouri’s Proposition A requires covered employers to provide one hour of paid sick time to non-exempt employees for every 30 work hours.
- The Nebraska Healthy Families and Workplaces Act requires employers with at least 20 employees to provide up to 56 hours of paid sick leave per year.
- The New York State Department of Labor published FAQs on New York’s paid prenatal leave law.
Amendments to New York’s Clean Slate Act seal criminal history records after a specified amount of time.
Illinois’ Department of Labor (IDOL) published FAQs and materials related to the state’s pay transparency law.
Alaska adopted a captive audience ban to prohibit employers from holding mandatory meetings to discuss union campaigns.
Nebraska legalized medical marijuana but does not require employers to accommodate its use as a disability.
CWC members can read more here.