Tag: sick leave

Arizona

Arizona Supreme Court Upholds Minimum Wage, Paid Leave Law

By Guest Columnist Mar 21, 2017 Benefits and Compensation

Updated: Jan 7, 2018

In a three-sentence order entered just before the close of business March 14, the Arizona Supreme Court rejected a constitutional challenge to the Fair Wages and Healthy Families Act, commonly known as Proposition 206. The unanimous ruling dashed the last remaining hope of business groups trying to block the voter initiative, which raised the state’s minimum wage to $10 per hour on January 1 and mandates paid sick leave for most employees beginning July 1, 2017.

Circuit Court Upholds Termination of Employee for Violating Sick Leave Policy

By Guest Columnist Dec 15, 2016 HR Management & Compliance

Updated: Dec 15, 2016

by Brittany E. Medio, Saul Ewing LLP The U.S. 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals—which covers Delaware, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania—recently affirmed a lower court’s decision to dismiss an employee’s gender discrimination and retaliation claims against her former employer. The court found the employee was terminated not for engaging in protected activity but for violating the […]

Video: Why Should Employers Consider Offering Paid Sick Leave?

By Chris Ceplenski Dec 8, 2016 Benefits and Compensation

Updated: Dec 8, 2016

As more and more states and cities adapt paid sick leave laws or ordinances, employers that operate in multiple states will increasingly find themselves with a section of their workforce covered by such laws.  Might it be easier and simpler for such employers to adopt a global policy, extending paid leave to all of  its […]

Appeals Court Upholds Termination of Employee for Violating Sick Leave Policy

By Guest Columnist Dec 8, 2016 HR Management & Compliance

Updated: Dec 8, 2016

by Brittany E. Medio, JD, Saul Ewing LLP The U.S. 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals—which covers Delaware, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania—recently affirmed a lower court’s decision to dismiss an employee’s gender discrimination and retaliation claims against her former employer. The court found the employee was terminated not for engaging in protected activity but for violating […]

Court Sends Louisiana Police Department’s Sick Leave Policy to Jail

By Guest Columnist Nov 18, 2016 HR Management & Compliance

Updated: Jan 7, 2018

by Jason Culotta, JD, Jones Walker A recent decision by the federal district court in Shreveport puts employers on notice that overly broad and intrusive sick leave policies violate not only federal and state laws prohibiting disability discrimination but also potentially employees’ privacy rights under the Louisiana Constitution.

Do Your Job … Don’t Show Up

By Melissa Morse Oct 25, 2016 HR Strange But True

Updated: Jan 7, 2018

As paid sick leave continues to trend across the nation, one company is inviting American workers to take an “unsick day” to focus on his or her health.