May 6, 2021 Update. On April 26, 2021, the U.S. Department of Labor (“DOL”) announced the Essential Workers, Essential Protections initiative (the “Initiative”) to provide workers who have […]
New York Imposes Employer Obligations to Provide Leave for COVID-19 Vaccinations
December 1, 2021 Update The New York State Department of Labor (“NYSDOL”) recently updated its Frequently Asked Questions guidance on New York’s COVID-19 Vaccine Leave Law to clarify […]
NYC Requires Employers to Provide Paid COVID-19 Child Vaccination Leave
The New York City Earned Safe and Sick Time Act has been amended to require that employers provide employees with four hours of paid COVID-19 child vaccination time […]
California Reenacts COVID-19 Supplemental Paid Sick Leave
On February 9, 2022, Governor Newsom signed into law Assembly Bill No. 84, which provides COVID-19 supplemental paid sick leave to certain employees. California previously enacted COVID-19 supplemental paid […]
New Jersey Employers Take Note: Recent Legislative Amendments Expand Employee Leave Protections | FordHarrison
During the last days of his administration, former Governor Phil Murphy signed legislation amending multiple New Jersey leave laws and extending job-protected leave to thousands more workers. The […]
Proposed Florida Law Would Allow Expansive Non-Compete and Garden Leave Clauses
July 9, 2025 Update. On July 3, 2025, the CHOICE Act became law without Governor DeSantis’s signature. * * * In April 2025, the Florida legislature passed non-compete […]
Parental Leave Coaching Program Has Proven Impactful to Both Women and Men| Law.com
There’s an increasing amount of discussion about how hard it is to be a mom in BigLaw. And for good reason. After all, the American Bar Association’s 2023 […]
Trump’s Anti-Birthright Policy Would Leave Babies ‘In The Shadow,’ Groups Tell High Court
A group of Democratic states, pregnant women and immigration advocacy organizations on Friday ripped into the Department of Justice’s request to have the U.S. Supreme Court reinstate President […]
State Appellate Court Sides With Teacher in Maternity Leave Dispute
Reversing arbitration to a public school, the Massachusetts Appeals Court sided with one of the school’s former teachers, concluding she was improperly discharged and denied tenure after taking […]