On May 12, the U.S. House of Representatives introduced the next round of COVID-19 response legislation. The Health and Economic Recovery Omnibus Emergency Solutions (HEROES) Act with over 1,800 pages and a $3 trillion price tag includes labor and em…
On March 18, 2020, Governor Cuomo signed emergency legislation guaranteeing job protection and pay for New Yorkers who have been quarantined as a result of the novel coronavirus, or COVID-19. The law requires job-protected, employer-provided paid sic…
As we continue to track updates to workforce absence-related laws to support coronavirus (COVID-19) absences, we have created a statutory state chart as a resource to help make sense of the changes. The matrix includes scenarios to identify which ben…
Leave Law Update - September 2019
Sedgwick SVP Disability and Absence Practice & Compliance Bryon Bass authored this article
Sedgwick director of national technical compliance – ADA accommodation Kimberly Webb contributed to this article. Note: free registration required to access full article
Leave law update - May 2018
Leave law update - April 2018
WA adding paid family and medical leave benefits BY BRYON BASS SVP, Disability and Absence Practice & Compliance, Sedgwick Beginning January 1, 2020, the state of Washington will offer paid family and medical leave benefits for employees. The pro…
Leave law bulletin - March 2018
It’s no secret that intermittent leave, whether under the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) or the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), is difficult for employers to track and manage, but it is also an area that can spark lawsuits. What are the i…
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