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To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: Right before the Christmas holiday, the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment (CDLE) released new guidance requiring that all employers supply up to an additional 80 hours of Public Health Emergency Paid Sick Leave to all employees beginning on January 1, 2021 under the Healthy Families and Workplaces Act (HFWA). What do Colorado employers need to know about this unexpected gift delivered on December 23? Unexpected Interpretations Employers of all sizes must provide Public Health Emergency Paid Sick Leave in 2021; and Employer...

To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: Colorado employers received important guidance from the state on December 23, 2020 that clarifies how paid leave rules will apply in 2021. The Colorado Department of Labor and Employment’s Division of Labor Standards and Statistics (Division) adopted temporary or emergency rules that clarify a few points related to the Healthy Families and Workplaces Act (HFWA). On the same day, the Division also issued an Interpretive Notice & Formal Opinion (INFO) on paid leave. In a previous alert, we outlined the key provisions in Colorado’s...

This is an update of a client alert originally issued on November 19, 2020. There are now over 70 million confirmed cases of COVID-19 worldwide, and nearly 2 million deaths, including more than 300,000 in the United States. Federal, state and local authorities are recommending that travelers avoid nonessential travel and group gatherings, and several jurisdictions have imposed mandatory testing and quarantine requirements on out-of-state travelers. Notwithstanding this guidance, many people traveled and gathered over the Thanksgiving holidays, resulting in a spike in coronavirus cases. And it...

To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: On December 23, 2020, the Division of Labor Standards and Statistics in the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment (CDLE) adopted temporary or emergency rules concerning the Healthy Families and Workplaces Act (HFWA) as it applies beginning on January 1, 2021... Please see full Advisory below for more information. Emergency Rules Require Public Health Emergency Leave for ALL Employees on January On December 23, 2020, the Division of Labor Standards and Statistics in the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment (CDLE) adopt...

Hawaii Tuesday, December 15, 2020 As we (thankfully) reach the end of 2020, we wanted to provide a year-end update on recent and upcoming state law developments.  Despite the fact that state and local governments had their hands full with the COVID-19 pandemic (and passed many laws relating to that topic, which we will not cover here), they managed to crank out an impressive number of non-COVID-related employment laws. As always, now is a good time for employers to take a deep breath, look around, assess their policies for compliance, and make any necessary updates to their handboo...