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New state paid leave law changes kick in

08/04/2025

Five states and the District of Columbia have changed their paid leave laws to provide greater protection for workers and greater burdens for employers.

The case against perfect-attendance awards

07/25/2025

With absenteeism a major drain on productivity, more employers are using a trick from the third grade—perfect-attendance awards—to motivate employees to come to work. Here’s why such awards probably aren’t the best carrots.

Extended leave for disabled spouse? Maybe

07/09/2025

Under the ADA, there’s no obligation to reasonably accommodate a spouse’s illness. But a recent case in California under that state’s ADA equivalent may portend a trend.

Paid caregiving leave is still missing from many benefits packages

07/07/2025

Paid parental leave may be common, but its lesser-offered counterpart, paid caregiving leave, is gaining ground as a top employee demand.

House legislation would expand paid family leave

05/19/2025

A bipartisan group of members of Congress have introduced two pieces of legislation that would expand access to paid family leave. The product of two years of work by the House Paid Family Leave Working Group, the twin initiatives would facilitate federal support of state programs.

Pro investors see financial upside in unlimited PTO

05/05/2025

Fully 65% of professional investors believe companies that offer unlimited paid time off could outperform the S&P 500, according to Bloomberg research. Despite the financial upside, only 7% of U.S. employers currently offer unlimited time off.

Understand paid and unpaid state-level family and medical leave laws

03/19/2025

You are probably pretty good about letting employees know how much leave they have available under your paid-time-off plan. You’re no doubt diligent about granting FMLA leave for which they are eligible. However, are you fully familiar with opportunities for paid or unpaid family and medical leave mandated by states? Are your employees?

Create guardrails to make unlimited paid leave work

01/27/2025

In theory, the idea of offering employees unlimited leave should be a great incentive to encourage retention. Who would want to give up unlimited leave for a paltry one or two weeks of vacation and a bit of sick leave? As is often the case, the devil is in the details when it comes to unlimited paid-time-off benefits.

Here come the new state employment laws for 2025

12/06/2024

States are emerging as prime sources of new employment-related laws. Here is a sampling of new laws scheduled to go into effect on Jan. 1, 2025, or soon after.

DOL research shows nationwide paid family and medical leave could reduce poverty

12/02/2024

According to the Urban Institute, the adoption of national paid family and medical leave providing workers up to 12 weeks to care for themselves or a loved one could mean 97% of workers are eligible for benefits.