Webinar Recording: Guidance on State and Local Paid Sick Leave Laws - Part 7: Navigating Two Years of COVID-19 Paid Leave Mandates, Plus Recent Developments

Please join us for a multi-part series on recent developments involving state and local mandatory paid sick leave laws. This series aims to offer pragmatic guidance and compliance solutions during an unprecedented, challenging period of continuously changing employer paid sick leave obligations. See below for more detailed information on the topics we will cover in the latest installment of our paid sick leave webinar series. We look forward to your participation.

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Part 7: Navigating Two Years of COVID-19 Paid Leave Mandates, Plus Recent Developments

State and local paid sick leave and other paid time off developments continue to change at exceptional rates. So too does the COVID-19 pandemic. As employers have now been dealing with the realities and impact of COVID-19 for two years, we encourage you to watch this installment of our paid sick leave webinar series, which examines the nation’s COVID-19 paid leave landscape. Topics covered during the webinar include:

• A brief overview of  of COVID-19 paid leave mandates during the pnademic, with an emphasis on which jurisdictions still have mandates in effect;
• Updates on the status of state and local COVID-19 supplemental paid sick leave mandates in California, with a particular focus on the statewide 2022 COVID-19 Supplemental Paid Sick Leave law;
• Highlights of Washington, D.C. COVID-19 paid leave, including the status of D.C.’s public health emergency paid leave and COVID-19 vaccine paid leave mandates;
• Important changes regarding the Massachusetts COVID-19 Emergency Paid Sick Leave program; and
• Reenactment of the Philadelphia, PA COVID-19 paid leave mandate.

Speakers

Joshua Seidman, Partner, Seyfarth Shaw LLP
Elizabeth M. Levy, Partner, Seyfarth Shaw LLP
Renate M. Walker, Associate, Seyfarth Shaw LLP 

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Prior and Future Installments of the  Webinar Series

Part 1 of our PSL webinar series involved an informative and detailed look at the New York State, New York City, and Westchester County paid sick and safe time laws. Part 2 of our PSL webinar series examined the paid sick and personal leave mandates in Colorado, Maine and New York. Part 3 of our PSL webinar series examined COVID-19 supplemental paid sick leave mandates. Part 4 of our PSL webinar series examined prospects for federal paid leave under the Biden Administration. Part 5 of our PSL webinar series provided practical tips to help employers navigate the national PSL patchwork. Part 6 of our PSL series examined New York State and New York City general and COVID-19 paid sick leave laws and how they have evolved during the pandemic.

Forthcoming Seyfarth paid leave webinars will cover a number of additional significant topics and developments, including, among other topics, vaccine paid leave mandates, the status of new and existing COVID-19 supplemental PSL mandates, and updates on paid leave litigation and enforcement activity.

If you have any questions, please contact Kate Avery at kavery@seyfarth.com and reference this event.

Learn more about our Leave Management & Accommodations practice.

This webinar is accredited for CLE in CA, IL, NJ, and NY. Credit will be applied for as requested for TX, GA, WA, NC and VA. The following jurisdictions accept reciprocal credit with these accredited states, and individuals can use the certificate they receive to gain CLE credit therein: AZ, CT, NH. The following jurisdictions do not require CLE, but attendees will receive general certificates of attendance: DC, MA, MD, MI, SD. For all other jurisdictions, a general certificate of attendance and the necessary materials will be issued that can be used in other jurisdictions for self-application. To request CLE credit, fill out the recorded attendance form linked above and return it to CLE@seyfarth.com. If you have questions about jurisdictions, please email CLE@seyfarth.com. CLE credit for this recording expires on 03/23/2023.