Cook County, Illinois: Newly Mandated Countywide Paid Sick Leave

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Following shortly after Chicago’s recent minimum wage and paid sick leave ordinance comes Cook County’s countywide Earned Sick Leave Ordinance (the “Ordinance”).  This encompasses the city of Chicago and is the first county in the Midwest to issue a far-reaching ordinance.  Note that this paid sick leave (“PSL”) mandate will also be affected by the state of Illinois’s recent Employee Sick Leave Act.

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Minneapolis, MN: Sick and Safe Time Ordinance Recently Amended

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Minneapolis’s Sick and Safe Time Ordinance has been amended to more closely align with its neighboring city St. Paul’s recent Earned Sick and Safe Time Ordinance.  Key amendments to Minneapolis’s Ordinance include the following:

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November Updates

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This HR Alert addresses the following topics:
  1. Ninth Circuit: USERRA Does Not Prohibit Mandatory Arbitration
  2. Eleventh Circuit: Applicants Cannot Sue for Disparate Impact Under Specific ADEA Statute
  3. California: Cal/OSHA to Develop Indoor Heat Illness Standard
  4. California: Monetary Value of Accrued Vacation not Needed on Wage Statements
  5. California: (More) Amendments to the Fair Pay Act – Prior Salary Not Valid Justification

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