BOP Newsletter

Vermont: Family and Medical Leave Insurance Plan Announced The new program will be called the Vermont Family and Medical Leave Insurance Plan (VT-FMLI) and is scheduled to roll out for state workers before being available in the private sector. Private employers may voluntarily participate starting in 2024.

Illinois: Effective January 1, 2024, employers will be required to provide paid leave to employees On January 10, 2023, the Illinois legislature passed the Paid Leave for All Workers Act (PLFAWA). Once in effect, the PLFAWA will provide nearly all Illinois workers with up to 40 hours of paid leave.

New York Enacts Law on Worker-Rights Poster Requirements - Late in 2022, Gov. Hochul signed Bill A7595/S6805 into law, which went into effect immediately and imposes new requirements for posting worker-rights posters in the digital age.

New Senate Bill S1958A amends section 215 of the New York Labor Law to enhance protections for employees who take legally protected absences.

With limited exceptions, Assembly Bill 2188 makes it unlawful for an employer to discriminate against an individual “in hiring, termination, or any term or condition of employment, or otherwise penalize a person, if the discrimination is based upon the person’s use of cannabis off the job and away from the workplace, except for preemployment drug screening, as specified, or upon an employer-required drug screening test that has found the person to have non-psychoactive cannabis metabolites in their hair, blood, urine, or other bodily fluids.”