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UPDATE Connecticut Non-Harassment

This policy has been updated to clarify language pertaining to remedies and to update a link.

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UPDATE Connecticut Paid Sick Leave

This policy has been revised to remove outdated language and address updated agency guidance.

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UPDATE Rhode Island Family and Medical Leave

We have revised this policy and the underlying logic to ensure that it applies to employers with 50 or more employees nationally  and at least one (1) employee in Rhode Island. This change is based on a change in the state's interpretation of the statute based on internal guidance.

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UPDATE Rhode Island: Paid Temporary Caregiver Insurance Benefits and Leave

We have revised this policy to provide for the increased benefit of seven weeks of leave.

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UPDATE Michigan Paid Medical Leave

We have revised this policy to reflect changes to the Michigan Earned Sick Time Act scheduled to become effective on February 21, 2025.

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UPDATE California Voting Leave

We have revised this policy to provide for two days of notice for taking voting leave under California law.

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UPDATE Hawaii Family and Medical Leave

We have updated this policy to add the option for employers to choose whether they want to require employees to use accrued paid time off before taking unpaid FMLA leave. We have also made stylistic changes for consistency.

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UPDATE: Wisconsin: Family and Medical Leave

We have updated this policy to reflect the timing of the commencement of leave after birth or adoption under the national FMLA and the Wisconsin FMLA. We are also adding the option for employers to choose whether they want to require employees to use accrued paid time off before taking unpaid FMLA leave. Further stylistic changes are being made for consistency.

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UPDATE California Leave for Qualifying Acts of Violence

We are revising this policy to reflect changes to the law that will take effect on January 1, 2025. The name has also been changed from California Leave for Victims of Crime or Abuse (including Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault or Stalking) to California Leave for Qualifying Acts of Violence.

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UPDATE: New York City Safe and Sick Leave (includes the New York Paid Sick Leave Law)

We have updated this policy to remove references to state prenatal leave, which has been moved to a new, separate policy.

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