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UPDATE Pennsylvania Pittsburgh Paid Sick Time

We have updated this policy to note current applicability, as well as to reflect minor modifications to the definition of a covered employee. 

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NEW Maryland Baltimore Pregnancy Accommodations

We have added this policy because Baltimore now requires employers to provide a handbook policy addressing employee rights to reasonable accommodations for pregnancy, recovery from pregnancy, or related conditions.

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UPDATE Minnesota Nursing Mothers, Lactating employees, and Pregnancy Accommodations

We have revised this policy for consistency with the state's updated model notice.

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UPDATE Colorado Overtime

We have replaced the required poster with the newly issued 2026 version.

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UPDATE Minnesota: Minneapolis Sick and Safe Time

The required poster provided by the city has been added to the end of the policy to ensure all policy and related notice obligations that must be contained in an employee handbook are fully addressed.

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UPDATE: Connecticut Paid Sick and Safe Time

Effective January 1, 2026, employers with at least 11 employees in Connecticut must provide employees (other than a seasonal employee who works 120 days or less in a year) with up to 40 hours of paid sick and safe time. The logic for how this policy populates has been updated accordingly.

 

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UPDATE Maine Earned Paid Leave

We have updated this policy to clarify considerations with carryover if leave time is frontloaded. 

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UPDATE Delaware Paid Family Leave

This policy has been updated to reflect amendments impacting policy language related to use of paid time off benefits to supplement paid benefits and the calculation of the benefit-eligible period.

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UPDATE Delaware Paid Family and Medical Leave

This policy has been updated to reflect amendments impacting policy language related to use of paid time off benefits to supplement paid benefits and the calculation of the benefit-eligible period.

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NEW Washington: About This Handbook/Disclaimer

We have added this disclaimer in an attempt to provide potential litigation protection from class action claims based on employer violations of state law limitations on outside employment and confidentiality.

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