Policy Updates

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UPDATE Travel Time for Non-Exempt Employees

We have updated this policy to refine language related to the compensability of commuting time to different worksites.

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UPDATE New York Jury Duty Leave

We have adjusted the logic to ensure that the national jury duty policy populates for employers with less than 10 employees.

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UPDATE Connecticut Non-Harassment

We have adjusted the logic to ensure that the national harassment policy populates for employers with between 1 and 2 employees in Connecticut.

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NEW Minnesota: Paid Leave

We have added this new policy to cover the provisions of the Minnesota Paid Leave law effective January 1, 2026.

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UPDATE: MD Montgomery Co. Earned Sick & Safe Leave (For Employees Covered Under MD Healthy Working

We have refined the retaliation provision of this policy.

 

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UPDATE: Maryland Earned Sick and Safe Leave

We have refined the retaliation provision of this policy.

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UPDATE Massachusetts: Non-Harassment

We have adjusted the logic to ensure that the national harassment policy populates for employers with between 1 and 5 employees in Massachusetts.

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UPDATE: Paid Holidays

We have updated this policy to fix a grammatical issue within a variable.

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UPDATE Rhode Island Paid Temporary Caregiver Insurance Benefits and Leave

We have updated this policy to include siblings as a covered family member (qualifying care recipient) effective January 1, 2026.

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UPDATE Connecticut Leave for Family or Domestic Violence

We have updated this policy to include trafficking in persons as a covered reason for leave effective October 1, 2025.

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