Labor & Employment Law Updates
On November 3, 2020, Colorado voters passed Proposition 118, which creates Paid Family and Medical Leave (“Paid FMLA”) obligations for all employers in the state. Employers must now provide 12 weeks paid leave for Colorado employees, plus an additional four weeks in case of medical complications.
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This week, Colorado Governor Jared Polis signed Senate Bill 20-205, known as the Healthy Families and Workplaces Act (“HFWA”), into law, providing Colorado workers with up to six paid sick days per year. Starting January 1, 2021, employers in Colorado
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On April 1, 2020, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division published its temporary rule issuing regulations to implement and clarify protections provided by the Emergency Paid Sick Leave Act (“EPSLA”) and Emergency Family and Medical Leave Expansion Act (“EFMLEA”), which are both part of the recently passed Families First Coronavirus Response Act (“FFCRA”) in response to the coronavirus disease 2019 (“COVID-19”).
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On Wednesday, March 18, 2020, President Donald Trump signed into law the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (“the Act”), which provides paid sick leave and paid family medical leave expansion to workers in the United States affected by the novel coronavirus.
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On March 11, 2020, the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment adopted the Colorado Health Emergency Leave with Pay ("Colorado HELP") rules, which temporarily require employers in certain industries to provide a small amount of paid sick leave to employees with flu-like symptoms while awaiting coronavirus (COVID-19) testing.
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As discussed in last week’s blog, the Family and Medical Leave Implementation (“FAMLI”) Task Force issued its final report, which can be accessed here.
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Next week, the Family and Medical Leave Implementation (“FAMLI”) Task Force will issue its final report, consistent with the May 30, 2019 Senate Bill 19-188, which required the implementation of a paid family and medical leave program in Colorado based upon the bill’s 16 factors (the Task Force actually considered and voted on 26 factors).
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Paid leave has been a high-profile issue in Congress this year after President Trump and his daughter, White House aide Ivanka Trump, asked Congress to find ways to consider paid leave for working families. In Colorado, there is currently no requirement for employers to provide paid family and medical leave to their employees. Several bills have been introduced to Congress this year which would allow employees to receive some form of paid leave.
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