On December 29, 2022, President Biden signed the Consolidated Appropriation Act, 2023, into law. In addition to providing $1.7 trillion in funding for the U.S. federal government for the 2023 fiscal year, the Act also adopted two acts implementing certain workplace rights and protecti
On September 10th, 2014, California Governor Jerry Brown signed into law the Healthy Workplaces, Healthy Families Act of 2014 (HWHFA). Beginning on July 1st, 2015, employers in California will be required to allow their employees to accrue, at their regular rate of pay, at lea
In January 2013, the Department of Labor clarified its definition of "son or daughter." Now eligible employees may take leave under the Family and Medical Leave Act to care for an adult child who is incapable of self-care because of a mental or physical disability, regardless of how