Archives: ESTA

New York City Earned Sick Time Act Notice of Employee Rights Has Finally Been Published

By Fanny Ferdman and Laura Scully on March 30, 2014 Posted in ESTA, Leave of Absence, New York

As most New York City employers know by now, the New York City Earned Sick Time Act (“Act”) is scheduled to go into effect on April 1, 2014. While the Act was adopted in the summer of 2013, it was subsequently amended after Mayor Bill DeBlasio entered office in 2014. Employers should accordingly ensure that … Continue Reading

Are You Riding the Wave? Cities and States Pass New Paid Leave Statutes

By Anat Maytal on March 7, 2014 Posted in ESTA, Leave of Absence, New Jersey, New York

With this new year comes new resolutions and the implementation of new bills involving leave. The Family and Medical Leave Act and similar state laws give covered employees the right to take leave for addressing certain health conditions, caretaking, or parenting, but that leave is unpaid. Various states and cities have taken the initiative to … Continue Reading

New York City Council Enacts and Passes Earned Sick Time Act

By Amy J. Traub on July 1, 2013 Posted in ESTA

Co-authored by Kaitlyn Ferguson On May 8, 2013, the New York City Council, with a margin of 45 to 3, passed the Earned Sick Time Act (the “ESTA”), which obligates most private employers in the City to provide paid sick time to their employees. [1] In passing the legislation, the Council justified the Act by citing … Continue Reading