The end of the year, that is. Although given the number of
celebrity deaths in recent weeks, I think some people might be
reading that headline a little more broadly. We are not making
doomsday predictions, however.
Back in the fall, we started a
list of employment laws that were going to go into effect in
January 2017. We tried to get a jump start on the list as we knew
how quickly the end of the year can creep up on you. How right we
were as the Fall flew past and now we find ourselves just days away
from the New Year without having updated the list.
Our first big update is to remind everyone that the FLSA salary
test has been enjoined. The other big changes have to do with sick
leave laws. The last few years have seen a lot of jurisdictions
adopting sick leave laws. This year is no exception. The sick leave
laws going into effect in January 2017 are as follows:
