Webinar Recording: Guidance on State and Local Paid Family Leave Laws Series – Part I

As a federal paid family leave (“PFL”) law continues to elude lawmakers on Capitol Hill, 2020 saw PFL developments in a number of jurisdictions. These include California, Colorado, Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Washington, and Washington, D.C. In January 2021, Massachusetts paid family and medical leave (“PFML”) benefits became available to eligible workers for most covered absences and Connecticut PFML payroll deductions began. In November 2020, Colorado voters passed a broad PFML law, which made Colorado the 9th state with such a law. Earlier in 2020, leave benefits under the Washington State and Washington, D.C. PFML programs became available to eligible employees for the first time.

Part I: Spotlighting Massachusetts, Connecticut, Washington and Washington, D.C. Paid Family Leave Developments

In Part I of a multi-part PFL webinar series, Seyfarth’s paid leave team provides a detailed look at recent and upcoming PFL developments in Massachusetts, Connecticut, Washington and Washington, D.C. Topics covered include:

• Overview of state paid family leave laws and how they compare in terms of amount of benefits, amount of pay provided to employees, funding mechanism, covered reasons for use, and other topics.
• Massachusetts PFML discussion that will include recent Department and regulatory developments, employer best practices, the employee claim filing process, and employer obligations and deadlines post-January 1.
• Highlights of the Connecticut PFML law, including a discussion on payroll deductions, employer reporting and remitting requirements, other employer obligations, and what to expect when employees can begin receiving benefits in 2022.
• A recap of the Washington State and Washington, D.C. PFML programs, including a high level overview of their leave benefits, employer obligations, and initial six to 12 months of offering benefits to eligible employees.
• Forecast of additional federal, state and local paid family leave developments in the coming months.

Speakers

Joshua D. Seidman, Partner, Seyfarth Shaw LLP
Christine Costantino, Associate, Seyfarth Shaw LLP
Renate M. Walker, Associate, Seyfarth Shaw LLP
Molly C. Mooney, Associate, Seyfarth Shaw LLP
Christina Duszlak, Associate, Seyfarth Shaw LLP

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If you have any questions, please contact Kelly Sokolowski at ksokolowski@seyfarth.com and reference this event.

*CLE Credit for these webinars is approved in the following states: CA, IL, NJ and NY. CLE Credit is pending for GA, TX and VA. Credit will be applied for, but cannot be guaranteed, in all other eligible jurisdictions. Please note that in order to receive full credit for attending each webinar, the registrant must be present for the entire session. To request CLE credit, fill out the recorded attendance form and return it to CLE@seyfarth.com. If you have questions about jurisdictions, please email CLE@seyfarth.com. CLE credit for this recording expires on 01/27/2022.

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To continue to assist employers navigate the constantly evolving patchwork of PFL laws, Seyfarth offers subscribing clients a unique and valuable resource – the Firm’s Premium PFL Laws Survey. The Seyfarth Premium PFL Survey is available to subscribing clients and contains comprehensive summaries of all existing state and local PFL and PFML laws and ordinances, broken into more than 30 substantive topics. Please email paidleave@seyfarth.com if you’re interested in learning more about this resource.