News and Blog Posts

12.28.20

New York State Department of Labor

Phone: (518) 457-9000 (888) 4-NYSDOL (888-469-7365) (800) 662-1220 TTY/TTD

12.28.20

New York Paid Sick Leave FAQ

12.28.20

New York State Paid Sick Leave Law

11.30.20

Colorado Sick Leave for Employees

11.30.20

Colorado Department of Labor and Employment

Phone: (303) 318-8000

03.18.20

Pittsburgh Paid Sick Day Complaint Form

03.18.20

Pittsburgh Paid Sick Act Frequently Asked Questions

03.18.20

Spokane Earned Sick and Safe Leave Sunset

03.17.20

Bernalillo County Paid Time Off Ordinance

03.17.20

Nevada Office of the Labor Commissioner

Phone: (702) 486-2650

03.17.20

Nevada Paid Leave Act

03.17.20

Maine Earned Paid Leave Act

03.17.20

Maine Department of Labor

Phone: (207) 623-7900

03.12.20

Dallas Paid Sick Leave

03.12.20

Dallas Paid Sick Leave Ordinance

03.12.20

San Antonio Final Rule with Changes

03.12.20

San Antonio Safe and Sick Leave

03.06.20

Why Low-Wage Workers Need the Healthy Families Act

03.06.20

Lawmakers Recognize Urgent Need for Paid Sick Days in Wake of Coronavirus Outbreak

08.05.19

Paid Sick Days in Minneapolis: Lessons on Implementation and Enforcement

06.28.19

The Labor Standards Enforcement Toolbox: Negotiations and Settlement Agreements

03.20.19

Maryland Healthy Working Families Act FAQs

03.20.19

Rhode Island Paid Sick Leave FAQs

03.20.19

New Jersey Earned Sick Leave FAQs

03.20.19

MomsRising

03.20.19

Institute for Women’s Policy Research (IWPR)

03.20.19

Main Street Alliance (MSA)

03.20.19

National Immigration Law Center (NILC)

03.20.19

National Employment Law Project (NELP)

03.20.19

Restaurant Opportunities Center United (ROC United)

03.20.19

Center for American Progress

03.20.19

Center for Popular Democracy

03.20.19

Caring Across Generations

03.20.19

National Women’s Law Center

03.20.19

Center for Innovation in Worker Organization (CIWO)

03.20.19

Organization United for Respect (OUR)

03.20.19

Westchester County Earned Sick Leave Law

03.20.19

Economic Opportunity Institute

03.20.19

Washington Work and Family Coalition

03.20.19

Workers Defense Project

03.20.19

Center for Public Policy Priorities

03.20.19

Citizen Action of New York

03.20.19

New York Paid Leave Coalition

03.20.19

Mothering Justice

03.20.19

Women Employed

03.20.19

California Work & Family Coalition

03.20.19

Profiling the U.S. Sick Leave Landscape: Presenteeism among Females

03.19.19

Duluth Earned Sick and Safe Time Act

03.19.19

New Jersey Paid Sick Leave Act

03.19.19

Why Low-Wage Workers Need the Healthy Families Act

03.18.19

Austin Sick Time Ordinance Administrative Rules

03.16.19

Michigan Paid Medical Leave Act

03.14.19

New Jersey Division of Wage and Hour Compliance

Email: wage.hour@dol.nj.gov
Phone: (609) 695 – 1174

03.14.19

Rhode Island Department of Labor and Training, Labor Standards Unit

Email: dlt.laborstandards@dlt.ri.gov
Phone: (401) 462-8550

03.14.19

Washington State Department of Labor & Industries

Email: esgeneral@lni.wa.gov
Phone: (360) 902-5316

03.14.19

Arizona Labor Department

Email: laboradmin@azica.gov
Phone: (602) 542-4515

03.14.19

Vermont Department of Labor

Phone: (802) 828-0267

03.13.19

City of Berkeley Housing and Community Services Department

Email: rules4work@cityofberkeley.info
Phone: (510) 981-5450

03.13.19

Cook County Commission on Human Rights

Email: human.rights@cookcountyil.gov
Phone: (312) 603-9988

03.13.19

City of Chicago Business Affairs and Consumer Protection

Phone: (312) 744-6060

03.13.19

City of Los Angeles Office of Wage Standards

Email: wagesla@lacity.org
Phone: (844) 924-3752

03.13.19

St. Paul Department of Human Rights and Equal Economic Opportunity

Contract Compliance and Business Development Division
Email: laborstandards@ci.stpaul.mn.us
Phone: (651)266-8900

03.13.19

City of Santa Monica

Email: minimum.wage@smgov.net

03.13.19

Minneapolis Department of Civil Rights Labor Standards Enforcement Division

Email: sicktimeinfo@minneapolismn.gov
Phone: (612) 673-3000

03.13.19

City of San Diego’s Office of the Treasurer Minimum Wage Program

Email: SDMinWage@sandiego.gov
Phone: (619) 615-1565

02.15.19

Washington Paid Sick Leave FAQs

02.14.19

Labor Standards Enforcement Toolbox: Introduction To Strategic Enforcement

02.14.19

Labor Standards Enforcement Toolbox: Collections

02.14.19

Labor Standards Enforcement Toolbox: Investigations

02.14.19

Labor Standards Enforcement Toolbox: Complaints, Intake, and Triage

12.17.18

Maryland Department of Labor, Licensing, and Regulation

Email: ssl.assistance@maryland.gov
Phone: (410) 767-2357

12.17.18

Earned Sick Time Chicago

03.28.18

Rhode Island Healthy and Safe Families And Workplace Act Rules

03.28.18

Austin Earned Sick Time Ordinance

03.27.18

Executive Order: Office of Small Business Regulatory Assistance

02.02.18

Rhode Island Healthy and Safe Families and Workplaces Act

02.02.18

Amendment to Washington Paid Sick Leave Rules

02.02.18

Washington Paid Sick Leave Final Rules

02.02.18

Maryland Healthy Working Families Act

02.02.18

Oregon Sick Time Law

02.02.18

Arizona Notices of Final Rule Making

06.21.17

Living United for Change in Arizona

06.15.17

Vermont Earned Sick Time FAQ

04.25.17

Arizona FAQs about Minimum Wage and Earned Paid Sick Time

04.21.17

Minneapolis Sick and Safe Time FAQs

04.19.17

Arizona Fair Wages and Healthy Families Act

04.14.17

Washington Minimum Wage Act as Amended by Initiative I-1433

12.25.16

Co-Enforcing Labor Standards: The Unique Contributions of State and Worker Organizations in Argentina and the United States

11.30.16

Learning from Predecessors but Breaking New Ground: Lessons from Tacoma’s Paid Sick and Safe Time Outreach and Enforcement

09.07.16

Chicago Minimum Wage and Paid Sick Leave Ordinance

07.01.16

Minneapolis Sick and Safe Time Ordinance

07.01.16

Take Action Minnesota

06.08.16

Chicago Minimum Wage and Paid Sick Leave Final Rules

06.06.16

Cook County Employer Paid Sick Leave Ordinance

05.19.16

Minneapolis Rules Implementing the Sick and Safe Time Ordinance

05.06.16

St. Paul Earned Sick and Safe Time Ordinance

04.26.16

Cook County Earned Sick Leave Ordinance Regulations

02.17.16

Massachusetts Earned Sick Time FAQ

02.07.16

Puerto Rico Minimum Wage, Vacation and Sick Leave Act

02.06.16

December 2015 Expansion to Puerto Rico Minimum Wage, Vacation and Sick Leave Act (Spanish)

01.11.16

Measuring our Work: Performance Metrics 101

01.07.16

Implementing Earned Sick Days Laws: Top Tips from Connecticut, San Francisco, Seattle, and New York City

01.06.16

Implementing Earned Sick Days Laws: The First State: Implementing Connecticut’s Sick Days Law

01.06.16

Los Angeles County Supervisors Approve Plan to Patrol Wage Theft

01.06.16

Council Passes Mayor Murray’s Proposal for Stronger, Streamlined Seattle Labor Laws

01.05.16

Implementing Earned Sick Days Laws: First out of the Gate: San Francisco’s Sick Days Law

01.04.16

Implementing Earned Sick Days Laws: Learning from Seattle’s Experience

01.02.16

Labor Market Effects of US Sick Pay Mandates

12.25.15

Co-Production: Bringing Together the Unique Capabilities of Government and Society for Stronger Labor Standards Enforcement

11.25.15

Seattle Paid Sick and Safe Time Ordinance FAQ

10.28.15

Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP)

10.27.15

A Better Balance

10.25.15

Family Values @ Work

10.24.15

National Paid Sick Days Coalition

10.24.15

National Partnership for Women and Families

10.24.15

Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy

10.24.15

Coalition for Healthy Families and Workplaces

10.24.15

Pathways PA

10.24.15

Family Forward Oregon

10.23.15

Pittsburgh United

10.23.15

NJ Time to Care

10.23.15

Job Opportunities Task Force

10.23.15

Know Your Rights DC

10.23.15

Portland Sick Time Complaint Form (English)

10.23.15

New York City Department of Consumer Affairs Sick Leave Intake Form

10.23.15

Massachusetts Non-Payment of Wage and Workplace Complaint Form

10.23.15

D.C. Department of Employment Services Accrued Sick and Safe Leave How to File a Claim

10.23.15

Connecticut Department of Labor Workplace Standards Complaint Form

10.23.15

Tacoma Office of Minimum Employment Standards

Email: paidleave@cityoftacoma.org
Phone: (253) 591-5306

10.23.15

Seattle Office of Labor Standards

Email: laborstandards@seattle.gov
Phone: (206) 256-5297

10.23.15

Pittsburgh Mayor’s Office of Equity

Email: paidsickleave@pittsburghpa.gov

10.23.15

Philadelphia Managing Director’s Office

Email: paidsickleave@phila.gov

10.23.15

Oregon Bureau of Labor and Industries

Email: mailb@boli.state.or.us
Phone: (971) 673-0761

10.23.15

New York City Office of Labor Policy & Standards

Email: pssl@dca.nyc.gov
Phone: (212) 639-9675

10.23.15

Massachusetts Attorney General’s Fair Labor Division

Email:  earnedsicktime@state.ma.us
Phone: (617) 727-3465

10.23.15

Montgomery County Office of Human Rights

Email: Human-Rights.Administration@montgomerycountymd.gov
Phone: (240) 777-8450

10.23.15

District of Columbia Department of Employment Services

Email: does@dc.gov
Phone:(202) 671-1880

10.23.15

Connecticut Division of Wage and Workplace Standards

Phone: (860) 263-6791

10.23.15

San Francisco Office of Labor Standards Enforcement

Email: psl@sfgov.org
Phone: (415) 554-6271

10.23.15

Oakland Contracts & Compliance Division

Email: minwageinfo@oaklandca.gov
Phone: (510) 238-6258

10.23.15

Emeryville Economic Development and Housing Division

Email: minwage@emeryville.org
Phone: (510) 596-4316

10.23.15

California Department of Industrial Relations

Email: DLSE2@dir.ca.gov

10.22.15

Portland Sick Time Complaint Form (Spanish)

10.22.15

Center on Policy Initiatives San Diego

10.22.15

Philadelphia Promoting Healthy Families and Workplaces Paper Complaint and Intake Form

10.21.15

District of Columbia Office of Wage-Hour FAQ

10.21.15

California Healthy Workplaces, Healthy Families Act

10.21.15

Montgomery County Earned Sick and Safe Leave Act

10.06.15

Vermont Earned Sick Time Rules

08.02.15

Montgomery County Earned Sick and Safe Leave – Use of Earned Sick and Safe Leave – Parental Leave Amendment

06.21.15

Washington State Labor Council

06.21.15

Working Matters

03.20.15

Bloomfield Paid Sick Leave Ordinance

03.10.15

East Orange Paid Sick Leave Ordinance

03.05.15

Elizabeth Paid Sick Leave Ordinance

03.01.15

California How to File a Wage Claim

03.01.15

Irvington Paid Sick Leave Ordinance

03.01.15

Jersey City Earned Sick Time Law

02.28.15

California Initial Report or Claim Intake Form

02.20.15

Emeryville Minimum Wage and Paid Leave Complaint Form

02.20.15

Oregon Paid Sick Time Act

02.20.15

New York City Earned Sick Time Act

02.20.15

California Healthy Workplaces, Healthy Families Act (2015 Amendment)

02.19.15

2016 California Minimum Wage and Expansion of Healthy Workplaces, Healthy Families Act

02.11.15

Berkeley Paid Sick Leave Ordinance

02.10.15

Emeryville Minimum Wage and Paid Sick Leave Ordinance Complaint Declaration Form (English)

02.10.15

Oregon Sick Time Rules

02.10.15

Seattle Paid Sick Time and Paid Safe Time Ordinance

02.10.15

Montclair Paid Sick Leave Ordinance

02.10.15

Emeryville Minimum Wage and Paid Sick Leave Ordinance

02.09.15

Los Angeles Minimum Wage and Paid Sick Time Ordinance

02.08.15

Los Angeles Office of Wage Standards Ordinance

02.05.15

Morristown Paid Sick Leave Ordinance

02.01.15

Emeryville Minimum Wage and Paid Sick Leave Ordinance Complaint Declaration Form (Spanish)

02.01.15

California Paid Sick Leave FAQ

02.01.15

Seattle Office for Civil Rights Rules for Paid Sick and Safe Time

02.01.15

Spokane Earned Sick and Safe Leave Ordinance

02.01.15

Eugene Sick Leave Ordinance

02.01.15

Newark Paid Sick Leave Ordinance

02.01.15

Oakland Paid Sick Leave Ordinance

01.31.15

Los Angeles Minimum Wage and Paid Sick Leave Complaint Form (English)

01.30.15

Oakland Rules and Regulations for the Enforcement of Oakland’s Minimum Wage Law

01.25.15

Los Angeles Minimum Wage Ordinance FAQ

01.21.15

New Brunswick Paid Sick & Safe Time FAQ (English)

01.21.15

New Brunswick Paid Sick & Safe Time Ordinance

01.21.15

New Brunswick Paid Sick & Safe Time FAQ (Spanish)

01.21.15

Los Angeles Minimum Wage and Paid Sick Leave Complaint Form (Spanish)

01.20.15

Oakland Minimum Wage Complaint Form (English)

01.20.15

Passaic Paid Sick Leave Ordinance FAQ (English)

01.20.15

Oakland Minimum Wage Law FAQ (English)

01.20.15

Tacoma Paid Sick Leave Law

01.20.15

New Brunswick Paid Sick/Safe Leave Ordinance Complaint Form

01.20.15

Passaic Paid Sick Leave Ordinance

01.20.15

San Diego Earned Sick Leave and Minimum Wage Ordinance

01.20.15

District of Columbia Accrued Paid Sick and Safe Leave Act of 2008

01.20.15

Connecticut Paid Sick Leave Statute

01.19.15

San Diego Earned Sick Leave and Minimum Wage Implementing Ordinance

01.19.15

Plainfield Paid Sick Leave Ordinance Intake Questionnaire (English)

01.19.15

Passaic Paid Sick Leave Ordinance FAQ (Spanish)

01.18.15

Plainfield Paid Sick Leave Ordinance Intake Questionnaire (Spanish)

01.14.15

Oregon Sick Time FAQ

01.10.15

Oakland Minimum Wage Complaint Form (Other Languages)

01.10.15

Trenton Paid Sick Leave Ordinance FAQ (English)

01.10.15

Oakland Minimum Wage Law FAQ (Other Languages)

01.10.15

New York City Paid Sick Leave Law FAQ

01.10.15

Tacoma Paid Sick Leave Rules

01.10.15

Philadelphia Promoting Healthy Families and Workplaces Ordinance

01.10.15

New York City Department of Consumer Affairs Final Rules for Earned Sick Time Act

01.10.15

Seattle Office for Civil Rights Complaint Form

01.10.15

Trenton Paid Sick Leave Ordinance Intake Questionnaire (English)

01.10.15

Paterson Sick Leave for Private Employees Ordinance

01.10.15

Massachusetts Earned Sick Time Law

01.10.15

District of Columbia Accrued Paid Sick and Safe Leave Amendment Act of 2013

01.10.15

Amendment to Connecticut Paid Sick Leave Statute

01.10.15

San Francisco Paid Sick Leave Ordinance

01.10.15

Spokane Earned Sick and Safe Leave FAQ

01.10.15

San Francisco Paid Sick Leave Ordinance Amendments

01.09.15

San Diego Earned Sick Leave and Minimum Wage FAQ

01.09.15

Philadelphia Paid Sick Leave Guidance – Seasonal and Temporary Employees

01.09.15

District of Columbia Wage Theft Prevention Amendment Act of 2014

01.08.15

Philadelphia Paid Sick Leave Guidance – Compensation

01.07.15

District of Columbia Wage Theft Prevention Clarification Emergency Amendment Act of 2015

01.07.15

Philadelphia Paid Sick Leave Guidance – Submitting Complaints and Reporting of Violations

01.03.15

Enforcing City Minimum Wage Laws in California: Best Practices and City-State Partnerships

01.02.15

The Pros and Cons of Sick Pay Schemes: Testing for Contagious Presenteeism and Shirking Behavior

01.01.15

San Diego Earned Sick Leave and Minimum Wage Complaint Declaration Form (English)

01.01.15

San Diego Earned Sick Leave and Minimum Wage Complaint Declaration Form (Other Languages)

01.01.15

San Francisco Employee Questionnaire & Declaration in Support of Claim (English)

01.01.15

Trenton Paid Sick Leave Ordinance FAQ (Spanish)

01.01.15

San Francisco Paid Sick Leave FAQ

01.01.15

New York City Answers to Employer Questions Brochure

01.01.15

New York City Count of Sick Leave Complaints and Investigations

01.01.15

Tacoma Paid Leave Quick Reference Guide

01.01.15

Pittsburgh Paid Sick Days Act

01.01.15

Portland Final Protected Sick Time Administrative Rules

01.01.15

Tacoma Paid Leave Inquiry Form

01.01.15

Trenton Paid Sick Leave Ordinance Intake Questionnaire (Spanish)

01.01.15

Plainfield Sick Leave for Private Employees Ordinance

01.01.15

Trenton Paid Sick Leave Ordinance

01.01.15

Massachusetts Office of the Attorney General Final Regulations for Earned Sick Time

01.01.15

District of Columbia Accrued Sick and Safe Leave Final Rules

01.01.15

Guidance from the Connecticut Department of Labor Regarding Paid Sick Leave Statute

01.01.15

San Francisco Paid Sick Leave Ordinance Implementation Rules

01.01.15

Tacoma Paid Leave FAQs for Employers

12.31.14

Santa Monica Minimum Wage Ordinance

12.31.14

Tacoma Paid Leave FAQs for Employees

12.31.14

FAQ Regarding the San Francisco Paid Sick Leave Ordinance and California’s Paid Sick Leave Law

12.31.14

San Francisco Employee Questionnaire & Declaration in Support of Claim (Other Languages)

12.30.14

Santa Monica Amended Minimum Wage Ordinance

12.29.14

Best Practices in Implementing Earned Sick Days Ordinances in New Jersey

12.28.14

Santa Monica Staff Report on Modifications to the Minimum Wage Ordinance

12.25.13

Solving the Problem from Hell: Tripartism as a Strategy for Addressing Labour Standards Non-Compliance in the United States

12.07.13

Hollow Victories: The Crisis in Collecting Unpaid Wages for California’s Workers

06.08.12

Effective Worker Interview Techniques

12.28.11

Enforcing Labor Standards in Fissured Workplaces: The US Experience

12.27.10

Just Pay: Improving Wage and Hour Enforcement at the United States Department of Labor

12.26.10

Improving Workplace Conditions through Strategic Enforcement: A Report to the Wage and Hour Division

12.25.10

Strengthening Labor Standards Enforcement through Partnerships with Workers’ Organizations