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Paid Time Off and FMLA in Missouri

Saturday, July 12th, 2008
Posted by Tamara
Employers in Missouri have a great deal of flexibility in dealing with employee leave for FMLA qualified leave requests.   In some cases, a Missouri employer can count PTO as FMLA leave, provided the employee has been informed in advance, in writing.

The Family and Medical Leave ... continue reading

Paid Time Off and FMLA in Pennsylvania

Thursday, July 10th, 2008
Posted by Tamara
In Pennsylvania, an employer may choose to count an employee’s paid leave towards that employee’s 12 week allotment of unpaid leave provided by the FMLA under certain circumstances. When PTO is counted as FMLA leave, the employee must be informed in advance, in writing. According to the U. S. ... continue reading

Paid Time Off and FMLA in South Carolina

Tuesday, July 8th, 2008
Posted by Tamara
South Carolina has not provided any state law that extends job protected leave past the 12 weeks guaranteed workers under the FMLA.   However, there are only 5 states that have enacted such laws.   Rhode Island, California, Hawaii, New York, and New Jersey have state wide short term ... continue reading

Paid Time Off and FMLA in Delaware

Friday, July 4th, 2008
Posted by Tamara
The FMLA was established to provide employees with unpaid leave to care for serious health conditions and family needs while at the same time their job is protected.   The leave can last for as long as 12 weeks, after which an employee must return to work or risk ... continue reading

Paid Time Off and FMLA in Maine

Tuesday, July 1st, 2008
Posted by Tamara
The FMLA provides job protection to Maine employees who require time away from the workplace under the act.   There are no additional state mandates that have been enacted to support or extend the provisions of the FMLA.   Maine employers are not required to offer paid leave to ... continue reading

Mississippi Sick Pay

Thursday, March 13th, 2008
Posted by Tamara

Employers are allowed to choose whether or not they want to offer sick time pay to their employees. They can also decide to stop offering sick time.

Mississippi does not have a law that requires employers to give sick time pay to their employees. There are no laws on ... continue reading

Maryland Sick Pay

Tuesday, March 11th, 2008
Posted by Tamara

Maryland law does not have a sick pay requirement. There aren’t any states in this country that make it mandatory for employers to pay workers for sick time. Only about ten states mandate that vacation time be paid when a worker loses their job, but even in these states, sick ... continue reading

Indiana Sick Pay

Monday, March 10th, 2008
Posted by Tamara

No federal law or state law, including Indiana, requires sick time pay for employees. While sick time may be offered and accrued, no law requires that the accrued time be paid upon termination.

Sick time pay is an optional benefit that employers are not required to offer employees. It ... continue reading

Kansas Sick Pay

Tuesday, March 4th, 2008
Posted by Tamara

Kansas laws don’t cover the issue of sick pay directly. Federal law dos not address the issue of sick pay specifically either. Some states require that accumulated vacation time be paid when a worker is terminated, but none of them require sick pay to be issued as well. California has ... continue reading

Alaska Sick Pay

Monday, March 3rd, 2008
Posted by Tamara

Sick pay upon termination is not required by Alaska or federal labor law. There are any states that require this. Not even California requires that workers be paid sick time upon termination.

When a worker loses his or her job, they might be paid accrued vacation time. In about ... continue reading

Posting Requirements in Virginia

Saturday, January 19th, 2008
Posted by Diane

Employees in all states across the country should be able to learn more information about the labor laws that impact them in the workplace by reviewing their labor law rights on the labor law posters that are displayed in the workplace. Each workplace in the state of Virginia should have ... continue reading

USERRA in Alabama

Thursday, November 8th, 2007
Posted by Diane

The Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act is a federal Act that applies to all employees and employers in all states across the country, including Alabama. USERRA was put into place by Congress in 1994 to replace the Veterans’ Reemployment Rights Act (VRRA).

The goal of USERRA is ... continue reading

Wyoming Vacation Laws

Saturday, December 9th, 2006
Posted by Maya

I have been doing some research into workplace vacation laws, and I thought I would share what I have learned. Since the laws are different in every state, right now, I’m going to talk about the laws in Wyoming.

You might be surprised to find out that the law ... continue reading

Wisconsin Vacation Laws

Saturday, December 9th, 2006
Posted by Maya

In Wisconsin, state employment laws say call vacations a fringe benefit of employment, and it is up to the discretion of the employer to decide if they are going to provide their staff with vacation benefits or not. The only exception is if your company has a written policy that ... continue reading

West Virginia Vacation Laws

Saturday, December 9th, 2006
Posted by Maya

With the holiday season here, now is a good time to review workplace vacation laws. Each state has its own laws regarding vacations, so right now, I’m going to focus on the laws in West Virginia.

Like most other states, West Virginia’s vacation laws mirror federal laws set by ... continue reading

Washington Vacation Laws

Saturday, December 9th, 2006
Posted by Maya

Like many other states, Washington’s workplace vacation laws are similar to federal laws on the subject. These laws say that vacations are a fringe benefit of a job, and it is up to the employer to decide if they are going to grant their staff vacation benefits or not. The ... continue reading

Virginia Vacation Laws

Saturday, December 9th, 2006
Posted by Maya

The holiday season is right around the corner, so now is a good time to brush up on workplace vacation laws. The law is different in every state. For now, let’s look at the laws in Virginia.

Like many other states, Virginia enforces workplace vacation laws that are similar ... continue reading

Vermont Vacation Laws

Saturday, December 9th, 2006
Posted by Maya

The employment laws in the state of Vermont make no special requirements of employers when it comes to vacations. Vacations are considered to be a fringe benefit under the law, and the decision of whether or not to provide such benefits is left up to the discretion of the employer. ... continue reading

Utah Vacation Laws

Saturday, December 9th, 2006
Posted by Maya

In Utah, state employment laws treat workplace vacations as a personal matter between employer and employee. Vacations are considered to be a fringe benefit under the law, and employers are not required to provide their staff with vacation time off, paid or unpaid. The law does have something to say, ... continue reading

Texas Vacation Laws

Saturday, December 9th, 2006
Posted by Maya

The state employment laws in Texas do not require employers to provide their staff with vacation leave from work, paid or unpaid. Like many other states, Texas considers vacations to be a fringe benefit and not a right, and therefore does not get involved in legislating any blanket policies. Texas ... continue reading

Tennessee Vacation Laws

Saturday, December 9th, 2006
Posted by Maya

In Tennessee, state law says workplace vacation privileges are a fringe benefit of employment and not a right. State law does not require employers to provide their employees with vacations, paid or unpaid. What state law does require is that employers honor any commitments they have made to their employees ... continue reading

South Dakota Vacation Laws

Saturday, December 9th, 2006
Posted by Maya

Are you an employer or employee in the state of South Dakota who is wondering what the law says about your vacation rights? You’re not alone – this area of the law can be confusing, and many people have misconceptions about it. Let’s take a look at what the law ... continue reading

South Carolina Vacation Laws

Saturday, December 9th, 2006
Posted by Maya

South Carolina state law has very little to say about workplace vacation rights. Like many states, South Carolina law views vacation as a fringe benefit arranged by private agreement between employer and employee, and the state does not demand that companies offer than employee vacation benefits. What South Carolina law ... continue reading

Pennsylvania Vacation Laws

Saturday, December 9th, 2006
Posted by Maya

In Pennsylvania, the laws regarding workplace vacations match the guidelines set out by the federal Department of Labor. These laws treat vacation as a fringe benefit to employment that cannot be guaranteed by law. The state will, however, make sure companies grant their employees the rights they have promised them. ... continue reading

Rhode Island Vacation Laws

Saturday, December 9th, 2006
Posted by Maya

Workplace vacation laws in the state of Rhode Island say that vacations are a fringe benefit granted at the discretion of the employer and are not a right due to employees. Therefore the state seldom gets involved in these disputes unless there is a company policy in place. If there ... continue reading

Oregon Vacation Laws

Saturday, December 9th, 2006
Posted by Maya

The holiday season is upon us, which makes now a good time to discuss workplace vacation laws. Each states has its own policies regarding the topic, so right now I am going to talk about vacation laws in the state of Oregon.

Oregon state workplace vacation laws actually mirror ... continue reading

Oklahoma Vacation Laws

Saturday, December 9th, 2006
Posted by Maya

In Oklahoma, the state laws regarding workplace vacations share a lot with the federal guidelines on the subject. Oklahoma says workplace vacations are a fringe benefit left up to the discretion of the employer and not a right. There are a few instances the state will get involved in workplace ... continue reading

Ohio Vacation Laws

Saturday, December 9th, 2006
Posted by Maya

I’ve been doing some research into workplace vacation laws, and I want to share what I have learned with everyone. There is no blanket policy; each state makes its own laws on this subject. Right now, I’m going to talk about the laws in Ohio

Ohio workplace vacation laws ... continue reading

Saturday, December 9th, 2006
Posted by Maya

According to state law in North Dakota, workplace vacations are a fringe benefit granted at the discretion of a company and not a right, and so the state will seldom get involved in vacation policy disputes. This approach mirrors the approach set out by federal law. The only time the ... continue reading

North Carolina Vacation Laws

Saturday, December 9th, 2006
Posted by Maya

Like most states, North Carolina workplace vacation laws mirror the laws set out the by the federal Department of labor. The state says vacations are fringe benefit of a job and not a right. State law leaves the decision of whether or not to grant vacation up to the discretion ... continue reading