Labor and Employment Law Blog

New Guidance on Paid Sick Time: Industrial Commission of Arizona Supplements its Proposed Regulations

The Industrial Commission of Arizona (“ICA”) has issued a Notice of Supplemental Proposed Rulemaking (“Notice”) for Proposition 206, otherwise known as the Fair Wages and Healthy Families Act (the “Act”), available here. The Act, requiring certain employers to provide a minimum amount of paid sick time to Arizona employees, takes effect July 1, 2017.

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Does Your Federal Contractor Paid Sick Leave Policy Comply with Prop. 206?

Companies that entered into qualifying federal contracts since January 1, 2017 are required to have a sick leave policy, or an equivalent paid time off policy, that complies with federal Executive Order 13706. That Executive Order requires, among other things, that employers provide up to 56 hours of paid sick time each year. Arizona’s Fair […]

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Arizona Employers Must Post Minimum Wage Poster On or Before January 1, 2017

On November 8, 2016, Arizona voters approved Proposition 206, the Fair Wages and Healthy Families Act (“the Act”), raising the state’s current $8.05 per hour minimum wage progressively over the next several years. See Legal Alert. Effective January 1, 2017, Arizona’s minimum wage will be $10.00 per hour. One of the new requirements of the Act […]

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