Colorado FAMLI Premium Rate to Remain at 0.9% for 2025 – The premium contribution rate for Colorado’s paid family and medical leave insurance program, known as FAMLI, will remain at 0.9% of employee wages for calendar year 2025, according to the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment.
Read more: Colorado Legal Update
Connecticut Paid Sick Leave Update – Connecticut’s paid sick leave law took effect in 2012, mandating up to 40 hours of leave per year for certain workers. Currently, the law applies only to employers with at least 50 employees and only to service worker employees. However, amendments to the law passed in 2024 significantly expand the paid sick leave mandate, requiring leave for nearly all Connecticut workers by 2027. The amendments phase in coverage to successively smaller employers year by year, beginning Jan. 1, 2025, and remove the law’s limit to “service workers.”
Read more: Connecticut Employment Law Summary
Illinois Enacts Artificial Intelligence Employment Law – On Aug. 9, 2024, Illinois enacted an amendment to the Human Rights Act that bans employers from using artificial intelligence (AI) that results in discrimination based on an employee’s protected class. It also requires employers to notify employees that AI is being used. The law takes effect on Jan. 1, 2026.
Read more: Illinois Legal Update
