Yahoo

State-mandated paid leave programs now cover millions of American workers

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Gov. Tim Walz signs paid family and medical leave into law on May 25, 2023. New research shows millions of Americans are now ...
JD Supra

DOL Resurrects PAID Program to Supervise Employers’ Self-Audits and Settlements of Potential FLSA and FMLA Violations

On July 24, 2025, the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) Wage and Hour Division (WHD) announced it would once again oversee the Payroll Audit Independent Determination (PAID) program, allowing employers ...
JD Supra

PAID Back: DOL Revives Voluntary Self-Audit Program

Seyfarth Synopsis: The U.S. Department of Labor has officially revived its Payroll Audit Independent Determination (PAID) program. Designed to help employers proactively resolve FLSA issues—and now, ...

Op-Ed: In Maryland's paid family leave, will this time be different?

Maryland’s new Family and Medical Leave Insurance program is being sold as a safety net for families. But by forcing every ...
Oregonian

Is Oregon’s paid leave program beset by delays, fraud? State shields basic statistics, presenting incomplete picture of effectiveness

Oregon is providing an incomplete, if not misleading, portrait of the effectiveness of its new paid family and medical leave program, excluding an unknown number of claims from the data it shares with ...
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Minnesota’s cash-burning paid leave program: A tale of 'Democratic mismanagement'

In Focus delivers deeper coverage of the political, cultural, and ideological issues shaping America. Published daily by senior writers and experts, these in-depth pieces go beyond the headlines to ...