EquiLeave is excited to share our 2024 Leave Tracking Spreadsheet, a free resource that HR professionals can use to document and track leave of absences in their organization.

Our spreadsheet is great for companies that take a simple approach to leave management and may not have a sophisticated (or expensive) system at their disposal for tracking and documenting leaves. It is ideal for smaller organizations who want to keep organized when managing a low volume of leaves.

Download your copy here.

In this video, we cover key questions that employers may want to consider for their paid family leave policy.

The U.S. does not have a federal law that provides for paid family leave across the country, but some states have decided to pass laws that can provide paid family leave to their residents. Learn more about how those laws generally work in this video.

Using a parental leave pay calculator in 2024 can save New York companies some serious money. Let’s look at how.

Using a parental leave pay calculator in 2024 can save California companies some serious money. Let’s look at how.

Looking for actual copies of state paid family leave laws and their regulations?

Look no further. Here are links to state paid family leave laws and their implementing regulations.

Leave "stacking" refers to a scenario where an employee can exhaust their leave rights under one law but then begin a new leave under another law. Leave stacking can happen because the FMLA, ADA, and state laws provide for leave under different circumstances and do not always run concurrently.

Employers can use a few strategies to mitigate the impact of leave stacking.

On July 11, 2023, Maine enacted a new law that will broadly provide paid family leave benefits to most private sector employees in the state.

The statute addresses many key details about how paid leave in Maine will work, but there are still questions left to be answered by regulations that will be issued by the Maine Department of Labor.

In this article, we discuss a few open questions about the law that may be answered in the regulations.

Here’s what you should know about paid family leave for the week of October 15, 2023.

States with paid family leave laws have websites with helpful information for employers and employees.

Here we link to each state’s website with information about paid family leave programs.

In the absence of any federal law, a growing number of states have enacted laws that provide paid family leave benefits. Each law is different. The states have set different rules defining who will be eligible for leave, the circumstances when they will be eligible, and the benefits available to them.

Here are the key similarities and differences in each.

On July 11, 2023, Maine enacted a paid family and medical leave law. Leave benefits will be available to Maine employees as of May 1, 2026. Contributions will begin January 1, 2025.

In this article, we summarize key details about the new law.