"The main substantive change to the final regulations concerns the setting of a benefit year.... [It] remains a violation of the [Earned Sick Leave Law (ESLL)] for an employer to require an employee to use ESLL as part of taking FMLA or FLA leave.... [T]he ESLL would apply to union members covered by a CBA at the time of the ESLL's enactment upon expiration of that CBA.... The final regulations will not address how/when out-of-state employees are covered under the ESLL."  MORE >>