By all accounts, employers are facing unprecedented complications in curating paid time off and sick time policies.

Over the last decade, state and local legislatures enacted a plethora of new laws on PTO and sick time while the number of multistate employers has grown to the highest in recent memory.

Increased geographic mobility of workers and state regulation of PTO and sick time exacerbate the amount of change human resource professionals have to manage. Across industries, it is commonplace to have at least one, or perhaps many, workers in states other than the principal place or places of business.

Against this backdrop, employers need to thoughtfully plan PTO and sick time policies that are legally compliant, nondisruptive to employee culture, and most advantageous from a cost and time perspective for employers.

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