Voters in Alaska, Missouri, and Nebraska approve paid leave

Alaska paid sick leave

Effective July 1, 2025, employers with 15 or more employees must allow employees to accrue at least one hour of paid sick leave for every 30 hours worked.

• Employers with fewer than 15 employees may limit the leave to 40 hours of paid sick leave per year.
• Employers with 15 or more employees may limit the leave to 56 hours of paid sick leave per year.

Employees would be entitled to use paid sick leave as it is accrued. They may take the leave for their own condition; to care for a family member; or due to domestic violence, sexual assault, or stalking.

Missouri paid sick time

Effective May 1, 2025, employees will earn an hour of paid sick time (PST) for every 30 hours worked.

• Employers with fewer than 15 employees may limit an employee’s use of PST to 40 hours per year.
• Employers with 15 or more employees may limit an employee’s use of PST to 56 hours per year.

Employees may use the leave as soon as it’s accrued. They may take the leave for their own condition or preventive care; care for a family member; business or school/daycare closure due to a public health emergency; or due to domestic violence, sexual assault, or stalking.

Nebraska Healthy Families and Workplaces Act

Effective October 1, 2025, employees will earn an hour of paid sick leave for every 30 hours worked.

• Employers with fewer than 20 employees must allow employees to accrue and use up to 40 hours of paid sick time each year.
• Employers with 20 or more employees must allow employees to accrue and use up to 56 hours of paid sick time each year.

Employees may use the leave as soon as it’s accrued. They may take the leave for their own condition or preventive care, care for a family member, and business or school/daycare closure due to a public health emergency.

Key to remember: Employers with employees in Alaska, Missouri, or Nebraska will need to be aware of new employee leave provisions beginning in 2025.