New legislation in New York state will prohibit employers from asking prospective employees about their salary history and significantly expand the state’s pay equity law. Salary History Inquiry Ban Senate Bill S6549 will prohibit employers from requesting,...
As of January 1, 2019, recent state legislation has changed overtime eligibility for California workers in the agricultural industry. Under the former Wage Law Order No. 14, agricultural laborers receive overtime rates after 10 hours in a day or after 6 days in a...
The following states do not allow a Tip Credit: Alaska, California, Minnesota, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, and Washington. Please be aware that there may be updates and changes to these rates made by the agencies throughout the year. Parties remain independently...
California Governor Jerry Brown recently signed into law several bills that will have significant impact on employers’ workplace obligations. Effective January 1, 2019, the new laws will restrict nondisclosure agreements and certain settlement agreements covering...
The Arizona minimum wage is set to go to $11 an hour, up from $10.50, on January 1. As a result of voters passing Proposition 206, the Fair Wages and Healthy Families Act, in 2016. An effort to lock in the statewide minimum at $10.50 and repeal the Act’s paid sick...
Starbucks and other employers in California must pay workers for the minutes they spend on work-related duties before and after they clock out, the California Supreme Court decided Thursday, July 25, 2018. The court held in a unanimous decision that workers should be...
