On November 8, 2016, Arizona voters approved Proposition 206, the Fair Wages and Healthy Families Act (“the Act”), raising the state's current $8.05 per hour minimum wage progressively over the next several years. Effective...more
During an election night fraught with surprises, one thing became clear: hundreds of thousands of Arizona employees will get a raise on January 1, 2017. Also, private sector employees in Arizona will have a right to accrue...more
The 2016 election season will highlight a hot issue in labor and employment -- local regulation of minimum hourly wage rates. After recent enactments in several California cities, Arizona cities in 2017 may be following suit...more