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Ervin Cohen & Jessup LLP

Employer Reminder: Local Minimum Wage Increases on July 1, 2024 and Current Mileage Rates

July 1st Minimum Wage Increases Each year on July 1st, a number of local municipalities and the County of Los Angeles raise their hourly minimum wage, based on changes to the consumer price index, and as required by local...more

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Texas Seeks Order Blocking Enforcement of DOL’s New Overtime Rule Ahead of July 1 Effective Date

The U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) new rule to raise the minimum salary thresholds for the Fair Labor Standards Act’s (FLSA) white-collar overtime exemptions could be delayed as it faces multiple legal challenges, alleging...more

Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel LLP

Update: Stricter Overtime Rules Go Into Effect in One Week (Unless They Don’t)

As covered in our April 2024 blog and client alert, the US Department of Labor has unveiled a new rule, substantially increasing the salary threshold for exemptions to mandatory time-and-a-half overtime, that is set to take...more

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Maryland’s New Wage Transparency Law to Take Effect on October 1, 2024

Maryland’s recently enacted Wage Range Transparency Act amends the state’s Equal Pay for Equal Work law, specifically Sections 3-301, 3-304.2, 3-305, and 3-308(e) of Maryland’s Labor and Employment Article Title 3, Subtitle...more

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP

The Department of Labor's New Overtime Rule Is Coming

As we previously discussed, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) released its new rule that was estimated to make approximately 4 million more employees across the United States eligible for overtime. While we anticipated that...more

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Nevada Employer Alert: Two-Tiered Minimum Wage Retiring With Final Increase to $12 per Hour Effective July 1, 2024

Nevada’s minimum wage is set to increase to $12 per hour on July 1, 2024, with what is the final incremental increase under legislation passed in 2019. With this final increase, thanks to a November 2022 ballot measure,...more

Barnea Jaffa Lande & Co.

Israel Raises Minimum Wage

Israel is updating its minimum wage by 5.24% as of April 1, 2024. This update applies to the entire economy and has additional economic implications pertaining to the rights of employees earning minimum wage....more

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Columbus, Ohio’s Salary History Ban Goes Live on March 1, 2024: Are You Ready?

Employers in Columbus, Ohio, will be prohibited from asking job applicants about their salary histories under a city ordinance that takes effect on March 1, 2024....more

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DOL Issues a Final Independent Contractor Rule

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The United States Department of Labor (“DOL”) recently released a final rule that addresses the classification of workers as independent contractors under federal labor law. The rule goes into effect on March 11, 2024....more

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DOL Announces Final Rule on Determining Independent Contractor Status

On January 9, 2024, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) announced the issuance of its final rule addressing worker classification under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). The 2024 rule, which goes into effect on March 11,...more

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New Jersey Supreme Court Grants Leave to Appeal Decision Interpreting Wage and Hour Amendments

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The New Jersey Supreme Court recently granted a defendant-employer’s motion for leave to appeal an Appellate Division decision interpreting the 2019 amendments (the “Amendments”) to the Wage and Hour Law (“WHL”) and the Wage...more

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Contract Workers’ Hourly Wages in Israel

The Law for Increased Enforcement of Labor Laws recently marked one decade since its enactment. Since then, we have waited for the enactment of regulations stipulating service contractors’ obligatory mode of calculation of...more

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Pay Transparency Requirements Are Coming to Illinois in 2025

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Employers hiring for positions that will be performed in Illinois or report to a supervisor or office/worksite in Illinois will soon need to comply with pay transparency requirements recently signed into law by Gov. J.B....more

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Illinois Law Will Require New Disclosures When Using Temporary Labor

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Gov. Pritzker has signed a law that will substantially amend the Illinois Day and Temporary Worker Services Act. The amendments take effect immediately....more

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Minimum Wage Increases in Several California Cities July 1

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Changes to California minimum wage laws are around the corner on local and statewide levels. With respect to localities, on July 1, 2022, the minimum wage is rising in 12 California cities and in Los Angeles County. Any...more

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New Mexico’s Paid Sick Leave Law Becomes Effective on July 1, 2022

Beginning on July 1, 2022, New Mexico’s Healthy Workplaces Act (HWA) requires private employers with even one employee working in New Mexico to provide paid sick leave (PSL) to eligible employees. The New Mexico Department of...more

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Cook County and Chicago Minimum Wage Increases Go Into Effect on July 1st

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Cook County and Chicago’s annual minimum wage increases go into effect on July 1, 2022. The Chicago minimum wage will increase to $15.40 per hour for employers with 21 or more employees and to $14.50 per hour for employers...more

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Department of Labor Delays Effective Date of Regulations on Independent Contractors and Tips

On February 5, 2021, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) published notices in the Federal Register of its proposed delay of the effective dates of the Trump administration’s regulations addressing independent contractor...more

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San Antonio City Council Approves Changes to Paid Sick Leave Ordinance

In response to a lawsuit filed by a number of San Antonio business groups, the San Antonio City Council approved certain revisions to the city’s paid sick leave (PSL) ordinance, including renaming it the Sick and Safe Leave...more

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Prepare to Implement Paid Family and Medical Leave Under New Massachusetts Law

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Massachusetts employers should be making their final preparations for the Massachusetts Paid Family and Medical Leave (PFML) program in advance of the Oct. 1, 2019, effective date for payroll deductions. This Holland & Knight...more

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP

Seasonal Exemption May Help Some Employers Avoid New Overtime Pay Requirements

The December 1 effective date is rapidly approaching for the Department of Labor’s new white-collar overtime exemption salary levels. Employers struggling with their ability to pay the more than doubled salary minimums are...more

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The Looming December 1 Implementation Date for the Overtime Regs: Do Recent Challenges Mean a New Effective Date?

One question being asked by employers on a nearly daily basis is, “Do we really have to meet the December 1, 2016 effective deadline for the revisions to the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) overtime regulations?” The short...more

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