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D.C. Employees—Minimum Wage Rate

The District of Columbia’s minimum wage for all D.C. workers who do not receive tips is $17.50 per hour regardless of employer size. This rate became effective July 1, 2024 and is anticipated to increase on July 1, 2025...more

Alaska Ushers in Increased Minimum Wage and Guaranteed Sick Leave

Voters in Alaska approved Ballot Measure 1, which will boost Alaska’s minimum wage and provide guaranteed sick leave to workers. First, Ballot Measure 1 increases Alaska’s minimum wage to $13.00 per hour, effective July 1,...more

Nebraska Joins the Growing List of States that Will Require Employers to Provide Paid Sick Leave

Voters in Nebraska approved a measure that will require all employers to offer employees one hour of paid sick leave for every 30 hours worked, effective October 1, 2025. The total amount of sick leave employees may accrue...more

Massachusetts Voters Retain Subminimum Wage for Tipped Employees

On election day Massachusetts voters were given the opportunity to vote on the Fair Wage for Tipped Workers Act, a ballot measure, referred to as Question 5, that would have gradually increased pay for tipped workers until it...more

Federal Contractors in Limbo After Vaccine Mandate Nationwide Injunction Is Narrowed

A U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit panel breathed new life into the federal contractor vaccine mandate. While the panel determined that the COVID-19 vaccine mandate exceeded the president’s legal authority, it...more

Federal Contractor Vaccine Mandate Blocked in Nationwide Injunction

On December 7, 2021, a federal district court in Georgia issued a nationwide injunction blocking the federal contractor vaccine mandate and other protocols. In a 28-page decision, the district court determined that the...more

District Court Denies Preliminary Injunction Against Colorado’s Equal Pay Act

On May 27, 2021, the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado (court) denied Rocky Mountain Association of Recruiters’ (Rocky Mountain) motion for preliminary injunction. Rocky Mountain was seeking to prevent...more

Challenge to Colorado Equal Pay for Equal Work Act Will Have Important (and Costly) Implications for Employers

Colorado’s Equal Pay for Equal Work Act, SB19-085 (the Equal Pay Act), went into effect on January 1, 2021. Colorado’s new law follows a string of laws in other states seeking to expand the protections related to equal pay,...more

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