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All Items: Wage Payments

  • Wage Theft Is Now a Larceny in New York

    Date:
    September 8, 2023

    Prosecutors can now seek stronger penalties - including prison time - against employers who unlawfully withhold workers' wages in the Empire State.

  • New Jersey Enacts Protections for Temporary Workers

    Date:
    February 22, 2023

    Temporary workers in New Jersey will have greater protections against unpaid wages, unsafe working conditions, unlawful deductions, and other forms of mistreatment under the recently signed Temporary Workers' Bill of Rights.

  • Dues Checkoff Can Continue After Contract Ends, NLRB Rules

    Date:
    October 5, 2022

    Employers must continue withholding union dues from employees' wages and remitting them to the union after a collective bargaining agreement expires, the NLRB has ruled, reversing a major Trump-era Board ruling.

  • California Missed-Break Pay Triggers Payroll Requirements

    Date:
    May 25, 2022

    The Supreme Court of California has ruled that extra pay required for missed meal and rest breaks constitutes wages rather than penalties under the state labor code.

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News: HR and payroll considerations for employers regarding wage payment laws. Support on following rules and regulations regarding this topic.