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Arkansas, Missouri Vote to Raise Minimum Wage

Date:: November 7, 2018

The minimum wage rate will increase to $11.00 by 2021 in Arkansas and to $12.00 by 2023 in Missouri under ballot initiatives approved on Election Day.

District of Columbia Expected to Require Sexual Harassment Training for Employers of Tipped Employees

Date:: October 25, 2018

A bill establishing new training requirements must undergo a 30-day congressional review before becoming law.

DOL Delays Overtime and Tip Credit Rules, Plans Joint Employment Rule

Date:: October 17, 2018

The latest regulatory agenda from US Department of Labor (DOL) outlines the agency's plans for rulemaking that will affect employers across the nation.

Pennsylvania's Plan to Raise Minimum Salaries for Overtime-Exempt Workers to $48,000 Scrutinized

Date:: October 9, 2018

An independent commission has raised a number of concerns that the Pennsylvania labor department must address before raising the minimum salary for most overtime-exempt employees to nearly $48,000.

California Updates Breastfeeding Breaks Law

Date:: October 5, 2018

Effective January 1, 2019, California's breastfeeding breaks law will be amended to prohibit employers from using bathrooms as a location for employees to express milk in private.

Illinois Requires Paid Breastfeeding Breaks

Date:: August 29, 2018

Effective August 21, 2018, employers covered by the Nursing Mothers in the Workplace Act are prohibited from reducing employees' compensation for time used to express milk or nurse a baby.

DOL Schedules "Listening Sessions" for Overtime Rule

Date:: August 27, 2018

It is not clear what information the DOL hopes to learn from the listening sessions beyond what it collected from the 214,000-plus public comments it received last year.

Supreme Court's Epic Systems Ruling Continues to Limit Class Actions

Date:: August 17, 2018

New federal court rulings are applying the Supreme Court's Epic Systems decision to prohibit employees from joining collective actions in a host of situations, including in a recent case against Chipotle.

Washington State Considers Raising Minimum Salary for Overtime-Exempt Workers as High as $74,880

Date:: August 13, 2018

The Washington State Department of Labor & Industries is looking at several options for increasing the minimum salary for overtime-exempt employees, ranging from $455 per week to $1,440 per week.

Taco Bell Employee Discount Policy Did Not Violate California Meal Breaks Law, 9th Cir. Rules

Date:: August 2, 2018

A policy under which employees could purchase discounted food on the condition that they agree to eat it on their employer's premises did not violate California's meal breaks law, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in Rodriguez v. Taco Bell.

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