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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.

Race-Based Minimum Wage Challenge Gets New Life in 11th Circuit

Date:: August 1, 2018

Alabama's Minimum Wage and Right-to-Work Act may have racially discriminated against the City of Birmingham's black workers, the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled. The Act nullified a Birmingham ordinance that had raised the minimum wage.

Every Minute Counts, California Supreme Court Rules in Notable Wage and Hour Case

Date:: July 30, 2018

California's wage and hour statutes and regulations have not incorporated the "de minimis" doctrine, the Supreme Court of California ruled in Troester v. Starbucks Corp.

80/20 Tip Credit Rule Is Target of Restaurant Group Lawsuit

Date:: July 18, 2018

The legal arm of the National Restaurant Association has filed a lawsuit seeking to overturn a US Department of Labor policy that prohibits employers from claiming a minimum wage tip credit for employees who spend more than 20% of their time performing duties that do not directly produce tips, such as washing dishes or making coffee.

Delaware to Raise Minimum Wage, Establish Training Wage and Youth Wage

Date:: July 5, 2018

Delaware joins Massachusetts as the second state to enact a minimum wage increase this year.

Massachusetts Legislature Passes Bill Providing Paid Family Leave, $15 Minimum Wage

Date:: June 26, 2018

Gov. Charlie Baker signed the bill into law on June 28, 2018.

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