Although election results had not been certified by local officials as of the time of publication, all three measures held commanding leads in unofficial results and were projected to prevail by reliable third parties.
Voters next week will consider measures that would raise the minimum wage to $15.00 in Nebraska, repeal the lower minimum wage for employers that provide health benefits in Nevada and eliminate the tip credit in Washington, D.C.
The 9th Circuit stressed that its ruling in Cadena v. Customer Connexx LLC is limited to workers using employer-provided computers to perform their duties while working at a central work site.
The US Department of Labor (DOL) will soon propose a new regulation that would apply a version of the decades-old "economic realities test" as its standard for determining whether a worker is an independent contractor under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).
Sharing servers' tips with managers or using servers' tips to pay other employees' wages is prohibited under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), as recent developments highlight.
The Fast Food Accountability and Standards Recovery Act (FAST Recovery Act) establishes a new 10-member Fast Food Council and vests it with the authority to set employment standards for fast food restaurants including wages, working conditions and training.
Unless the rate of inflation unexpectedly goes down over the next three months, the New Jersey minimum wage could be at least $14.13 per hour for large employers and at least $12.93 for small and seasonal employers.
Glendale joins Los Angeles, New York City, San Francisco, Seattle and several other localities that have enacted hotel worker ordinances in recent years.
The Michigan Court of Claims has struck down the state's minimum wage and paid sick leave laws and restored earlier versions of the laws passed in 2018, which are significantly more beneficial to employees.
The new Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) rules are expected to raise the minimum salary for most overtime-exempt employees and possibly update the duties tests as well.