?On Sept. 28, amendments to Oregon’s Equal Pay Act excluding hiring and retention bonuses from the definition of compensation are set to expire. Oregon’s Equal Pay Act prohibits employers from discriminating between... Read more »
The terms “class,” “collective” and “representative” actions sometimes are bandied about as though they were the same thing, but they have distinct meanings that employers benefit from understanding. This article, the second... Read more »
?On Aug. 3, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul announced the $1.2 billion dollar Health Care and Mental Hygiene Worker Bonus Program, aimed at rewarding and retaining frontline healthcare and mental hygiene workers.... Read more »
?Frequently involving wage and hour issues, class actions against employers can result in lengthy litigation, but early response to them may reduce damages. This article, the first in a two-part series on... Read more »
?Apple reached a settlement in a lawsuit over off-the-clock work Aug. 15. Store workers said the technology company didn’t pay them for the time they spent on security screenings after their shifts... Read more »
?The chain restaurant Chipotle Mexican Grill signed a $20 million settlement with New York City employees over allegations of labor law violations, Mayor Eric Adams announced Aug. 9. This is the largest... Read more »
?On Aug. 5, new Pennsylvania wage-and-hour regulations for tipped and salaried, nonexempt workers under the Pennsylvania Minimum Wage Act (PMWA) went into effect. This article focuses exclusively on the new rules for... Read more »
?California voters almost had the opportunity to vote on an $18 per hour minimum wage in November 2022. The state has a unique administrative process by which California citizens can propose laws... Read more »
?The chief executive/chief financial officer of a company that owned rental property in California could be held personally liable for the company’s failure to pay wages to two tenants who were performing... Read more »
?On July 19, a state judge in Michigan’s Court of Claims held that the state legislature violated the Michigan Constitution in 2018 when, during a lame-duck session, it overhauled revisions to Michigan’s... Read more »