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July California Minimum Wage Increases

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On January 1, 2025, California increased their state minimum wage to $16.50 per hour for all employers, regardless of size. While California may have one of the highest state-mandated minimum wages, voters rejected the...more

Marshall Dennehey

Driving the Workday: The Third Circuit Clarifies Compensable Travel Time Under the FLSA

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Key Points: Travel during the workday between clients’ homes is compensable under the Fair Labor Standards Act....more

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Navigating Wage and Hour Challenges

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Healthcare entities have faced increasing pressure from the Department of Labor regarding wage and hour issues. Some of this is a hangover from COVID and the long hours many healthcare workers endured trying to meet the needs...more

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Workplace Law Update: 22 Essential Items on Your August To-Do List

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It’s hard to keep up with all the recent changes to labor and employment law, especially since the law always seems to evolve at a rapid pace. In order to ensure you stay on top of the latest changes and have an action plan...more

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Connecticut Legislation Changes Overtime Rules for Nurses and Abrogates Collective Bargaining Rights of Private-Sector Hospitals

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Provisions included in a must-pass budget bill will make significant changes for Connecticut hospitals. These changes, which were embedded in the nearly 900-page Public Act 23-204 signed into law on June 12, 2023, revise...more

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New York City Council Seeks to Disrupt the Home Care Industry by Limiting Hours Aides Can Work

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On April 14, 2022, New York City Council Member Christopher Marte, along with Public Advocate Jumaane Williams, introduced legislation that would amend the New York City Fair Workweek law (“FWWL”), which currently applies...more

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December 2020: The Top 18 Labor And Employment Law Stories

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It’s hard to keep up with all the recent changes to labor and employment law. While the law always seems to evolve at a rapid pace, there have been an unprecedented number of changes for the past few years—and this past month...more

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Chicago’s Fair Workweek Law Mandates Predictive Scheduling

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Chicago’s Fair Workweek Ordinance imposes a sweeping, predictive scheduling obligation on employers to provide employees with advance notice of work schedules and pay employees “predictability pay” for late changes to an...more

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Chicago Ordinance Makes Scheduling Employees for Work More Complicated in Seven Industries

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A new Chicago ordinance places complicated restrictions on how employers in 7 industries can schedule employees for work. Employers will face stiff financial penalties for failing to follow the new rules....more

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Chicago Passes Ordinance Requiring Employers to Provide Predictive Scheduling for Certain Industries

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In the most expansive predictive scheduling law in the country to date, Chicago City officials passed the “Fair Workweek Ordinance” on July 24, 2019, and Mayor Lori Lightfoot has indicated she would quickly sign the...more

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Chicago Gets Its Fair Workweek: City Council Unanimously Passes Ordinance

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City Council approved the Chicago Fair Workweek Ordinance by unanimous vote on July 24, 2019. This past May marked the third time such an ordinance was proposed in City Council, and the language ultimately approved by City...more

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