Minimum Wage, Automotive Industry

Cozen Cities - July 9, 2025

Cozen O'Connor on 7/10/2025

PHILADELPHIA—Waymo to Begin Testing Driverless Cars This Summer -Waymo is launching manual test drives of its autonomous vehicles in Philadelphia to familiarize its technology with the city. While public rides are not yet...more

Illinois Insights: An update from Cozen O'Connor (1/23)

Cozen O'Connor on 1/24/2025

Reforming Tier 2 pensions could cost the state $30 billion, actuary says “A new Illinois pension reform bill would increase contributions to the state’s three largest retirement systems by a total of nearly $30 billion...more

Nearshoring and Beyond: Hot Topics for Automotive Companies Operating in Mexico

Foley & Lardner LLP on 5/3/2023

As manufacturing in Mexico returns to pre-pandemic levels, several recent legal developments may affect those operations. Manufacturers, particularly those in the automotive industry, need to consider new Mexican labor...more

Key Employment Issues Facing Employers in the Automotive Industry

Foley & Lardner LLP on 3/24/2021

Automotive companies faced unprecedented challenges in 2020. In the coming year, these challenges will continue as companies navigate the continuing COVID-19 pandemic, related leave/quarantine issues and new challenges...more

Your Daily Dose of Financial News

Robins Kaplan LLP on 10/3/2018

Amazon announced yesterday that it will immediately raise the minimum wage it pays to all 250,000 of its employees (and the 100k it plans to hire for the holiday season) to at least $15/hour, more than double the current...more

Serenity Now – Looking Back On USDOL's Actions Mid-Year, And A Sneak Peek At What Might Be Coming

Fisher Phillips on 6/21/2018

We are almost half way through 2018, and this year has been filled with fast and furious changes at USDOL. Proposed tip credit changes (Check, including a reaction from Congress and more tip credit changes on the horizon)....more

Don’t Forget About Minimum Wage And Recordkeeping!

Fisher Phillips on 5/11/2018

No doubt last month’s Navarro ruling in the Supreme Court was a big win for retail automotive. That decision affirmed that the same federal overtime exemption that applies to a “salesman, partsman, and mechanic” also applies...more

What Can You Get for $535?

Fisher Phillips on 11/10/2017

An expensive lawsuit. Let’s say you have a service advisor who is paid $525 per week, plus commissions. The service advisor makes a blatant and careless mistake on a customer invoice, costing your dealership $535. The...more

Proposed Overtime Regulations Will Likely Affect Your Dealership

Fisher Phillips on 11/4/2015

The United States Department of Labor (USDOL) recently announced proposed revisions to some of the most commonly used exemptions to minimum wage and overtime, saying it will “extend overtime protections to roughly five...more

South Carolina Legislative Update

Moore & Van Allen PLLC on 3/11/2015

The General Assembly was extremely busy this week. The House adopted a comprehensive ethics reform bill similar to the individual bills already sent to the Senate, legislation authorizing a veterans’ services study committee...more

"That Can't Be Right!" California Appellate Court Rules that Piece Rate Workers Are Entitled to Separate Hourly Compensation

Littler on 3/25/2013

A California Court of Appeal dealt another blow to employers this month when it held automobile mechanics, who earned at least minimum wage for every hour worked, were entitled to separate hourly compensation for any time not...more

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