Minimum Wage, Employee Rights, Tipped Employees

Tip Credit in New Jersey: What Bill A-5433 Means for Restaurants and Workers

Mandelbaum Barrett PC on 5/9/2025

As the New Jersey legislature considers eliminating the tip credit—a move that would require all restaurant workers to be paid the full minimum wage regardless of tips—the hospitality and business communities are pushing...more

New Jersey Bill to Eliminate Minimum Wage Tip Credit Will Impact Hospitality Industry

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 4/25/2025

New Jersey stands at a crossroads regarding the compensation of tipped workers. Introduced on March 10, 2025, Assembly Bill A5433 proposes a significant change to the New Jersey Wage and Hour Law: phasing out the “tip...more

Arizona Minimum Wage Increases on January 1, 2025

Jaburg Wilk on 1/10/2025

The Arizona minimum wage increased from $14.35 per hour to $14.70 per hour. The latest increase will take effect on January 1, 2025, and will remain in effect until December 31, 2025. This means that Arizona employers will...more

Chicago Phases Out the Tip Credit Starting July 1, 2024

Littler on 6/24/2024

On July 1, 2024, Chicago will take its first step towards eliminating the tip credit. That day, the tip credit amount an employer can claim decreases from 40% to 32% of the applicable minimum wage. Every year thereafter, on...more

Washington, DC Legislative Roundup

Littler on 5/8/2023

The District of Columbia continues to implement broad employment initiatives, ranging from wage and hour laws to stricter civil penalties. The following is a rundown of key developments for employers to keep an eye on as we...more

2021 Wage & Hour Developments: A Year in Review

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 1/10/2022

In 2021, wage and hour laws continued to change and develop, expanding in some areas and contracting in others. In “2021 Wage & Hour Developments: A Year in Review,” we look back on significant wage and hour developments at...more

How Might Virginia’s New Legislative Trifecta Affect Employers in the Commonwealth in 2020?

Littler on 1/7/2020

In the November 2019 election Virginia gained a Democratic “trifecta”—both legislative chambers and the governorship are now controlled by one political party. It has been over two decades since Democratic lawmakers...more

California Employment Law Notes - November 2019

Proskauer - California Employment Law on 11/11/2019

Court Upholds Whistleblower Verdicts In Favor Of Fired Parking Ticket Hearing Examiners - Hawkins v. City of Los Angeles, 40 Cal. App. 5th 384 (2019) - Todd Hawkins and Hyung Kim were terminated from their jobs as...more

Federal Contractor Minimum Wage to Increase

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 9/6/2018

Seyfarth Synopsis: Employees on certain government contracts must be paid in accordance with the requirements of a 2014 Executive Order on Minimum Wage. Effective January 1, 2019, the minimum wage for covered workers is...more

Florida’s Minimum Wage Likely to Remain Unchanged on January 1, 2016

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 10/19/2015

On November 2, 2004, Florida voters approved a constitutional amendment that created Florida’s minimum wage. The minimum wage applies to all employees in the state covered by the federal minimum wage. Florida law requires a...more

Federal Contractor Minimum Wage Rises to $10.15

Balch & Bingham LLP on 9/21/2015

The Wage and Hour Division of the U.S. Department of Labor published in the Federal Register earlier this week its official Notice regarding an increased minimum wage for employees of federal contractors to $10.15, which is a...more

Rhode Island Raises Minimum Wage Again: Now $9.60 per Hour

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 6/25/2015

On June 22, 2015, Rhode Island Governor Gina Raimondo signed into law another increase to the state’s minimum wage. This marks the fourth straight year that Rhode Island has raised its minimum wage. Effective January 1,...more

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