Minimum Wage, Employee Rights, Work Schedules

Change Is Coming to Spain’s Minimum Wage, Visa Process, and LGBTQ Protections

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 2/5/2025

In recent months, Spain has approved measures to streamline the visa process and better protect LBGTQ employees. It also has proposed raising the minimum wage and shortening the workweek....more

Labor & Employment Law Legislative Update: New Laws in Effect in 2023

Franczek P.C. on 1/10/2023

Happy New Year! Several employment laws became effective January 1, 2023, and our team at Franczek P.C. has compiled them in its new Labor & Employment Law Legislative Update, focused on new laws in effect in 2023. The new...more

Fair Workweek Ordinance May Be Coming Soon in Chicago

Franczek P.C. on 6/3/2019

The City of Chicago has flirted with enacting a “Fair Workweek” ordinance, aimed at ensuring predictable work schedules for workers, for several years. While the ordinance failed to gain traction in its prior iterations, this...more

Seattle Passes Ordinance to Expand Employment Rights to Domestic Workers

Littler on 8/28/2018

On July 27, 2018, Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan signed into law the Domestic Worker Ordinance (“the DWO”). Effective July 1, 2019, the ordinance is expected to impact approximately 33,000 domestic workers in Seattle. ...more

Turning Over Every Stone: Don’t Ignore Possible Exemptions And Waivers

Fisher Phillips on 7/12/2017

Many employers fail to fully appreciate the existence of a variety of exemptions from, or waivers of, some of California’s strict wage and hour regulations. A quick survey of common issues includes the following escape...more

Canada: Ontario Government's Proposed Legislation to "Create Fairer and Better Workplaces" Includes $15 Minimum Wage and Equal Pay...

Littler on 6/1/2017

On May 30, 2017, the Ontario government issued its response to a Final Report recently released by two Special Advisors as part of their Changing Workplaces Review. This Report included 173 recommendations for amendments to...more