Minimum Wage, Hairstyle Discrimination, Employment Policies

In Case You Missed It - Here Are California’s New Employment Laws for 2025

BakerHostetler on 2/6/2025

The California minimum wage has now increased from $16 per hour to $16.50 per hour. Correspondingly, the minimum salary threshold for exempt employees has increased to $68,640 annually, $5,720 monthly or $1,320 weekly....more

Employers Should Be Tracking These 11 State and Local Workplace Trends

Fisher Phillips on 5/3/2024

While federal employment laws set nationwide standards, state and local laws often go well beyond – not only creating additional compliance obligations but also a patchwork of workplace rights to navigate. These laws vary...more

The Top 14 Workplace Law Stories from July 2022

Fisher Phillips on 8/4/2022

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

Virginia Becomes First Southern State to Ban Race Discrimination Based on Hair Texture, Type, and Styles

Epstein Becker & Green on 3/11/2020

First of Many Anticipated Employment Changes in Virginia, Including Expanded Coverage and Remedies for the Virginia Human Right Act and Minimum Wage Increases....more

A Detailed Review of 2019 Labor & Employment Legislation in California

Jones Day on 2/10/2020

The first year of Governor Gavin Newsom’s term produced many significant pieces of employment legislation in California, including most prominently one law limiting the use of independent contractors for most businesses and...more

Reminder: New California Employment Laws Going Into Effect January 1, 2020

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP on 12/17/2019

• Numerous new California laws going into effect on January 1, 2020, will impact employers and employees. • The most significant laws include a new employee classification law, extension of the statute of limitations for...more