Minimum Wage, Jurisdiction

Ninth Circuit Clarifies FLSA Collective Action Certification and Jurisdiction

Perkins Coie on 7/8/2025

Key Takeaways - - The Ninth Circuit reaffirmed the “near-universal” two-step process for managing FLSA collective actions. - The Ninth Circuit held that district courts are not required to conclusively determine...more

Minimum Wage Increases Now Effective in Multiple Canadian Provinces

Mintz - Employment Viewpoints on 10/11/2023

Multiple provinces in Canada increased their general minimum wages effective October 1, 2023. The provinces that made such increases and their new minimum wages are as follows:...more

Change is Coming! Minimum Wage and Exempt Employee Thresholds to Increase in 2023

Foley & Lardner LLP on 11/30/2022

As with every year, automotive industry employers should take note that on January 1, 2023 several state and local minimum wages (as well as exempt employee thresholds) increase. Some states implement annual increases that...more

Employers with Out-of-State Employees: Method for Assessing Differences in Wage & Hour Obligations

Husch Blackwell LLP on 5/18/2022

In the last quarter of 2021, 69% of the 2.050 employees surveyed by Global Workplace Analytics and Owl Labs reported working remotely during the pandemic. One third of employees expressed a strong preference for continuing...more

New York Home Health Care Agencies Beat Aides’ Lawsuit Over Use of a Captive To Meet Wage Parity Law

Genova Burns LLC on 11/10/2020

When New York adopted a wage parity law setting minimum wage and benefit levels for home care workers, innovative home health care agency companies created a captive plan structure to meet the benefits requirements. Although...more

Washington Supreme Court Extends Minimum Wage

Fisher Phillips on 8/27/2015

In a narrow 5-4 decision on August 20, 2015, the Washington Supreme Court reversed a lower court ruling and applied the City of SeaTac’s $15 minimum wage law to all workers at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport....more

Court Rejects Kentucky Wage-Hour Representative Actions

Fisher Phillips on 3/20/2015

The Kentucky Wages and Hours Act provides the mechanism for pursuing redress for minimum-wage or overtime violations under that law. KRS 337.385 provides, in pertinent part, that "[s]uch action may be maintained in any court...more

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