Minimum Wage, Regulatory Agenda, Labor Regulations

Will the EU Directive on Minimum Wages Be Annulled?

Ius Laboris on 3/12/2025

On 14 January 2025, the Advocate General proposed that the European Court of Justice (the ‘CJEU’) annul the EU Directive on adequate minimum wages. The annulment of a directive is rare, with the outcome of the CJEU’s decision...more

Tipped Out? 5th Circuit Negates DOL Tip Credit Rule

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP on 8/29/2024

How the FLSA “tip credit” is applied has been pushed and pulled numerous times over the last two decades. In the latest volley, the Fifth Circuit entered an order on August 23, 2024, vacating the Department of Labor’s 2021...more

Decreasing Prospects for Increasing the Federal Minimum Wage to $15

Littler on 3/3/2022

The centerpiece of the Biden administration’s labor and jobs agenda is an increase in the federal hourly minimum wage to $15 an hour. Last year President Biden, via executive power, instituted a $15 minimum wage for federal...more

DOL Releases Proposed Rule on Increasing the Minimum Wage for Federal Contractors

Littler on 7/23/2021

On July 22, 2021, the U.S. Department of Labor’s proposed rule to implement and enforce Executive Order 14026, “Increasing the Minimum Wage for Federal Contractors,” was published in the Federal Register. Executive Order...more

Labor and Employment Rulemaking Prominent in President Biden’s First Regulatory Agenda

Littler on 6/17/2021

On June 11, 2021, the federal government released its unified federal regulatory agenda for spring 2021, which outlines regulatory and deregulation actions agencies expect to take in the coming months....more

The First 100 Week 13: Pro-Labor Appointments Continue and Manchin supports PRO Act

Franczek P.C. on 4/20/2021

In week thirteen, the Biden administration’s labor and employment activity includes the nomination for the Assistant Secretary of Disability and Employment Policy at the Department of Labor (DOL); the Senate committee vote on...more

Alaska Legislature Eyes Minimum Wage, Pay Equity and Discrimination Law Changes

Littler on 1/28/2021

The Equal Pay and Living Wage Act (the Act), currently before the Alaska Legislature as Alaska Senate Bill 16, seeks several significant changes to Alaska’s minimum wage, pay equity and employment discrimination law. The Act...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

Littler Lightbulb: What’s New in Colorado?

Littler on 2/28/2020

Colorado has been making headlines with several noteworthy new laws and regulations. This Lightbulb will highlight key recently enacted and pending employment legislation in the Centennial State....more

WPI Wage Watch: Minimum Wage, Tip, and Overtime Developments (January 2020 Edition)

Littler on 2/5/2020

If January's minimum wage, tip, and overtime developments forecast what employers should expect throughout the remainder of the year, it could be a challenging 2020....more

Vermont Health Care Update 01-13-2020 - An analysis from DRM's Health Law Team

Downs Rachlin Martin PLLC on 1/16/2020

DVHA presents budget adjustment proposal - The House Health Care Committee heard from Department of Vermont Health Access Commissioner Cory Gustafson on Tuesday on his department’s 2020 budget adjustment. ...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

WPI Wage Watch: Minimum Wage, Tip, and Overtime Developments (December 2019 Edition)

Littler on 1/2/2020

We remember when legislative and regulatory developments rarely occurred in December, but those days are behind us. A Reminder About New Year's Eve & New Year's Day Rate Increases: Many minimum wage, tipped and exempt...more

WPI Wage Watch: Minimum Wage, Tip, and Overtime Developments (November Edition)

Littler on 12/5/2019

Turkeys weren't the only things stuffed in November – there was a gut-busting amount of late-year legislative, regulatory and case law developments at the federal, state, and local levels concerning the minimum wage, tips,...more

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