Minimum Wage, State and Local Government, Hospitality Industry

City of Los Angeles Hotel Workers’ Minimum Wage Increase Put on Hold

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 7/2/2025

The City of Los Angeles has put the minimum wage increase for hotel workers on hold. Certain provisions were to take effect on July 1, 2025. This decision comes after a referendum petition against the ordinance was filed...more

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

Industry Minimum Wage Increases On The Ballot in Some California Cities

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 11/8/2022

As the dust settles after another active California legislative session, employers still have more legislation to be on the lookout for by way of ballot measures. In the midterm elections this year, several cities in...more

Cozen Cities: September 21, 2022

Cozen O'Connor on 9/22/2022

Throughout the country, large municipalities are laboratories of democracy. New and innovative policies introduced in one market are often exported to others, and ultimately replicated at the state and federal level. This...more

Getting Local: Oakland Local Ordinances

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 9/1/2022

Employers in California are faced with a myriad of complex federal and state laws. It does not stop there. An employer with employees working in the City of Oakland may also need to comply with local ordinances....more

New Tipping Regulations Will Take Effect March 1, 2021

Stokes Wagner on 1/21/2021

The Department of Labor has issued new tipping regulations, to take effect on March 1, that make a few significant changes, some of which may be advantageous to hospitality employers....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

New York State To Eliminate Tip Credit For Many Employees Beginning June 2020

Troutman Pepper Locke on 1/20/2020

Q: I heard New York is changing its rules around tip credits for some types of employees. What do I need to know? ...more

Connecticut’s New Restaurant Wage Law Codifies “80/20 Rule” for Tipped Employees

Littler on 1/16/2020

Following months of political maneuvering, including a gubernatorial veto, Connecticut has enacted compromise legislation that attempts to clarify how restaurants and other hospitality industry employers must pay workers who...more

One Last 2019 Act from the Connecticut General Assembly: A December “Special Session” and the Tip Credit

Pullman & Comley - Labor, Employment and... on 1/9/2020

Governor Lamont signs House Bill 7501 into law on January 6, 2020. As we say goodbye to 2019 (and await commencement of the 2020 session of the Connecticut General Assembly in February), the General Assembly via a “Special...more

Hospitality Employers Take Note: Numerous Local Increases to the Minimum Wage Take Effect Now

Epstein Becker & Green on 1/3/2020

…With the start of the New Year, employers in the hospitality sector should prepare for new state- and local- minimum wage increases for their non-exempt employees. To help multi-jurisdictional employers easily navigate...more

New York Governor Orders Elimination of the Tip Credit for Employers Subject to the Minimum Wage Order for Miscellaneous...

Littler on 1/2/2020

For over a year, New York State employers harbored concerns that New York State would enact rules that would eliminate their ability to apply a tip credit towards the wages of employees who earn tips. ...more

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