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Employer Cheat Sheet for Workplace Laws Taking Effect July 1

Fisher Phillips on 6/24/2025

Most employers are prepared for new laws at the start of each year – but did you know that a heap of new workplace laws take effect at the halfway point? Here’s your employer cheat sheet to prepare for July 1 effective dates…...more

Voters Decide on State Minimum Wages and Other Workplace Issues

Epstein Becker & Green on 11/15/2024

On Election Day 2024, voters in six states weighed in on ballot initiatives that addressed several employment law topics....more

2024 State and Major Locality Minimum Wage Updates

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 12/20/2023

Almost half of the states, and several major localities, will increase their minimum wage rates in 2024, with a majority of the changes effective on January 1, 2024. The table below lists state and certain major locality...more

2022 Wage and Hour Developments: A Year in Review

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 1/12/2023

In 2022, federal and state laws regulating wages and hours of work continued to change and develop. In “2022 Wage and Hour Developments: A Year in Review,” we look back on significant wage and hour developments at the federal...more

New Laws for New York Employers in a New Year: What You Need to Know as 2023 Unfolds

Fisher Phillips on 1/5/2023

After a few years of rapid and expansive change to New York’s workplace laws, involving adjustments to workplace safety, employee pay, benefits, and privacy, there was a noticeable slowdown for the state legislature this past...more

Minimum Wage Increases in 2022: A Chart of Upcoming Changes and Interactive Map

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 12/21/2021

In 2022, while the federal minimum wage will remain at $7.25 per hour for non-tipped employees and $2.13 per hour for tipped employees, several states’ minimum wage rates will increase. The chart below lists the state (and...more

DOL’s Dual Jobs Final Rule: Will It Be a Horror Show for Employers?

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 11/1/2021

On October 28, 2021, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) released a final rule that may cause many employers in the restaurant, hospitality, and service industries to rethink and/or end their use of tip credits under the...more

U.S. Department of Labor Proposes Employee-Friendly Rules for Tipped Workers

Benesch on 6/23/2021

On June 21, 2021, the U.S. Department of Labor (“DOL”) introduced a proposed rule which, when effective, would impose increased limitations on when an employer can pay a tipped worker the “tipped minimum wage.” The proposed...more

DOL Proposes Rules To Limit ‘Side Work’ For Tipped Employees And Regulate Tip Credits

Fox Rothschild LLP on 6/22/2021

On June 21, 2021, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) announced proposed rules setting forth new tip regulations under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). These new rules would reinstate the so-called “80/20” rule under...more

Hitting the Ground Running: The First 100 Days of the Biden Administration, and Key Takeaways for Employers

Littler on 5/4/2021

In September 2020, then-candidate Joe Biden promised organized labor that, if elected, he would be the “strongest labor president you’ve ever had.” In his first 100 days in office, now President Biden has acted quickly and...more

Department of Labor Announces Annual Increase to Minimum Wage for Federal Contractors

Polsinelli on 9/1/2020

On August 31, 2020, the Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division published its annual update to the minimum wage for federal government contractors. As of January 1, 2021, employees performing services on or in...more

Wage And Hour Developments 2018: A Year In Review

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 1/28/2019

The law regulating the payment of wages and work hours is a vibrant area: the “fight for $15.00”; battles over who can receive tips (and whether the tip credit should be eliminated entirely); whether workers should be given...more

Recent Ninth Circuit Decision Highlights An Employer’s Obligation Under the Dual Jobs Regulation Of The FLSA

Laner Muchin, Ltd. on 10/3/2018

On September 18, 2018, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals issued a decision which once again brings to the forefront employers’ obligations under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and other state minimum wage laws....more

The Tenth Circuit Takes the DOL Tipping Rule Off the Menu

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 7/11/2017

Seyfarth Synopsis: An unpopular DOL regulation that prohibits employers from retaining customer tips received another blow this summer. The Tenth Circuit joined the Fourth Circuit and several district courts in holding that...more

Valet Driver's FLSA Tip Claim Fails

Fisher Phillips on 6/15/2017

In a welcome decision for employers, the Eleventh Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals (having jurisdiction over Alabama, Florida, and Georgia) recently ruled that a tipped employee for whom no federal Fair Labor Standards Act "tip...more

Federal Court In Florida Is Latest To Reject DOL Regulation, Finds FLSA Does Not Require That Employees Receiving Full Minimum...

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 8/16/2016

While Department of Labor regulations interpreting the FLSA remain the primary source of employer guidance regarding the Act’s requirements, they are not necessarily the final word on what federal wage law requires. This is...more

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