Minimum Wage, Wage and Hour, Seasonal Employment

Tips for Staying Legally Compliant in Summertime Hiring

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 5/12/2025

As many employers are hiring summer staff, now is a good time to brush up on new developments in child labor, wage and hour, and workplace safety laws. These legal compliance matters may be particularly relevant to employers...more

Preventing Missteps in Hiring and Managing Seasonal Workers

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 8/22/2024

Hiring seasonal workers can raise some important legal questions over how to properly handle overtime pay, work schedules, employee training, and other matters. These concerns particularly affect businesses in the hospitality...more

Workplace Law Update: 10 Essential Items on Your December To-Do List

Fisher Phillips on 12/4/2023

It’s hard to keep up with all the recent changes to labor and employment law, especially since the law always seems to evolve at a rapid pace. In order to ensure you stay on top of the latest changes and have an action plan...more

DOL Provides Enforcement Reprieve for Certain Seasonal Establishments Coping with COVID-19

Littler on 9/23/2020

On September 15, 2020, the United States Department of Labor assured existing, seasonal-based establishments they could engage in alternative activities to cope with the financial fallout from COVID-19, without losing their...more

$15 Minimum Wage Becomes Law In New Jersey

Fisher Phillips on 2/5/2019

New Jersey has joined the ranks of California, New York, Massachusetts, and Washington D.C. in adopting legislation that will gradually increase the state’s minimum wage to $15 an hour for most employees. The legislature...more

Saving America's Pastime Means Not Paying Minor League Players

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,... on 1/25/2019

In 2018, Congress passed the “Save America’s Pastime Act” (introduced as H.R. 5580) to exempt minor league players from the protections of the Fair Labor Standards Act “FLSA.” While it was tucked away in a voluminous omnibus...more

Minor League Compensation and the Save America’s Pastime Act of 2018

Payne & Fears on 7/31/2018

“BASEBALL IS LIFE. The rest is just details.” To members of the Green Valley High School (Henderson, Nevada) varsity baseball team in the mid-1990s, this wasn’t just a catchphrase on a t-shirt; it was gospel. We lived and...more

2017 Minimum Wage Hike: What You Need To Know

Farrell Fritz, P.C. on 2/2/2017

Effective December 31, 2016, New York no longer has a state wide minimum wage. In 2017, the minimum wage is based on where employees work. Also, in New York City rates depend on the number of people you employ....more

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