News & Analysis as of

State Labor Laws Wage and Hour Holiday Pay

Littler

Rhode Island Updates Regulations on Sunday and Holiday Premium Pay

Littler on

The Rhode Island Department of Labor and Training (DLT) has published new rules clarifying the obligation of employers to pay premium pay to employees who work on Sundays and holidays. A new regulation defines for the first...more

Fisher Phillips

Major Overhaul of the NY Healthy Terminals Act Signed Into Law: What Employers Need to Know Before January 1, 2026

Fisher Phillips on

As part of the 2025-26 budget package signed by Governor Hochul on May 9, New York overhauled its Healthy Terminals Act (HTA) to reshape airport wage and benefit obligations to mirror New Jersey’s version of the law. These...more

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP

The Holiday Pay Playbook: Regular rate, holiday bonuses, and California overtime

California wage and hour law is never so confusing as during the holiday season. Beyond making sure that employees receive their paychecks on time, employers must correctly determine the “regular rate of pay" so that they can...more

Epstein Becker & Green

Time Is Money: A Quick Wage-Hour Tip on ... Holiday Pay

Epstein Becker & Green on

With limited exceptions, California law does not require employers to provide employees with a premium rate of pay for working during holidays or paid days off for holidays unless contractually obligated to do so. However,...more

Fisher Phillips

Massachusetts Retail Refresh: Juneteenth Premium Pay Obligations

Fisher Phillips on

This summer marks the second year with Juneteenth as a premium pay holiday for Massachusetts retailers. In 2020, as part of a COVID-19-related spending bill, the Massachusetts legislature added Juneteenth National...more

Bowditch & Dewey

Massachusetts Minimum Wage Rates to Increase Effective January 1, 2021 and New State Holiday

Bowditch & Dewey on

As the calendar (finally) flips from 2020 to 2021, brewers should keep in mind a few changes to the Massachusetts wage and hour laws that go into effect in the new year. The Massachusetts minimum wage is set to increase...more

Littler

Massachusetts Designates Juneteenth as a State Holiday, Creating a New Obligation for Many Retail Employers

Littler on

On Friday, July 24, 2020, Governor Baker signed a bill designating Juneteenth (June 19th) as an annual state holiday in Massachusetts.  In doing so, Governor Baker stated that this designation would help “recognize the...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Call Center Employees in Massachusetts Win Claim For Sunday Premium Pay

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on

Seyfarth Synopsis: A Massachusetts trial court judge ruled that employees were entitled to premium pay for work on Sundays at a call center, under a Massachusetts statute governing Sunday and holiday work at a retail “store...more

Fisher Phillips

New Year, New Laws – What’s Ahead For Massachusetts Employers In 2020?

Fisher Phillips on

As we look forward to the New Year, Massachusetts employers should be aware of upcoming changes to the Commonwealth’s employment laws that took effect on January 1, 2020, as well as possible changes we foresee on the horizon....more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

New Year Brings New Obligations for Massachusetts Employers

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on

Seyfarth Synopsis: As we prepare to enter 2020, employers with a presence in Massachusetts should be mindful of certain changes to the wage and hour laws that will take effect in the new year. Most of these changes stem...more

Littler

Friendlier Skies in Rhode Island: Sunday & Holiday Premium Pay Law Held Preempted for Airlines

Littler on

The Rhode Island Supreme Court recently held that the Airline Deregulation Act (ADA), a federal law, preempts Rhode Island law requiring premium pay for Sunday and holidays.  This decision may allow employers in other...more

Fisher Phillips

Massachusetts Rings in the New Year with Tweaks to Tip Credit Rules and Changes to Sunday/Holiday Premiums

Fisher Phillips on

As you may remember, it was Christmas in July for employees when Massachusetts passed the “Grand Bargain,” among other things, putting the Commonwealth on a path to a $15.00 minimum wage. When the clock struck midnight on...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

MASSACHUSETTS IS ON THE RISE! Increases In The Minimum Wage And Establishment Of A Paid Family And Medical Leave Program...

Troutman Pepper Locke on

Q. Are there any new laws in Massachusetts that my company should be aware of? A. Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker recently signed a bill that will serve as a turning point for working families....more

Littler

The Regular Rate Riddle in the Massachusetts "Grand Bargain" Legislation

Littler on

The new “grand bargain” legislation Governor Charlie Baker signed into law last week gradually phases out the requirement that Massachusetts retailers pay time-and-a-half for work on Sundays or certain holidays....more

Proskauer - Law and the Workplace

Massachusetts Governor Signs Minimum Wage, Family and Medical Leave Bill

On June 28, 2018, Governor Charlie Baker signed “An Act Relative to Minimum Wage, Paid Family Medical Leave, and the Sales Tax Holiday” (HB 4640) into law. Last week, we covered three major changes the Act makes to...more

Fisher Phillips

Big Changes Coming for Baystate Employers: Paid Family & Medical Leave And Minimum Wage Increases

Fisher Phillips on

In one fell swoop, Massachusetts has set in motion a plan to increase its minimum wage to $15.00 per hour and create a comprehensive paid family and medical leave program as the result of a “grand bargain” between employee...more

Littler

Littler Global Guide - Portugal - Q1 2017

Littler on

State Budget Law 42/2016 of December 28, 2017 - Enacted Legislation - Effective January 1, 2017, State Budget Law for 2017 introduced various modifications to the labor law landscape, which have had an immediate...more

17 Results
 / 
View per page
Page: of 1

"My best business intelligence, in one easy email…"

Your first step to building a free, personalized, morning email brief covering pertinent authors and topics on JD Supra:
*By using the service, you signify your acceptance of JD Supra's Privacy Policy.
- hide
- hide