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New York Sharply Curtails Damages for Weekly Pay Violations

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The 2025 New York State budget includes a provision that reduces the potential damages available to plaintiffs for violation of the weekly pay requirement of the New York Labor Law....more

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Colorado Enacts Wage Theft Amendments, Increasing Employer Penalties and Permitting Classwide Demands

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Colorado has again modified the state’s wage theft laws with the enactment of Senate Bill 22-161.  Among other things, the wide-ranging amendments increase penalties for employers that do not timely pay wages, allow employees...more

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New Washington Law Creates Statutory Wage Lien for Claims on Unpaid Wages

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On April 16, 2021, Governor Jay Inslee signed into law the Washington Wage Recovery Act, allowing employees to place a lien on their employers’ property to secure unpaid wages. The purpose of the law is to provide...more

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