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This client alert, the third in our series on Colorado employment law changes from the 2025 Colorado Legislative Session, analyzes other significant legislative changes. Our previous alerts addressed new liability for owners...more
On June 14, 2025, Governor Walz signed into law amendments to Minnesota’s meal and rest break requirements, which go into effect on January 1, 2026. The amendments can be found at Minnesota Statutes §§ 177.253 and 177.254....more
On May 27, 2025, Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle Parker signed the Protect Our Workers, Enforce Rights Act (POWER Act). The ordinance, found here, aims to enhance protections related to paid sick leave, wage theft, and domestic...more
Employers operating in Massachusetts face some of the nation’s most stringent requirements regarding the timing and frequency of wage payments. The Massachusetts Wage Act (M.G.L. c. 149, § 148) mandates prompt payment of...more
Last month, New Jersey’s Pay and Benefit Transparency Act (NJPBTA) officially took effect, placing new compensation disclosure criteria on employers in the state, and providing jobseekers access to important information that...more
Massachusetts AG Andrea Campbell issued citations against restaurant Azumi LLC (Azumi), and its manager for allegedly requiring service employees to share tips with managers in violation of state wage and hour laws....more
On May 9, 2025, Governor Kathy Hochul signed into law significant amendments to the New York labor law, providing relief to employers in connection with frequency-of-pay violations. Previously, New York employers who failed...more
In the recent United States Tax Court case O’Connor v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue, Judge Arbeit sanctioned the petitioner for advancing frivolous arguments contesting the authority of the IRS to assess tax....more
The Arizona minimum wage increased from $14.35 per hour to $14.70 per hour. The latest increase will take effect on January 1, 2025, and will remain in effect until December 31, 2025. This means that Arizona employers will...more
On September 30, 2024, the Washington State Court of Appeals (Division I) issued a new opinion, Androckitis v. Virginia Mason Medical Center, 556 P.3d 714 (2024), addressing the appropriate penalties for an employee who...more
Terminating employees can be a daunting task. Failing to follow your state or local rules when terminating an employee can make the task exponentially more difficult and expensive. When a business plans on firing or laying...more
The city of Renton, Washington, finalized rules to implement Initiative 23-02 on May 31, 2024. The initiative was approved by Renton voters in February 2024 and codified within Chapter 5-28 and Section 5-5-4 of the Renton...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: Child labor laws remain fertile ground for government enforcement as evaluate key issues for 2024. Late last year, the Wage Hour Division released guidance for new processes to assess greater penalties...more
In recent years, earned wage access (EWA) – an innovative technology that enables workers to access their own, already earned wages without having to wait for payday – has rapidly become a table stakes employee benefit. By...more
Last summer, we reported here the California Supreme Court ruling that premium payments owed under Labor Code section 226.7 for meal and rest break violations constitute “wages.” The Naranjo et al. v. Spectrum Sec. Servs.,...more
On May 23, 2022, the California Supreme Court issued its decision in Naranjo v. Spectrum Sec. Servs. Inc. (Naranjo), holding that meal and rest break premiums (also known as extra pay or premium pay) constitute “wages” that:...more
The California Supreme Court, on May 23, 2022, issued a seminal opinion in Naranjo v. Spectrum Security Services, Inc., which found that employees can recover penalties for failure to timely pay wages at termination and...more
In addition, on a point with broader implications, the Supreme Court held that wage statements must include all wages earned, and not just wages paid, with any wages earned but unpaid possibly triggering penalties for an...more
On May 23 2022, the California Supreme Court reversed the Second Appellate District Court of Appeal and made clear that meal and rest period premiums (or “extra pay” or “premium pay”) constitute “wages” and must be accurately...more
Two recent decisions clarified the circumstances under which California law applies to remote workers. In Bernstein v. Virgin America, Inc., ___ F.3d ___, 2021 WL 686281 (9th Cir. 2021), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the...more