by admin | Jul 23, 2015 | Minimum Wage Law
The New York Wage Board moved Wednesday to raise the hour wage for fast food workers from $8.75 an hour to $15, which would take effect in New York City on Dec. 31, 2018, and for the rest of the state by mid-2021. The board’s move does not require legislative...
by admin | Jul 22, 2015 | GHS, HazCom, OSHA
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has issued a directive for enforcement of the new Hazard Communication Standard (HazCom), which went into effect on June 1. HazCom was revised in March 2012 (officially dubbed HCS 2012) to align with the...
by admin | Jul 21, 2015 | Minimum Wage Law
Various Major League Baseball (MLB) franchises in the past have avoided paying minimum and overtime wages by relying on the “seasonal amusement” exemption in the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), but this time a federal court in California has allowed class...
by admin | Jul 19, 2015 | EEOC
A ruling this week by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) involving an employee of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) seeks to enshrine protected status for sexual orientation in Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Though the Civil Rights...
by admin | Jul 17, 2015 | ADA
This week service animal regulations under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) were updated regarding dogs being placed in shopping carts, which is no longer permitted. The FAQs, in answering whether service dogs can be placed in shopping carts, reads:...
