by Girish Anand | Nov 20, 2013 | DOL, State Labor Law
Officials of the Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division (WHD), the New York State Labor Department and New York State Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman's office have signed memoranda of understanding to protect the rights of employees by preventing...
by Girish Anand | Nov 6, 2013 | State Labor Law
Since 2009, the City of Seattle has been observing what it refers to as a "Ban the Box" legal provision, which forbids questions about criminal history of city government job applicants. Effective Nov. 1, the ordinance has been extended to all private...
by Girish Anand | Nov 6, 2013 | State Labor Law
While the man who vetoed an earlier minimum wage measure cruised to a landslide re-election as governor, New Jersey voters approved the bill he vetoed when it appeared on the ballot yesterday, raising the state minimum wage to $8.25 an hour and pegging it henceforth...
by Girish Anand | Nov 5, 2013 | State Labor Law
A Seattle suburban mayoral competition being decided today at the ballot box could vault the SeaTac suburb to the status of highest-minimum-wage entity in the U.S. SeaTac incumbent Mayor Mike McGinn, responding to his opponent Ed Murray's vow to raise the hourly...
by Girish Anand | Oct 24, 2013 | Personnel Concepts, State Labor Law
Two laws coming into force on Nov. 1 in Oklahoma affect and clarify existing laws governing tobacco use in the workplace. New 21 Okla. Stat. § 1247 prohibits lighted tobacco products in any form in indoor workplaces. It does allow employers to establish smoking...
by Girish Anand | Oct 14, 2013 | State Labor Law
The New York Department of Labor (NYDOL) this past week issued final rules enabling employers to collect overpaid wages and pay advances from employees through paycheck deductions, providing certain conditions are met. The final rules implement a law that Gov. Andrew...
