by Girish Anand | May 27, 2014 | Minimum Wage Law, State Labor Law
Hawaii Gov. Neil Abercrombie has signed Senate Bill 2609, raising the state's minimum wage over four years to $10.10 an hour and upping the tip credit over two years. “A hardworking sector of our community has gone seven years without a raise,” Gov....
by Girish Anand | May 22, 2014 | NLRB, OSHA
While hoping to get Congress to increase the 30-day statute of limitation for claims of whistleblower retaliation at work, OSHA administrator David Michaels has commenced a cooperative program with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) for concurrent claim...
by Girish Anand | May 21, 2014 | Federal Labor Law, FLSA, Minimum Wage Law
Wage-and-hour lawsuits rose 5 percent year over year during the 12-month period ending March 31, tapping out at 8,126 cases filed. This is the seventh straight yearly rise, with the increase from the year 2000 standing at 438 percent, according to data from the...
by Girish Anand | May 20, 2014 | DOJ
In an unusual twist for a state that outlaws marijuana use except in specified medical situations, the New Mexico Court of Appeals has ordered a repair shop owner and the shop's workers' compensation insurer to pay for medical marijuana use to treat an...
by Girish Anand | May 15, 2014 | ADA, EEOC
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced today that it is inviting public input on potential revisions to the regulations implementing Section 501 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, a law that governs employment of individuals with disabilities by...
