by Girish Anand | Jun 26, 2014 | Minimum Wage Law
Ikea, the Swedish home goods megastore, is raising the minimum wage it pays its workers at 38 U.S. locations to $10.76 an hour beginning Jan. 1, 2015, a 17-percent increase over the current $9.17-an-hour rate. "The happier the co-worker, the happier the customer...
by Girish Anand | Jun 13, 2014 | Minimum Wage Law
The Wage and Hour Division (WHD) of the Department of Labor (DOL) has issued a proposed rule to implement President Obama's Executive Order 13658, which mandates a minimum wage of at least $10.10 an hour at companies entering into contractors to do federally...
by Girish Anand | Jun 12, 2014 | Minimum Wage Law
The International Franchise Association (IFA) has filed suit against Seattle for lumping franchise owners into the major corporation category, meaning they have to implement the new $15-an-hour minimum wage in three years rather than in the seven years given small...
by Girish Anand | Jun 4, 2014 | Minimum Wage Law
In advance of a shareholders' meeting on Friday, WalMart employees nationwide and online will strike today over wages and what they claim is retaliation for employees who speak out about company issues. Protests will be held in some 20-plus cities to...
by Girish Anand | Jun 3, 2014 | Minimum Wage Law, State Labor Law
Despite reports that nearby SeaTac, which enacted a similar $15-an-hour minimum wage ordinance encumbered by subsequent job losses, reductions in hours, elimination of overtime and implementation of paid parking for employees, Seattle has passed its own historic...
by Girish Anand | May 28, 2014 | Minimum Wage Law, State Labor Law
Gov. Rick Snyder signed legislation last night to raise the minimum wage in Michigan over four years to $9.25 an hour, up from the current $7.40 an hour. The new minimum wage will thus be fully in force by 2018, and each year thereafter the rate will be raised either...