by Girish Anand | Feb 22, 2016 | Minimum Wage Law, State Labor Law
The Oregon legislature has passed a plan to raise the state minimum wage in a tiered structure that sees employees in Portland earning $14.75 an hour, those in Salem, Eugene and other smaller cities $13.50, and those in the hinterlands $12.50 — all by 2022. Gov....
by Girish Anand | Feb 18, 2016 | FLSA, Minimum Wage Law
A federal judge in Indianapolis this week threw out a lawsuit by student athletes against more than 100 Division I colleges and universities, alleging they were employees under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) deserving of being paid the minimum wage. U.S. District...
by Girish Anand | Feb 15, 2016 | DOL, Minimum Wage Law, Overtime Rules, WHD
The Wage and Hour Division (WHD) of the Department of Labor (DOL) has launched an education and enforcement initiative on the West Coast and in surrounding areas aimed at ensuring workers at fast food establishments are being paid the proper minimum wage and overtime....
by Girish Anand | Jan 30, 2016 | DOL, FLSA, Minimum Wage Law
According to the Federal Judicial Center, lawsuits arising from violations of the wage and hour provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) totaled 8,781 in the fiscal year ending this past Sept. 30. That was up from 8,160 in FY 2014, a 7.6 percent increase....
by Girish Anand | Jan 27, 2016 | Minimum Wage Law
The International Franchise Association (IFA) yesterday appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn a federal court ruling that let stand a city minimum-wage provision lumping franchise owners in with their national franchisers. As a result of that provision,...
by Girish Anand | Dec 30, 2015 | Minimum Wage Law, Personnel Concepts
Especially if you’re in one of the 13 states that will greet the New Year with new minimum wage rates and mandatory workplace notices: Alaska, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Hawaii, Massachusetts, Michigan, Nebraska, New York (which actually takes...
