by admin | Aug 21, 2015 | Minimum Wage Law, State Labor Law
Voter-approved Proposition 1, which provides for a $15-an-hour minimum wage along with paid sick leave for hospitality and transportation workers in the Washington State community of SeaTac, has been revived by the state Supreme Court in a 5-to-4 vote. After voters...
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 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 | Jun 30, 2015 | Minimum Wage Law
President Obama last night unveiled his long-awaited proposed overtime exemption rule, enabling those who earn up to $970 a week, or $50,440 a year, to be eligible for time-and-a-half when working more than 40 hours in a week. The current minimum salary exemption...
by admin | Jun 24, 2015 | Minimum Wage Law
A minimum wage hike in January brought the wage floor at Ikea’s U.S. stores to at least $10 an hour, and now with another hike announced for next January, the floor is set to rise to almost $12 an hour. Currently, Ikea U.S. is using the MIT Living Wage...
by admin | Jun 15, 2015 | Minimum Wage Law
FedEx has agreed to a roughly $228 million settlement over a lawsuit alleging the company misclassified more than 2,000 California drivers as independent contractors and thus owes them overtime pay and other benefits. FedEx originally prevailed in a federal court...
