Wage & Hour Developments
Wage & Hour Developments
The regulatory landscape, appetite for administrative agency enforcement, and judicial interpretations related to wage-and-hour issues are rapidly evolving. Our blog is a one-stop resource for federal- and state-level updates and analysis on wage-and-hour-related developments affecting employers.
Giving a Nondiscretionary Bonus? Check the Regular Rate Calculation
Determining an employee's overtime rate of pay can be tricky. The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) recently found an employer owed over $1 million in back wages to employees in California and Kentucky for violations that included miscomputation of overtime pay rates.
COVID-19 Hazard Pay and Overtime Violations
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Today’s Pay Equity Landscape
Legal, political, and social movements have pushed pay equity to the top of many organizations' priorities. Activist shareholder proposals, changes in state laws, Biden administration efforts, and calls from employees regarding greater transparency have spurred employers to find out where they stand.
CA Court Confirms Employers Must Timely Pay and Report Meal Period Premiums or Face Additional Penalties
On May 23, 2022, the California Supreme Court issued a seminal opinion in Naranjo v. Spectrum Security Services, Inc., which found that employees can recover penalties for failure to timely pay wages at termination and failure to provide accurate itemized wage statements based on untimely paid or unreported meal and rest period premiums.
Show Me the Money: New York City’s Pay Transparency Law Delayed Until November 1, 2022
On January 15, 2022, the New York City Council (the Council) enacted a law requiring employers in the city with four or more employees to disclose the expected salary range on internal and external job l
Failure to Pay Wages Due at Discharge Can Incur Triple Damages in Massachusetts
Department of Labor Warns Employers to Know the Rules for Putting Minors to Work
Five California Localities Raise Minimum Wage Rates Effective July 1, 2022
Eastern District of California Finds Joint Employer Liability Sufficiently Alleged and Permits Meal and Rest Break Claims to Proceed
Department of Labor Announces Initiative to Monitor Warehouse and Logistics Worker Pay
California Court of Appeal Declines to Apply Heightened Penalties to Wage Statement Violations
Washington Postpones Collection of Long-Term Care Employee Premiums to July 2023
California Assembly Amends FAST Recovery Act Proposal
Washington State Pauses Collection of WA Cares Fund Premium Assessments, Employers Should Too