Minnesota’s minimum wage law covers full-time and part-time employees, there are a few exceptions. Under the law, employers must pay employees the minimum wage for all hours worked. Did you know… hours worked include training time, waiting time, rest periods of less than 20 minutes and any other time an employee must be at work. Read more
Massachusetts 2014 legislative session runs well into 2015, but there is an important bill Governor Patrick has already signed which requires mention. The most notable bill signed thus far is an increase in the state’s minimum wage. Senate Bill 2195, An Act Restoring the Minimum Wage and Providing Unemployment Insurance, raises the minimum wage to Read more
Recently Connecticut’s governor signed into law the “Act Creating Parity between Paid Sick Leave Benefits and Other Employer-Provided Benefits”, effective January 1, 2015. Public Act 14-128 amends the existing Connecticut Paid Sick Leave law in a couple of significant ways. First, under existing law, each employer must provide paid sick leave annually to each of Read more
Portions of Canada’s Anti-Spam Law (CASL) are now in effect, then on January 15, 2015 additional sections related to the unsolicited installation of computer programs or software come into force. Organizations operating in Canada that use electronic channels to promote or market products and services must comply with CASL; this includes charities and non-profits. To Read more
Governor Lincoln Chafee recently signed legislation raising the state’s minimum wage. The minimum wage rate will increase by one dollar from the current $8.00 per hour to $9.00 per hour effective January 1, 2015. So far there are four additional states with minimum wage increases effective January 1, 2015. They are Hawaii, Massachusetts, Vermont and Read more
History – In 2002, legislation was enacted to extend disability compensation to cover persons who take time off from work to care for a seriously ill child, spouse, parent, or registered domestic partner, or to bond with a new child. Senate Bill 1661 established Paid Family Leave (PFL) to be administered by the California State Read more
On April 9, 2011 the New York Wage Theft Prevention Act (WTPA) took effect. Provisions of the law require employers to give written notice of wage rates to each new hire and to ALL employees annually by February 1 each year. The annual notice portion of the law was not well received by employers because Read more
In 2013, Rhode Island’s governor signed legislation regarding Fair Employment Practices, expanding protections afforded applicants. State law prohibits employers from asking applicants about arrest records, and makes it unlawful to ask about convictions until at or after a first interview (with certain exceptions). The law is now effective and the protections have been added to Read more
Connecticut’s governor has signed many bills during this 2014 legislative session. One of the most notable concerns increases to the minimum wage. Senate Bill 32, An Act Concerning Working Families’ Wages takes effect July 1, 2014. The bill calls for increases to Connecticut’s minimum wage. The state minimum hourly wage will increase from $8.70 to Read more
In just one week California’s minimum wage increases by $1.00 from $8.00 to $9.00 per hour. This increase shouldn’t come as a surprise because it takes time to implement procedures to remain in compliance with relevant state and federal labor laws. In the event you did not know about the minimum wage increase we have Read more
