Kathy White, Esq.

The District of Columbia has updated two mandatory workplace postings: District of Columbia Minimum Wage Poster Accrued Sick and Safe Leave Act District of Columbia Minimum Wage Poster Earlier this year, the District of Columbia’s Minimum Wage Revision Act was amended to provide for increases in the District’s hourly minimum wage rate beginning July 1, Read more

Compliance Poster Company (CPC) is the leading provider of All-On-One labor law posters for Canadian provinces. Each poster order from CPC’s Canadian province poster line comes as a set, with an All-On-One poster and a Companion poster. The poster sets describe codified rights and responsibilities under various labor laws and provide employees with required notices. Read more

This month, Louisiana Economic Development launches the Louisiana Job Connection, a new, free website designed to meet the increasing talent demands of Louisiana employers with the skills of job seekers. The website promises an accelerated job/applicant search process saving employers and prospective employees time and money, reducing unemployment, increasing productivity and expanding sales for small Read more

Twice a year, the federal Department of Labor (DOL) releases its regulatory agenda indicating its rulemaking and enforcement priorities for the coming one-year period.  This spring, the DOL announced that it will pay particular attention to Wage and Hour Division regulations.  The proposed rulemaking activity will impact employers across all industries. Among the proposed changes, Read more

Yesterday, the US Department of Labor (DOL) announced its notice of proposed rulemaking to raise the hourly minimum wage rate for employees of federal government contractors and subcontractors to $10.10 per hour beginning January 1, 2015. The proposed rule implements President Obama’s Executive Order 13658 establishing new minimum wage requirements for federal contractors. Under the Read more

This week Vermont Governor Peter Shumlin signed into law legislation phasing in increases in the state’s minimum wage rate from the current $8.73 per hour to $10.50 per hour by 2018. The change is a much needed boost for minimum wage workers.  Until now, Vermont’s minimum wage was tied to the Consumer Price Index and Read more