Last week Governor Kate Brown signed SB 828 into law, making Oregon the first state to mandate secure scheduling (also known as “predictive scheduling” or “safe scheduling”) for service workers. Although it’s been a boon for employers, the growth of technology which allows employers to structure employee scheduling around up-to-the-minute analyses of customer foot traffic Read more
The District of Columbia Department of Employment Services, Office of Wage Hour has recently released the new Building Service Employees Minimum Work Week Act of 2016 Poster. The poster was created in response to Act 21-485 also known as the Building Service Employees Minimum Work Week Act of 2016, enacted last October. The Act establishes Read more
The New Hampshire Department of Labor has released the updated Protective Legislation Law posting. Our readers may recall that Governor Chris Sununu signed House Bill 194 on May 12, 2017, amending the New Hampshire Revised Statutes Annotated (RSA). Under the new law, employers are allowed to pay employees biweekly without having to get a special Read more
Just when we thought it was over, Missouri’s Legislature makes a surprise. Starting August 28, 2017, the minimum wage rate in the City of St. Louis will drop from $10.00 per hour to $7.70 per hour. A house bill (1194) preempting local minimum wages in the state has been passed. Political subdivisions are prohibited from requiring Read more
Although budget battles with Governor Doug Burgum and the ramp-up to medical marijuana stole headlines, several bills passed during North Dakota’s 2017 legislative session signaled the state’s increased commitment to ensuring care for injured workers – without raising premiums for employers who fulfill their existing obligations under the law. Effective August 1, 2017, two laws Read more
Although Maine’s legislative session has been fraught, leading to blocked bills and government shutdown over the 4th of July weekend, at least there’s one thing everyone could agree on: the tip credit should stay. A controversial portion of Maine’s minimum wage law which would do away with the use of tips being counted as wages Read more
New Hampshire employers will soon be permitted to pay wages to employees biweekly. Currently, employers must pay workers each week. Payday must be no later than seven days after the end of the week when employees earned the wages. On May 12, 2017, Governor Chris Sununu signed House Bill 194 amending the Revised Statutes Annotated Read more
With the passage of SB 37 during the 2017 legislative session, Arkansas joined Ohio and more than a dozen other states in widening the expanse of concealed carry rights for employees. Effective July 31, 2017, private employers in Arkansas can no longer prohibit or prevent covered employees from storing a handgun within the employee’s own Read more
On June 14, 2017, Delaware Governor John Carney signed House Bill 1 prohibiting employers from requesting the salary history of job applicants. The purpose of this legislation is to help close the pay gap between men and women by stopping employers from using a salary history as a legitimate basis to pay a man more Read more
The City of Philadelphia has agreed to honor the decision to delay the Wage Equity Ordinance that was scheduled to go into effect May 23rd until the lawsuit for a preliminary injunction brought by the Chamber of Commerce for Greater Philadelphia is resolved. Our readers may recall that on January 23, 2017, Philadelphia Mayor Jim Read more
