A bill raising the Massachusetts minimum wage cleared the Committee on Labor and Workforce Development last week. This move will likely create a vote in the Senate on the first Massachusetts minimum wage hike in four years. Senate Bill 951 calls for a minimum wage increase in July 2012 to $9.50 per hour and an Read more
The US Department of Labor’s (DOL) challenge winning smartphone app, Eat. Shop. Sleep., is one way the DOL is sharing information with the public. Last July, the DOL launched its mobile app challenge, “informAction”, on the US Government’s website Challenge.gov. Challenge.gov is a crowd sourcing website set up so that the public and government can Read more
Santa Fe, New Mexico will finally see an increase in the minimum hourly wage rate to $10.29 per hour, effective March 1, 2012. The city has also updated the mandatory Living Wage Ordinance poster. Compliance Poster Company carries the mandatory notice (#31701) in a bilingual format to comply with the municipal requirement that employers post Read more
The Missouri Department of Labor and Industrial Relations has released an updated 2012 Minimum Wage Poster. Every employer subject to the Missouri minimum wage provisions must keep the Minimum Wage labor law notice posted in conspicuous and accessible places in the workplace where employees can easily view it. Although the minimum wage rate is unchanged, Read more
Compliance Poster Company’s updated Oregon All-On-One Labor Law Poster features Oregon’s three newly released labor law posters: 2012 Minimum Wage, 2012 Agricultural Employees Minimum Wage, and 2012 Oregon Family Leave Act (OFLA). The updated minimum wage postings inform employees of the new 2012 minimum wage rate of $8.80 per hour and the 2012 effective dates. Read more
There are mandatory changes to the New Hampshire Minimum Wage Law, as amended, as a result of 2011 enacted legislation. The repealed New Hampshire State minimum wage has been matched with the federal and further clarification with respect to tipped employees has been added to the NH Minimum Wage Labor Law poster. These changes are Read more
The Wage Theft Prevention Act of 2011, signed into law by Governor Brown adds Section 2810.5 to the California Labor Code. Existing law requires an employer to post the minimum wage labor law poster which specifies wage and hour information in a location where it can be viewed by employees. Now, in addition to existing Read more
Vermont Department of Labor has announced an increase in the minimum wage for 2012. The state has also released its updated Minimum Wage Notice. Effective January 1, 2012, the minimum wage rate will increase 31 cents to $8.46 per hour. For tipped employees, the basic wage rate will increase 15 cents to $4.10 per hour Read more
Colorado Department of Labor and Employment has proposed an increase in the minimum wage rate going into effect January 1, 2012. The proposal increases the minimum wage rate 28 cents to $7.64 per hour, and $4.62 per hour for tipped employees. The state’s Minimum Wage labor law poster is updated each year. The notice provides Read more
Starting January 1, 2012, Oregon’s minimum wage rate will increase 30 cents to $8.80 per hour. Employers may not use the tips of tipped employees as credit toward the minimum wage rate. The state’s Minimum Wage labor law posters are updated each year. These notices provide a summary of Oregon’s laws relating to minimum wage, Read more
