Each of the Bay Area communities listed below has a passed law that hastens implementation of California’s statewide minimum wage rate targets. California’s Minimum Wage Law establishes a series of annual minimum wage rate increases that will require employers to pay employees at least $15.00 per hour by January 1, 2023. Bay Area cities will Read more
Last year, the Oregon Legislature determined there was a need to push the state’s minimum wage rate higher than the minimum wage rate then in effect. The minimum wage rate, which was tied to the Consumer Price Index (CPI), remained unchanged since 2015 because of a flat inflation rate. After studying the regional cost of Read more
We warned you, and now it’s here – 2017 and the accompanying minimum wage increases for many states. Some states, such as Washington and Arkansas, are experiencing increases but do not require a posting update. Others, though, require the mandatory notice to be updated by the effective date of the increase mandated by law. Compliance Read more
Earlier this month, we reported on Governor Paul LePage’s request for the Maine legislature to amend Question 4, the citizen-initiated referendum that scheduled a gradual increase of the state minimum wage with an eventual endpoint of $12.00 per hour, as well as a gradual elimination of the lower minimum wage for tipped workers. Maine’s minimum Read more
On October 20, 2016, the Kentucky Supreme Court decided in Kentucky Restaurant Association v. Louisville-Jefferson County Metro Government that Louisville-Jefferson County did not have the authority to impose a minimum wage rate that differs from the state’s minimum wage rate. In early 2015, Louisville-Jefferson County passed a minimum wage ordinance establishing a minimum wage of Read more
Last week, the Ohio Department of Commerce announced that the state’s minimum wage is scheduled to increase on January 1, 2017. For non-tipped workers, the minimum hourly rate will rise from $8.10 to $8.15; for tipped workers, base wage before tips will rise from $4.05 per hour to $4.08 per hour. The new minimum wage Read more
Seattle 4-In-One “Workplace Poster” Late last year, the City of Seattle, Washington conducted an overhaul of its labor laws, enhancing employee protections and standardizing employer compliance requirements with the passage of Ordinance 124960. The changes affect the way employers must administer their workplace policies and procedures and provide greater protection to applicants and employees that Read more
On July 1, 2015, minimum wage workers in the city of Chicago, Illinois will get a raise. Last December, the Chicago City Council passed an Ordinance raising the City’s minimum wage to $10.00 per hour, well above the current $8.25 per hour statewide minimum wage rate. The Chicago Minimum Wage Ordinance also provides for future Read more
The City of Seattle, WA has released the workplace posting and employer information template that satisfies the notice requirements of the City’s new Minimum Wage and Wage Theft Ordinances. The new laws: establish City minimum wage rates for work performed in the City, require employers to provide employees with identifying information and pay disclosures, and Read more
Soon, Seattle’s Minimum Wage Ordinance will go into effect establishing the minimum wage rate for work performed in Seattle, as follows: $11.00 per hour minimum wage rate for employees of small employers (businesses with 500 or fewer employees in the United States), or $10.00 per hour plus tips and/or health benefits $11.00 per hour for Read more
