Vermont minimum wage workers have something to look forward to when the new year arrives – a $0.28/hour increase in their pay. For an average full-time, minimum wage worker that’s a $582 pay increase next year. Its good news for workers and for the state’s economy. How is the Vermont Minimum Wage Rate Adjusted? Vermonters Read more
On January 1, 2019, 20 states, including the state of Arkansas, are set to increase the minimum wage. Employers are required to pay employees at least the new minimum wage rate and post a notice in the workplace to inform employees of their right to receive the minimum wage. The Arkansas Department of Labor has released Read more
This fall, New Mexico made two important revisions to the state’s required workplace postings. The New Mexico Minimum Wage posting and the Workers’ Compensation posting each contain new information that employers are now required to post. These notices have been incorporated onto our New Mexico All-On-One Labor Law Poster™. Employers should also refer to the Read more
On January 1, 2019, the minimum wage will rise in 20 states and on the federal level for employees of federal contractors. While state-level minimum wages remain a popular solution for regional cost-of-living differences, municipal minimum wages are increasingly seen as a remedy for cost-of-living differences between cities and counties within an individual state. 20 Read more
With the passage of two ballot measures in the November general election, the tally is complete: a total of 20 states will increase the minimum wage in 2019. The minimum wage for federal contractors is also scheduled to rise. On January 1, 2019, employers in these states are required to pay employees at least the Read more
After years of negotiation between unionized airport workers and the Port Authority Board, New York and New Jersey airport workers have finally received a raise. On November 1, 2018, the minimum wage increased to $13.60 an hour for workers at New York’s John F. Kennedy and LaGuardia and to $12.45 an hour for workers at Read more
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has issued updated enforcement guidance on the role of post-incident drug testing and safety incentive programs under the agency’s anti-retaliation rule. The new interpretation widens the scope of permissible programs under the rule, which should provide some comfort to employers who have expressed concern that long-running workplace safety Read more
Last month, the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration announced the relaunch of the OSHA Site-Specific Targeting program, a programmed inspection system aimed at improving the health and safety of workplaces under OSHA’s jurisdiction by targeting enforcement actions on establishments with historically high injury and illness rates. The revamped SST (SST-16) program makes good use Read more
On October 1, 2018, Manitoba’s minimum wage rate rose by 20 cents to $11.35 per hour. The new rate is based on Manitoba’s 2017 inflation rate of 1.6 percent, and rounding up to the nearest five cents. All employees must receive minimum wage unless they are not covered by provincial employment standards or are excluded Read more
As previously shared in our blog, on June 19, 2018, voters in Washington D.C. approved a ballot initiative that would have raised the minimum wage for tipped employees. Initiative 77 would have gradually increased the minimum wage for tipped workers to $15 per hour by 2020, and further increased it to the same level as Read more
