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Seattle Minimum Wage Takes Effect April 1, 2015

Posted on March 13, 2015 by Kathy White, Esq.

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

Maryland’s Small Employers Will Soon Have to Provide Job-Protected Family Leave

Posted on September 17, 2014 by Kathy White, Esq.

Effective October 1, 2014, employers in Maryland with 15 to 49 employees, will be required to provide employees with job-protected unpaid leave for the birth, adoption or foster care placement of a child under the state’s new Parental Leave Act (PLA) (SB 737). The amount of protected unpaid leave under the PLA is only six Read more