Minneapolis Implements New Sick and Safe Time Benefits
Beginning July 1, 2017 all employees who work within the Minneapolis city limits will begin to accrue sick and safe time hours. These hours will be available for…
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Santa Fe Increases Minimum Wage Effective March 1, 2017
All businesses within Santa Fe, New Mexico, will be subject to implementing the new Living Wage (also referred to as minimum wage) beginning March 1, 2017. The new minimum wage…
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San Jose Rolls Out Opportunity to Work Initiative March 13, 2017
Employers with 36 or more workers who maintain a facility in San Jose or who are subject to the San Jose Business License Tax must comply with the new Opportunity…
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San Diego’s Minimum Wage Increases to $11.50 January 1, 2017
Beginning January 1, 2017, all businesses within the geographic limits of San Diego must pay employees a minimum of wage of no less than $11.50 per hour. This is…
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Los Angeles Implements Fair Chance Initiative (Ban the Box)
Effective January 22, 2017, Los Angeles City will no longer be asking applicants to disclose criminal background histories prior to making employment offers. LA officially calls this the Fair Chance…
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Wyoming Updates Safety Penalties Effective February 2017
The Wyoming Department of Workforce Services I set to increase their OSHA penalties on February 1, 2017. This change results from a Congressional action which requires federal agencies to…
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Changes to Paid Sick Leave in 2017
Sometime last year, Erin’s mother was diagnosed with cancer. She could not, however, decide whether or not to take time off from work. The problem was before her–take time…
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Federal Contractor Minimum Wage Increases in 2017
Updated Minimum Wages Under the executive Order (E.O) 13658 signed February 12, 2014, U.S. government contractors have initially been paid $10.10 in 2015 and $10.15 in 2016. This is…
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Florida Hikes Minimum Wage for 2017
A lot of politics abound over the increase of state minimum wages in the U.S. with proponents arguing that for life to improve it needs to be increased to…
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New York Implements Minimum Wage Hike for 2017
A new labor law poster is on the walls in New York, which makes it the obligation of large employers with more than 11 workers to pay non-tipped workers…
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