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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Based on the new state minimum wage labor law poster, the new hourly rate has been increased from $10.00 to $10.50. This was effective January 1, 2017. The new…
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