Delaware Child Labor
With the federal child labor laws under review, this is a good time for us to take another look at the Delaware child labor laws. In Delaware, young people aged…
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Tennessee Minimum Wage
In the absence of a defined minimum wage rate, it is possible for an employer to exploit workers, especially if there is a dearth of opportunities or unemployment rate is…
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Texas Unemployment Insurance Fraud 3
A number of successful prosecutions have been reported in Texas unemployment insurance fraud, totaling almost $1.16 million. According to the Texas Workforce Commission, or TWC, criminal prosecutions for unemployment insurance…
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Maine Sick Leave Law
You can add Maine to that list of states where employers could see legislation for a mandatory sick leave requirement on employers. There is a coalition of lobby groups, worker…
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Federal Changes to the FMLA
While we are talking about this Family and Medical Leave Act, and other such laws and changes to paid time off laws across the states, we should definitely take a…
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Federal Minimum Wage Court Case
While we are on the topic of the federal minimum wage, I should take the chance to cover a topic I believe I first talked about a few weeks back.…
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Massachusetts Minimum Wage Changes: The Tip Credit
The new Massachusetts law also includes a new version of the tip credit that employers of tip employees should know about. The definition in the state of Massachusetts of a…
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Kentucky Minimum Wage Changes: The Tip Credit
Before we leave the topic of the Kentucky minimum wage, let’s look at one aspect of the Kentucky minimum wage—the tip credit. Before I do, here’s a funny side note.…
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Maryland Living Wage
The state of Maryland already has its own minimum wage, which we have discussed in great detail here at this blog and thus do not need to discuss again anytime…
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Wisconsin Cost of Living
Speaking of the cost of living increase—whereby a state minimum wage is increased each year going forward to keep up with the rate of inflation in the state—as we saw…
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