New York Governor Hochul has signed into law amendments to the Warehouse Worker Protection Act, which regulates the use of work-related “quotas” in warehouse settings.
Berkeley, California recently joined at least nine other jurisdictions that have enacted “fair workweek” legislation. Berkeley’s ordinance is scheduled to go into effect in November 2023.
For nearly two decades, Nevada has utilized a unique two-tier minimum wage system that permitted employers that offered qualified health benefits to employees to pay $1.00 less per hour than employers that did not offer such benefits to their employees.
Minimum wage laws can affect businesses of all sizes, whether operating nationwide, in multiple jurisdictions, or only in one state, county, or city. To help manage this challenge, we summarize scheduled state- and local-level wage increases.
A number of employees in several of our stores have requested not to work on various days for religious observances. We have tried to accommodate them, but it’s not always possible. What are our obligations?
California state and local governmental bodies—our state legislature, and counties and cities—were active again this year in their efforts to regulate the workplace.
On June 3, 2022, the New York Legislature passed Senate Bill 8922, the Warehouse Worker Protection Act (WWPA), which if signed into law, would significantly further regulate the working conditions of warehouse workers in New York State.
A new law authorizes bonus payments to Minnesotans who worked in frontline sectors during the COVID-19 emergency - and requires covered employers to provide notice to workers by June 23, 2022.
