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All Items: Wage and Hour

  • Trump Ends $17.75 Minimum Wage for Federal Contractors

    Date:
    March 18, 2025

    Issued by President Biden in 2021, Executive Order 14026 had initially required a minimum wage for certain federal contractors of $15.00 an hour. With annual inflation adjustments, that minimum wage rose to its current level of $17.75 per hour.

  • Michigan Revises Paid Sick Leave, Minimum Wage Laws

    Date:
    February 21, 2025

    Just as court-ordered changes to Michigan's paid sick leave and minimum wage laws were set to take effect, legislators passed a last-minute compromise intended to respond to the concerns of small businesses and tipped workers.

  • FLSA Exemptions Don't Require Higher Burden of Proof, Supreme Court Rules

    Date:
    January 15, 2025

    The Supreme Court has ruled that employers need to show only a "preponderance of the evidence" to prove that an employee is exempt from the overtime requirements of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).

  • The Cost of Breaking Federal Employment Laws Is Going Up About 3%

    Date:
    January 9, 2025

    Civil money penalties under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), the Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSH Act) and other laws enforced by the US Department of Labor (DOL) are increasing by 2.6%, starting January 15.

  • Labor Department Withdraws Tip Credit Rule

    Date:
    December 17, 2024

    The Department of Labor has formally rescinded a 2021 rule that made it more difficult for employers to claim a minimum wage tip credit under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).

  • DOL Plans to Phase Out Subminimum Wages for Workers With Disabilities

    Date:
    December 3, 2024

    The US Department of Labor (DOL) is proposing to stop issuing new certificates allowing employers to employ workers with disabilities at wages below $7.25 per hour, and to phase out existing certificates over the next three years - however, it is not clear whether its plan will survive under the incoming Trump administration.

  • Overtime Rule Struck Down

    Date:
    November 15, 2024

    A federal district court has blocked the US Department of Labor's overtime rule - which would have raised the minimum salary for most overtime-exempt employees to $58,656 - weeks before it was supposed to take effect.

  • DOL Sheds Light on Expense Reimbursements

    Date:
    November 13, 2024

    In a new opinion letter, the US Department of Labor (DOL) says business expense reimbursements must "reasonably approximate" an employee's actual expenses to be excluded from their regular rate of pay when calculating overtime.

  • Alaska OKs Paid Sick Leave, Minimum Wage Initiative

    Date:
    November 7, 2024

    If certified as expected, Alaska's Ballot Initiative 1 also will ban captive audience meetings.

  • Arizona and Massachusetts Reject Tip Credit Measures

    Date:
    November 6, 2024

    Voters have defeated ballot initiatives that would have changed the minimum wage tip credit in Arizona and Massachusetts.

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