Boeing has agreed to pay $11.5 million in unpaid wages to about 500 workers to compensate them for time spent traveling out of town on business - the largest amount of back pay returned to workers in the history of the Washington State Department of Labor & Industries.
Pregnant employees in New York will soon be entitled to paid leave for prenatal care and paid lactation breaks, as a result of two new laws signed by Gov. Kathy Hochul.
The US Department of Labor (DOL) estimates that about 4 million workers will be affected by its planned increases to the minimum salary for most overtime-exempt employees.
The 5th Circuit Court of Appeals has allowed a coalition of businesses to file an amended complaint, meaning they will get another crack at overturning the US Department of Labor's forthcoming independent contractor rule.
Claims under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) continue to lead class action filings in 2023, while actions for data breaches and privacy violations have surged, according to a recent report on class action lawsuits.
Unless the rate of inflation unexpectedly goes down over the next three months, the New Jersey minimum wage could be at least $14.13 per hour for large employers and at least $12.93 for small and seasonal employers.