Wage and Hour

New and Updated

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  Employment Law Guide

  Hours Worked: New Hampshire

  Updated to reflect lactation break requirements, effective July 1, 2025.

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  Employment Law Guide

  Employee Classification: Georgia

  Georgia's wage and hour law exempts certain employees from its minimum wage requirements. This guide provides a review of Georgia employment law requirements with respect to employee classification.

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  Employment Law Guide

  Employee Classification: Alabama

  Brightmine is not aware of any Alabama state law governing employee classification requirements for private employers.

• Type:

  Employment Law Guide

  Independent Contractors: Iowa

  Updated to reflect protections for motor carrier safety improvement, effective July 1, 2025.

• Type:

  Employment Law Guide

  Shiftwork and Scheduling: Oregon

  Updated to reflect forthcoming amendments regarding employee coverage.

• Type:

  Legal Timetable

  Oregon Amends Scheduling Law Employee Exemptions

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  Legal Timetable

  Chicago, Illinois, Maximum Pay for Employees Covered by Fair Workweek Ordinance Is Adjusted for Inflation

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  Legal Timetable

  Chicago, Illinois, Maximum Pay for Employees Covered by Fair Workweek Ordinance Increases to $62,561.90 per Year (or $32.60 per Hour)

• Date:

  June 23, 2025

  Type:

  News

  DOL Is Getting Ready to Drop New Rules

  The US Department of Labor (DOL) is preparing regulations regarding the minimum wage tip credit, child labor, domestic workers and more.

• Type:

  Legal Timetable

  Michigan Child Labor Employment Certificate Amendments Take Effect