4/15/19
By: Brad Adler and Matthew Jones
Five months ago, in November, 2018, Amazon raised its minimum wage to $15/hour. Now, Amazon’s leader is challenging his competitors in the retail sector to do the same. In a letter to shareholders that …
4/15/19
By: Brad Adler and Matthew Jones
Five months ago, in November, 2018, Amazon raised its minimum wage to $15/hour. Now, Amazon’s leader is challenging his competitors in the retail sector to do the same. In a letter to shareholders that …
11/15/18
By: Michael Hill
Navigating the laws for paying tipped employees just got a little easier. In a new opinion letter, the U.S. Department of Labor (“DOL”) effectively nullified the “80/20 Rule,” which divided courts throughout the country and became …
9/24/18
By: Brad Adler & Koty Newman
The Ninth Circuit’s recent decision in Marsh v. J. Alexander’s, 2018 U.S. App. LEXIS 26387 (9th Cir. Sep. 18, 2018) is important for employers trying to navigate the FLSA and pay their tipped …
9/19/18
By: John McAvoy
On July 6, 2018, a nonprofit restaurant advocacy group filed suit against the U.S. Department of Labor in Texas Federal Court challenging the rule that governs the compensation of tipped employees; specifically, the DOL’s “80/20 Tip Credit …
8/9/18
By: Layli Eskandari Deal
A lawsuit filed by thousands of detained immigrants held at the Northwest Detention Center (NWDC) in Tacoma, Washington alleges systematic wage theft by GEO Group, Inc. The Plaintiffs seek to recover wages under the Washington Minimum …
California’s New Independent Contractor Test
7/11/18
By: Christine Lee
On April 30, 2018, the California Supreme Court issued a landmark decision in Dynamex Operations West, Inc. v. Superior Court, No. S222732, in which the Court adopted an extremely broad view of workers who will be …
Congress Steps Into Tip-Pooling Fight
3/23/18
By: Timothy J. Holdsworth
We wrote previously about the background on the tip-pooling regulations and the DOL’s Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“NPR”) that would allow tip-pooling arrangements that include employees who do not regularly and customarily receive tips under the …
Florida Appellate Court Invalidates Local Minimum Wage Law
2/9/18
By: Melissa A. Santalone
A recent decision by Florida’s Third District Court of Appeal invalidated Miami Beach’s local minimum wage law, holding that a state statute preempted the local ordinance. In 2016, the City of Miami Beach enacted a local …
Navigating New California Employment Laws
2/1/18
By: David Daniels
Are you and your clients doing business in California prepared for the new employment laws that take effect in 2018? If you represent employers in the state of California, these laws may very well affect the daily …
7/17/14
By: Sandra K. McIntyre
This week, in Peabody v. Time Warner Cable, the California Supreme court concluded that an employer satisfies the minimum earnings prong of the commissioned employee exemption only in those pay periods in which it actually …
Employers Beware: Florida’s Minimum Wage Set to Increase by 1.5 Percent
10/17/12
By: Jonathan Kandel
The Florida Department of Economic Opportunity recently announced that the Florida minimum wage will be $7.79 per hour beginning January 1, 2013. This represents an increase of 1.5 percent (or $0.12) from the state’s current minimum wage …
Beware Of Higher Minimum Wage – It May Not Be Too Far Away
8/29/12
By: Brad Adler
Recently, the Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2012 was introduced in Congress. This legislation would raise the federal minimum wage in three 85-cent steps from its current $7.25 an hour to $9.80 by the end of 2014. …