minimum wage

The Colorado Supreme Court has ruled that wage claims under the Colorado Minimum Wage Act must be filed within two years, or three years for willful violations, rejecting a proposed six-year statute of limitations. This decision, in By the Rockies v. Samuel Perez (Sept. 15, 2025), aligns state law with the Colorado Wage Claim Act and federal standards.
Continue Reading Colorado Supreme Court Confirms That Two- to Three-Year Statute of Limitations (Not Six Years) Applies to Colorado Minimum Wage Act Claims

While employees are decorating, mulling over their New Year’s resolutions, and hunting for the best sales, California employers are turning their sights to the potential challenges awaiting them in the…

Continue Reading ’Tis the Season for California’s 2025 Legislative Update: Employer Considerations

With substantial union backing, California’s controversial Fast Food Accountability and Standards Recovery Act, A.B. 257 or the FAST Act, moved through California’s Legislature with relative ease.

As the president of…

Continue Reading How the NLRA May Slow Down the FAST Act

In April 2021, President Biden issued Executive Order 14026, Increasing the Minimum Wage for Federal Contractors, directing an increase in the hourly minimum wage paid by contractors to workers under…
Continue Reading Interim Rule Issued Amending Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) to Implement EO 14026, Increasing the Minimum Wage for Federal Contractors

On Jan. 26, 2022, the Department of Defense, General Services Administration, and NASA issued an interim rule amending the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to implement EO 14026 (87 FR 4117).
Continue Reading Interim Rule Issued Amending Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) to Implement EO 14026, Increasing the Minimum Wage for Federal Contractors