Earlier this month, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy signed a much-anticipated state-wide paid sick leave law. The law, which will go into effect Oct. 29, 2018, requires all New Jersey
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Are Employers Ready for Arizona’s New Paid Sick Leave Law?
By Dana L. Hooper on
On July 1, 2017, Arizona’s new sick leave law goes into effect and employers with even one employee in Arizona may need assistance to navigate the new laws and to…
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House of Representatives Passes Overtime Bill to Give Workers Time Off Instead of Time-And-A-Half Pay
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On May 2, 2017, the United States House of Representatives (the House) passed the Working Families Flexibility Act (the Act), which would give workers the option of receiving paid time…
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“Nothing so Exhilarating as Being Shot at Without Result”—California Pay Day Statements and Accrued Vacation
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Posted in Compensation, Wage & Hour
What does Winston Churchill have to do with California wage and hour requirements? Well, the “shot” at employers in Soto v. Motel 6 Operating L.P. at the California Court of…
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Massachusetts Earned Sick Time Law Becomes Effective July 1, 2015
The Massachusetts Earned Sick Time Law (Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 149, § 148C), approved by a statewide ballot question last fall, goes into effect July 1, 2015. As of July…
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