ALASKA UPDATE
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There is a new minimum wage of $9.80 for the State of Alaska effective January 1st, 2017.
This change is updated on our 2017 posters and are now available!
ALASKA UPDATE
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There is a new minimum wage of $9.80 for the State of Alaska effective January 1st, 2017.
This change is updated on our 2017 posters and are now available!
WYOMING UPDATE
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There has been a mandatory change to the OSHA posting for State of Wyoming.
This change is updated on our 2017 posters and are now available!
Effective December 1, a new rule updates the regulations governing which executive, administrative, professional, and highly compensated employees are entitled to the minimum wage and overtime pay protections of the federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).
Current Rules
The current federal rules provide an exemption from both the minimum wage and overtime pay requirements of the FLSA for bona fide executive, administrative, and professional employees who meet certain tests regarding their job duties and who are paid on a salary basis at not less than $455 per week ($23,660 per year). “Highly compensated employees” (HCEs) who are paid total annual compensation of $100,000 or more and meet certain other conditions are also deemed exempt.
New Rule
The new rule updates the salary and compensation levels needed for executive, administrative, professional, and highly compensated employees to be exempt. In particular, the final rule:
Note: When both the FLSA and a state law apply, the employee is entitled to the most favorable provisions of each law.
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Voters in Washington State have approved a ballot initiative that raises the state minimum wage and requires paid sick leave.
Minimum Wage
Under the initiative, the minimum wage will rise as follows:
Note: An employer must pay to its employees all tips and gratuities and all service charges (except those that are itemized as not being payable to the employee(s) servicing the customer). Tips and service charges paid to an employee are in addition to (and may not count towards) the employee’s hourly minimum wage.
Paid Sick Leave
Beginning January 1, 2018, every employer must provide each of its employees paid sick leave (at the greater of the newly increased minimum wage or the employee’s normal wage). Highlights of the law are presented below:
Click here to read the initiative.
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Voters in Colorado have approved an initiative that raises the state minimum wage. Under the initiative, Colorado’s minimum wage is increased to $9.30 per hour (from $8.31 per hour), effective January 1, 2017.
Additionally, the minimum wage is increased annually by $0.90 each January 1 until it reaches $12.00 per hour (effective January 2020). After that, the minimum wage is adjusted annually for cost of living increases.
Note: No more than $3.02 per hour in tip income may be used to offset the minimum wage of employees who regularly receive tips.
Click here to read the initiative.
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The New York State Division of Human Rights has issued a regulationthat prohibits discrimination against an individual because of his or herknown relationship or association with a member of a protected class under the state Human Rights Law.
Background
Under state law, it is generally an unlawful discriminatory practice for an employer with 4 or more employees to refuse to hire or employ or to bar or to discharge from employment an individual or to discriminate against an individual in compensation or in terms, conditions, or privileges of employment because of an individual’s age, race, creed, color, national origin, sexual orientation, military status, sex, disability,predisposing genetic characteristics, familial status, marital status, or domestic violence victim status (collectively referred to as “protected classes”).
Note: The prohibitions against sex discrimination (in all areas of jurisdiction where sex is a protected category) also prohibit discrimination on the basis of gender identity or the status of being transgender.
New Regulation
Where the term “unlawful discriminatory practice” is used in the Human Rights Law, it is construed to prohibit discrimination against an individual because of his or her known relationship or association with a member (or members) of a protected class covered under the relevant provisions of the Human Rights Law.
The new regulation is effective as of May 18, 2016. Click here to read the text of the new rule. The text of the New York State Human Rights Law is available here.
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Under new legislation, the New York minimum wage is generally expected to rise as follows:
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Under a new law, the California minimum wage is scheduled to rise as follows:
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Under a new Executive Order applicable to covered contracts where the solicitation for such contract has been issued (or the contract has been awarded outside the solicitation process) on or after January 1, 2017, workers on such contracts will earn a minimum of 1 hour of paid sick leave for every 30 hours worked.
Accrual of Leave
Use of Leave
Employee Notice
Note: The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) is expected to issue regulations that, among other things, may provide definitions, recordkeeping requirements, and further guidance on the specific types of contracts and contract-like instruments subject to the Executive Order.
Additional information and requirements are available in the text of theExecutive Order.
Our Compliance Assistance for Federal Contractors page features helpful resources for federal contractors and subcontractors.