On January 1, 2025, Nebraska’s minimum wage will increase to $13.50 per hour. The minimum base wage for tipped employees remains the same at $2.13 per hour. Nebraska’s minimum wage law covers employers with four or more employees (not counting seasonal employees who...

On January 1, 2025, the minimum wage for most employers in New Jersey will increase to $15.49 per hour. For seasonal and small employers (those with five or fewer employees), the minimum wage will increase to $14.53 per hour. Agricultural employers must pay at least...

On January 1, 2025, Ohio’s minimum wage will increase to $10.70 per hour. The minimum base wage for tipped employees will increase to $5.35 per hour. Employers that gross less than $394,000 per year can pay the federal minimum wage. (Despite our reaching out, state...

On January 1, 2025, Virginia’s minimum wage will increase to $12.41 per hour. The minimum base wage for tipped employees remains at $2.13 per hour.

The minimum wage in Howard County, Maryland, will increase to $16 per hour for employers with 15 or more employees (smaller employers must pay at least the state minimum wage rate). The minimum base wage for tipped employees remains at $3.63 per hour.

New York State now requires that employers (of all sizes) that receive applicants’ or employees’ criminal history records provide them with all of the following: A copy of the criminal history information A copy of Article 23-A of the New York Correction Law Notice of...

The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), which enforces the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA), recently decided that employers can’t require employees to attend captive audience meetings under the threat of discipline or discharge. The NLRA covers private...

Following other states and cities across the nation, California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed Senate Bill 988, the Freelance Worker Protection Act (FWPA), into law on Sept. 28. This new law aims to provide greater protections to freelance workers (for example, “independent...

Beginning November 21, 2024, the Massachusetts earned sick time law will be expanded to cover leave for reproductive losses. Employees will be able to use leave for their own or their spouse’s physical and mental health needs resulting from pregnancy loss, or failed...

Maine’s paid family and medical leave (PFML) program will launch next year. PFML is funded by employer and employee payroll contributions and is administered by the Maine Department of Labor (MDOL). It applies to all employers and employees. The MDOL will handle...

Important dates are approaching for Delaware’s paid family and medical leave program (Paid Leave), which applies to employers with 10 or more employees in the state. The key implementation dates are as follows: By December 1, 2024: Employers need to set up an account...

California’s new statewide minimum wage and salary threshold for healthcare workers will take effect on October 16, 2024. Employers must provide a notice to each employee of the applicable minimum wage and post a supplemental minimum wage order in a conspicuous area...