On January 1, 2025, Connecticut’s minimum wage will increase to $16.35 per hour. The minimum base wage for tipped employees, where applicable, will remain the same. Sick Leave Reminder! Connecticut’s expanded paid sick leave law takes effect on January 1. You can read...

On January 1, 2025, Delaware’s minimum wage will increase to $15 per hour. The minimum base wage for tipped employees will remain at $2.23 per hour. Paid Leave Withholding Reminder! Employers that are sharing the cost with employees need to begin withholding employee...

On January 1, 2025, Michigan’s minimum wage will increase to $10.56 per hour. The minimum base wage for tipped employees will be $4.01 per hour. Less than two months later, on February 21, 2025, the minimum wage will increase again, to $12.48 per hour. The minimum...

On January 1, 2025, Missouri’s minimum wage will increase to $13.75 per hour. The tipped minimum wage will continue to be half the regular rate, meaning tipped employees will need to receive a base wage of at least $6.88 per hour. Retail and service employers with...

On January 1, 2025, Montana’s minimum wage will increase to $10.55 per hour. Employers with annual gross sales of $110,000 or less can pay the federal minimum wage.

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...