As we previously reported, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law SB 525, which provides a tiered approach for minimum wages for the state’s healthcare workers. Rather than go into effect on June 1, 2024, as originally planned, due to California’s budgetary issues, on May 31, 2024, Governor Newsom signed SB 828,
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Washington, D.C., Wage Transparency Law Set to Take Effect
On June 30, 2024, in Washington, D.C., the Wage Transparency Omnibus Amendment Act of 2023 (Act) will go into effect after surviving a 30-day congressional review period. With this Act, Washington, D.C., joins a growing group of jurisdictions with pay transparency laws, including California, Colorado, Connecticut, Hawaii, Maryland, Nevada, New York, Rhode Island, and…
Washington Expands Equal Pay Law To Cover All Protected Classes
Washington Governor Jay Inslee signed into law Substitute House Bill 1905 on March 28, 2024, broadening the scope of Washington’s Equal Pay and Opportunities Act (EPOA).
Since 1943, the Washington EPOA prohibited sex- and gender-based pay discrimination. The new EPOA amendments expand the EPOA beyond gender, and the law now prohibits pay discrimination based on…
Federal Wage Hour Watchdog Weighs in on Employers’ AI Use
Employers are increasingly using artificial intelligence (AI)-powered systems to monitor employee activities ranging from schedules and timecards to performance. In previous updates and podcasts, we have closely tracked the federal government’s efforts in these areas. Against this backdrop, the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) Wage and Hour Division released a Field Assistance Bulletin addressing…
Los Angeles County Approves Fair Workweek Ordinance
The county of Los Angeles’ new Fair Workweek Ordinance will take effect on July 1, 2025. The Ordinance comes after the city of Los Angeles passed a similar ordinance in 2022 and has the stated purpose of both supporting retail workers in the county by providing fair workweek protections, and promoting the health, safety, and…
California Supreme Court Permits Good Faith Belief Defense on Wage Statement Violations
As most employers are aware, California law requires employers to furnish employees with accurate and itemized wage statements that contain numerous required components. This requirement is enumerated in Labor Code section 226. Further, under the Labor Code, an employee who suffers injury due to an employer’s “knowing and intentional failure” to comply with wage statement…
US Department of Labor Increases Salary Threshold for Exempt Employees
The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) issued a final rule on April 23, 2024, increasing the minimum salary and compensation thresholds for certain overtime exemptions (the Final Rule) under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). The Final Rule has a stated effective date of July 1, 2024. The FLSA mandates that employers pay nonexempt employees…
Deadline for California Employer’s Pay Reports Fast Approaches
The deadline to comply with California pay reporting requirements is fast approaching. As reported last year, SB 1162 (codified in section 12999 of the California Government Code) requires private employers having 100 or more total employees to submit an annual report detailing pay, demographic, and other workforce data to the California Civil Rights Department…
The California Supreme Court Clarifies Compensable Time
The California Supreme Court recently issued a decision in Huerta v. CSI Electrical Contractors addressing three questions from the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit regarding Wage Order No. 16 (which applies to certain on-site occupations in the construction, drilling, logging, and mining industries) and the scope of the term “hours worked.”…
March Tip of the Month: Employees May Now Sue Employers for Alleged Violations of the New York City Earned Safe and Sick Leave Law
In an important change, beginning on March 20, 2024, employees may file lawsuits, including class actions, against their employers for alleged violations of New York City’s Earned Safe and Sick Time Act (the Sick Leave Law), rather than having to rely on agency enforcement actions. Such lawsuits may be filed within two years after the date…