Insights

On December 29, 2014, Governor Andrew Cuomo signed a bill eliminating employers’ obligation to provide annual wage notices to employees under the New York Wage Theft Prevention Act.  This change will take effect...

The New Jersey Department of Labor recently issued two new posters that employers must post in the workplace, links to which are included below: 1.    A new minimum wage poster listing the new rate of $8.25 per hour....

Governor Cuomo has signed into law an amendment to Section 193 of New York Labor Law to allow employers to make deductions from paychecks that had previously been prohibited under the Labor Law.  (See /articles-443.html) ...

The New York State legislature recently passed a bill, A10875-2011 (available here) that would amend Section 193 of New York Labor Law to allow employers to make some deductions from paychecks that are currently...

On April 9, 2011, the New York Wage Theft Prevention Act (the “Act”) will take effect.  As discussed in our December 28, 2010 Alert (see New York Enacts Wage Theft Prevention Act /articles-433.html), the Act amends...

On December 13, 2010, Governor David Paterson signed into law the New York Wage Theft Prevention Act (the “Act”).  The new law was enacted partly in response to a recent study by the National Employment Law Project, an...

On July 24, 2009, the federal minimum wage will increase by 70 cents to $7.25 per hour, up from the prior minimum of $6.55 per hour.  This is the third and final increase provided for in the “Fair Minimum Wage Act of...

A recent amendment to the California Labor Code, signed into law by Governor Schwarzenegger on September 30, 2008, and effective immediately, makes it easier for employers to ensure that persons employed in computer-related...

In a groundbreaking development, the California Court of Appeal for the Fourth Appellate District (San Diego) has ruled that class actions are inappropriate procedural vehicles to address claims that employers have not...

On June 10, 2008, the New York Court Appeals ruled that an executive is an “employee” protected by the State Labor Law provision which strictly limits the deductions that may lawfully be taken from wages. The Court also...