The Ohio Department of Commerce has updated the mandatory Minimum Wage posting to reflect an increase in Ohio’s minimum wage going into effect on January 1, 2021. All businesses subject to the minimum wage provisions of Ohio Revised Code (ORC §§ 4111.01-4111.17) must post the Ohio 2021 Minimum Wage posting in a conspicuous and accessible Read more
The Vermont Department of Labor has updated the state-mandated Minimum Wage posting to reflect the minimum wage rate increase going into effect on January 1, 2021. The law requires every employer to prominently post the Minimum Wage posting in the workplace so that employees may refer to it. (VT Admin. Code §24-090-003). Compliance Poster Company Read more
On December 31, 2019, New York Governor Andrew M. Cuomo announced the end of subminimum wage for miscellaneous industries. In 2018, the governor directed the New York State Labor Commissioner to examine the impact of minimum wage tip credits across different industries. The New York State Department of Labor held hearings and received comments from Read more
As of March 16, 2020, Colorado workplaces will be regulated by the new Colorado Overtime & Minimum Pay Standards Order (COMPS Order) #36. The COMPS Order, like the state’s prior annually issued wage orders, is a principal source of Colorado’s wage rights and responsibilities. Unlike prior years, the COMPS Order is more than a reissue Read more
Ohio is one of nineteen states that will be implementing increases in their minimum wage rates on January 1, 2020. Many of these states automatically adjust minimum wage rates each year based on the percentage increase in Consumer Price Index (CPI) from the previous year. Thanks to a 2006 voter-approved constitutional amendment (II-34a), Ohio is Read more
The Vermont Department of Labor has updated two state-mandated workplace postings – the 2020 Vermont Minimum Wage notice and the Earned Sick Time Act notice. The revised 2020 Vermont All-On-One Labor™ Law Poster incorporates both mandatory posting updates as well as any other minor posting changes that have been made since last year. Employers who Read more
After bumpy start, the City of Emeryville, California finally decided on July 23, 2019, the fate of a separate minimum wage rate for certain small businesses that operate within the City. The Emeryville, CA minimum wage rate of $16.30 per hour went into effect on July 1, 2019. However, a lower $15.00 per hour minimum Read more
The Maryland Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation has released a required update to the Maryland Minimum Wage and Overtime Law Notice following the enactment of legislation (HB 166) in March incrementally raising the state minimum wage rate to $15.00 per hour. To put this law in place, state lawmakers had to override Maryland Governor Larry Read more
The minimum wage rate for most workers in the state of Illinois won’t change until 2020, but employers in some municipalities will see an increase a little sooner than that. Effective July 1, 2019, employers in the City of Chicago must post the updated 2019 Chicago Minimum Wage notice to inform workers in the city Read more
Oregon employers, it’s that time again! As spring turns into summer, this is your seasonal reminder to spring clean your labor law posters and ensure that the updated 2019 Oregon Minimum Wage Rates Poster is conspicuously posted in the workplace. Oregon ‘s minimum wage law establishes a series of scheduled increases to the state minimum Read more
