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In addition to a minimum wage increase, Initiative 1433 also included provisions for paid sick leave. Effective January 1, 2018, every employer with one or more employees (as defined in the Washington Minimum Wage Act which excludes certain categories of employees)...
Over the past few years, a higher level of scrutiny has been placed on agricultural employer practices. Statewide litigation involving issues ranging from rest break pay, meal period compliance, and overtime pay is hitting agricultural employers on a regular basis. ...
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has come down hard on employers over the 18 months regarding language in employee handbooks that the NLRB views as discouraging employees’ exercise of their rights to organize. While some employers may not realize it, all...
In June 2016, the federal appellate court for our region ruled in Flores v. City of San Gabriel, that any employer who pays their employees cash payments in lieu of health benefits or pays cash for unused benefits must include those payments in the calculation for the...
In March 2016, the federal appellate court for our region upheld a previous DOL ruling that barred ‘tip pooling’ for employees who typically do not earn tips (i.e., back of the house staff) under the Fair Labor Standards Act. Employers in the service industry cannot...
The US Department of Labor’s (DOL) new regulations regarding overtime exemptions for executive, administrative, and professional employees (known as the “white-collar exemptions") were scheduled to take effect on December 1, 2016. The regulations would have...
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA) recently issued new rules that will significantly impact employers in two ways: As of December 1, 2016, anti-retaliation protections went into effect that restrict employer policies...
On November 8, 2016, Washington voters passed Initiative 1433 to increase the state minimum wage beginning January 1, 2017. Beginning on January 1, 2021 and each January 1 thereafter, the minimum wage will be adjusted, using the methodology that is set out in the...