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Wages
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California Employment Law Update
Coming to an Employer Near You – the $16.90 Minimum Wage!
By Tony Oncidi, Dixie Morrison
It’s that time of year, folks—the dog days of August, when vacations are booked, beaches are crowded, and the Department of Finance menacingly recalculates California’s minimum wage. As instructed by…
Davis+Gilbert PERKS
New York Raises Jury‑Duty Pay Rates as Part of 2025–26 Budget
New York employers: As part of the 2025-2026 budget, New York has increased the fees to be paid for jury duty service. As a result, under the revised law, employers…
Wage & Hour Litigation Blog
1 Big Bill + 2 New Deductions = Multiple New Challenges
Seyfarth Synopsis: The freshly enacted “One Big Beautiful Bill” introduces two above-the-line tax deductions for tips and overtime wages. While these deductions offer potential savings for eligible workers, they come…
Employment Law Blog
Wages on the Rise: What California Employers Need to Know Before July 1, 2025
By Tressler LLP
It is the end of June and the year is already half over! Tressler’s Labor and Employment Group would like to remind all employers of the changes in minimum wage…
LawDroid Manifesto
Daily News: June 5, 2025
By Tom Martin
Hey there friends👋! In today’s edition, you’re getting 5 🆕 news item and my take on what it all means. That’s it — delivered to your inbox, daily.Subscribe to LawDroid…
Ogletree Deakins Insights
Commissions Are ‘Wages’ Under the New Jersey Wage Payment Law, New Jersey Supreme Court Rules
By By: Michael J. Riccobono, Alexander W. Raap
Quick Hits New Jersey Supreme Court Ruling on Commissions as Wages: On March 17, 2025, the Supreme Court of New Jersey ruled that commissions must be considered “wages” under the…
Vedder Works
The New Jersey Supreme Court Finds that Commissions Are Wages Under the New Jersey Wage Payment Law
On March 17, 2025, the New Jersey Supreme Court unanimously held in Musker v. Suuchi that commissions are included in the definition of “wages” under New Jersey’s Wage Payment Law…
Labor & Employment Law Blog
SCOTUS Hands Big Win to Employers Defending FLSA Claims
By Jonathan Clark, Stephen Fox
Today, in the matter of E.M.D. Sales, Inc. v. Carrera, the United States Supreme Court held that employers must not meet a heightened standard of proof when defending claims under…
Employer Law Report
Q&A: Can you deduct speeding tickets from employee wages?
Question: Our employees drive vehicles strictly for work purposes, but we do not have a policy on such use. After employees received several speeding tickets, we would like to introduce a…
Dykema Labor & Employment Law Blog
2025 Michigan Labor and Employment Legal Updates
By James Hermon, Sean Darke, Nicholas Ustaski, Jack Mahon
Mothering Justice Decision On July 31, 2024, the Michigan Supreme Court decided Mothering Justice et al. v. Attorney General et al. In that case, the Court reinstated two laws, the…