Topic
Wages
243 published works
The Right Coast
Workers Share of Economic Pie Isn t Growing – WSJ
The tight labor market has made it easier for workers to find jobs and to earn raises. But by the broadest possible measure, this increased leverage hasn t translated into…
The Labor & Employment Law Blog
California Employment News: Premium Pay Constitutes Wages
By Shauna N. Correia, Lukas Clary
On May 23, 2022, the California Supreme Court issued its decision in Gustavo Naranjo v Spectrum Security Services, Inc. (“Naranjo”), decided by the Second Appellate District in 2019. Employment attorneys…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Immigration Article of the Day: A Preliminary Literature Review on the Effect of Immigration on Australian Domestic Employment and Wages by Anna Boucher, Robert Breuing, and Cecilia Karmel
The Immigration Article of the Day is "A Preliminary Literature Review on the Effect of Immigration on Australian Domestic Employment and Wages" by Anna Boucher, Robert Breuing, and Cecilia Karmel.The…
International Law Prof Blog
Workplace Rights in Central America
The U.S. Department of Labor has renewed partnerships with the governments of El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras to strengthen collaboration with their U.S. embassies and consulates, and to provide information…
Law and the Workplace
Can We Pay Our Employees in Cryptocurrency? A 2022 Update.
By Allan Bloom
Shortly after his election in November 2021, New York City Mayor Eric Adams announced that he would accept his first three paychecks in Bitcoin. On January 20, 2022, the day…
Wage & Hour Developments
Department of Labor Announces Initiative to Monitor Warehouse and Logistics Worker Pay
By Perkins Coie
This month the United States Department of Labor (DOL) issued a press release announcing its Warehouse and Logistics Worker Initiative (Initiative). See https://www.dol.gov/newsroom/releases/whd/whd20220208-1. The purpose of the Initiative is to…
California Workplace Law Blog
California Legislature Gives the FAST Recovery Act a Second Chance
By Eric J. Gitig, Swaja Khanna
January 31st was the last day for the California legislature to approve bills that had been initially introduced in 2021 before they are shelved for good. The FAST Recovery Act…
WISE
DOL Final Rule for Tipped Employees Resurrecting the "80/20 Rule" (and More) Goes Into Effect on December 28
By Publisher
As service industry employers are aware, the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and its implementing regulations issued by the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) allow for employers to take a…
ImmigrationProf Blog
GEO Responds to Adverse Wage Ruling By Suspending Detainee Work
Seattle's CBS station KIMA has an update on the fallout from last week's ruling against GEO Group demanding the for-profit prison corporation pay migrant detainee workers minimum wage.What's been GEO's…
Hunton Employment & Labor Perspectives
DOL Resurrects 80/20 Tip Rule; Now With More Bite
By Ryan A. Glasgow, Lukas Moffett
In December of 2020, the DOL under President Trump issued a final rule dispensing with the longstanding “80/20” tip credit rule—whereby an employer was only required to pay a tipped-employee…