On December 22, 2023, New York Governor Kathy Hochul vetoed legislation that would have instituted a near-universal ban on non-competition provisions in New York after negotiations between the Gov...

The minimum wage is the lowest hourly rate that an employer can pay an employee according to law. Many states have minimum wages in place. As of December 2023, Washington had the highest state mini...

Many new employment laws in 2023 have been introduced to reshape the regulations that oversee the safety of US citizens, and companies that want to avoid any complications in the future should ensu...

On January 1, the minimum wage will increase for many in Maryland from $13.25 an hour to $15 an hour. Signed in April by Governor Wes Moore, the Fair Wage Act accelerates the time frame in which t...

This article was updated. On Sunday, Nov. 6, 2022, at 2 a.m., daylight saving time will end. This World War I–era practice of turning back the clock one hour in the fall became a federal law in th...

California Labor Code Section 511 and some Industrial Welfare Commission (IWC) Wage Orders provide for alternative workweek schedules. An alternative workweek schedule means any regularly scheduled...

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On December 21, 2023, the California Civil Rights Department (CRD) – which enforces the state’s civil rights laws – filed a “first-of-its-kind lawsuit” against a grocery company over alleged viola...