School may be out for the summer, but employment law doesn’t take a vacation.
More than 55 compliance changes are set to kick in around July 1, according to tracking by compliance platform Brightmine.
Here are a few labor law updates to look out for come mid-year.
New minimum wages take effect. The minimum wage rate will go up in two states and Washington, DC come July 1.
In Alaska, the minimum wage will rise from $13 to $14 an hour, while in Oregon the standard minimum wage will increase from $15.05 to $15.55 an hour, with different rates in place for the Portland metro area and non-urban counties.
DC workers will be entitled to $18.40, up from $17.95 per hour.
Workers in more than 20 localities throughout the US—including Chicago, San Francisco, and Los Angeles—will also see minimum wage hikes as of July 1. And in California, a minimum wage rate that applies specifically to healthcare workers will increase, with new rates ranging from $19.28 to $25 an hour depending on the role.
These increases are announced well in advance of the effective date, and often go up according to the Consumer Price Index. Given the long lead on minimum wage, HR professionals should “budget for it ahead of time” if they have workers that will be affected, Kara Govro, principal legal analyst with Mineral, an HR and compliance services platform, said.
Additionally, if the effective date “falls in the middle of a payroll cycle and it’s going to be a pain to change someone’s pay mid-payroll...
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