Across the country, voters will have the chance to weigh in on many statewide ballot measures that will set state minimum wages and other employment laws.

Minimum Wage

Nebraska’s ballot measure would incrementally raise the minimum wage until it reaches $15.00 by 2026.

Similarly, Nevada is asking voters to consider an increase in the minimum wage to $12.00 by July 1, 2024.

D.C. voters will consider whether to eliminate tip credits, which allow employers with tipped employees to take a credit against tipped wages to satisfy minimum wage requirements.

City-level initiatives in California pertaining to the minimum wage for healthcare and hotel workers are on the ballots.

Unionization

With the increase in union activity in various industries, such as retail, it is no surprise there are ballot measures pertaining to unionization. While only two such measures are on the ballot this November, the increased efforts by labor organizers since the COVID-19 pandemic may mean more of these initiatives in future elections.

Illinois has a ballot measure to amend its constitution to protect employees’ rights to organization and to bargain collectively. While the National Labor Relations Act generally preempts state labor laws in the private sector, the amendment would take workers’ rights a step further and constitutionally prohibit a right-to-work law in Illinois. At the other end of the spectrum, Tennessee seeks to join 28 other states with “right to work” laws that make it illegal for...

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