Wages
Colorado – The state labor department revised the overtime standard, setting a new threshold of $40,000 by next year and eventually rising to $55,000 by 2024, pegged to inflation thereafter.To Access Align's Analysis: Log In or Subscribe
Hawaii – Legislators and the governor have reached preliminary agreement on a bill to increase the minimum wage.To Access Align's Analysis: Log In or Subscribe
Idaho – The house minority leader, a Boise Democrat, introduced legislation to repeal the existing state law preempting local governments from setting their own wage rates.To Access Align's Analysis: Log In or Subscribe
Minnesota – As expected, the state supreme court upheld the city of Minneapolis minimum wage law passed in 2017 calling for a $15/hr wage by 2024.To Access Align's Analysis: Log In or Subscribe
New Jersey – In an effort to offset some of the impacts of the $15/hr mandate approved in 2019, the governor’s office announced $10 million in new tax credits for employers offering employment to workers with disabilities and other hard to place workers.To Access Align's Analysis: Log In or Subscribe
Ohio – Proponents of a 2020 ballot to increase the state minimum wage to $13/hr by 2025 submitted the initial text of the proposed ballot language to the attorney general’s office for approval.To Access Align's Analysis: Log In or Subscribe
Vermont – House and senate leaders have agreed on compromise legislation raising the minimum wage to $12.55/hr by 2022.To Access Align's Analysis: Log In or Subscribe
Seattle, WA – The Seattle Restaurant Alliance is aggressively advocating for the establishment of a tip credit to offset the impacts of the city’s high minimum wage which is $16.39/hr for large employers and $15.75/hr for small employers.To Access Align's Analysis: Log In or Subscribe
Paid Leave
Idaho – The governor signed an executive order giving state employees eight weeks of paid parental leave.To Access Align's Analysis: Log In or Subscribe
Vermont – The house passed compromise legislation calling for eight weeks of paid leave to care for a sick family member and 12 weeks for new parents.To Access Align's Analysis: Log In or Subscribe
Labor Policy
Federal – The Trump Administration is appealing an earlier judicial decision that the EEOC must continue to collect expanded pay data from large employers.To Access Align's Analysis: Log In or Subscribe
New Mexico – The state’s Workforce Solutions secretary is asking the legislature for additional resources to address a growing backlog of wage theft cases.To Access Align's Analysis: Log In or Subscribe
New York – The governor released his 2021 budget calling for, among other things, legislation to regulate the gig economy.To Access Align's Analysis: Log In or Subscribe