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Posted on Oct 6, 2023 on Employment, Legislative Updates, Wage and Hour by Brody and Associates, Robert G. Brody and Luis A. Torres
Governor Ned Lamont recently announced that, commencing on January 1, 2024, Connecticut’s minimum wage of $15.00 will increase to $15.69 an hour. This marks the state’s inaugural economic indicator-driven minimum wage increase. This adjustment is …
Posted on Apr 6, 2023 on Legal Updates, Legislative Updates, Wage and Hour by Brody and Associates, Robert G. Brody and Mark J. Taglia
Last month, California legislators introduced the Fast-Food Franchisor Responsibility Act (“AB 1228”). It’s core creates joint liability between franchisees and franchisors and was part of the original Fast Food Recovery Act (“AB 257”). These joint …
Posted on Feb 21, 2023 on Employment, Legal Updates, Wage and Hour by Brody and Associates, Robert G. Brody and Mark J. Taglia
Earlier this week, a California federal judge blessed a $53.5 million settlement between United Airlines and a group of California based flight attendants. The settlement is the result of a 2014 class action brought by …
Posted on Nov 15, 2022 on Employment, Union Issues, Wage and Hour, Workplace Safety by Robert G. Brody and Mark J. Taglia
In a surprising setback to the unionizing trend sweeping the country, workers at a Philadelphia-area Home Depot soundly rejected the Home Depot Workers United union by a vote of 165-51. This first ever store-wide union …
Posted on Aug 8, 2022 on Legal Updates, News, Wage and Hour by Brody and Associates, Robert G. Brody and Mark J. Taglia
Earlier this week the U.S. Department of Justice (the “DOJ”) announced it had reached a nearly $85 million settlement with Cargill Inc. and several other poultry producers for an alleged wage-fixing scheme designed to keep …
Posted on Jul 27, 2022 on Labor Management Issues, News, Wage and Hour by Brody and Associates, Robert G. Brody and Mark J. Taglia
A recent study conducted by multinational consulting firm, Willis Towers Watson (“WTW”), shows employers are preparing for large raises in 2023, to go on top of the massive 4.1% average increases they doled out this …
Posted on Jul 13, 2022 on Labor Management Issues, Legal Updates, Wage and Hour by Brody and Associates, Robert G. Brody and Luis A. Torres
Minimum wage workers in Connecticut now earn $14 an hour as of July 1st. Are you in compliance? Employers should make sure to alert their payroll company of this rate increase as the payroll company …
Posted on Jul 7, 2022 on Legal Updates, Wage and Hour by Brody and Associates, Robert G. Brody and Mark J. Taglia
Summer is just beginning and so are summer internships. Many of our clients are using interns for the first time since the Summer of 2019 – pre-pandemic. While doing so, it’s important for employers to …
Posted on Jun 28, 2022 on Legal Updates, News, Wage and Hour by Brody and Associates, Robert G. Brody and Luis A. Torres
Hawaii Governor David Ige signed the first state bill to raise a State’s minimum wage to $18.00 an hour. The new bill has a six-year phase-in period. The current minimum wage is $10.10. It will …
Posted on Jun 23, 2022 on Labor Management Issues, Legal Updates, News, Wage and Hour by Brody and Associates, Robert G. Brody and Mark J. Taglia
In a major win for labor, employees at the Towson, Maryland Apple store voted Saturday to unionize. The 65-33 outcome stands as a landslide win for the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers Union …