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New York Department of Labor Provides Draft Wage Orders Implementing Minimum Wage Increase
By Noel P. Tripp on
Posted in Minimum Wage, New York State
The legislation setting forth a schedule for increasing New York’s minimum wage has numerous implications for the New York employer community. On October 9, 2013, the Department of Labor published proposed amended Wage Orders for all industries which are effective as of December 31, 2013.
The changes to the minimum wage implicate many facets of employee…
Labor Secretary Details Obama Administration Wage-Hour Agenda at AFL-CIO Convention
By Noel P. Tripp on
Posted in Department of Labor, Minimum Wage
Newly appointed Labor Secretary Thomas Perez addressed the 2013 AFL-CIO Convention earlier this week, providing details on the Obama Administration’s legislative and administrative wage-hour agenda for the remainder of the President’s second term. The wage-hour agenda likely will be overseen by the President’s new nominee for Wage and Hour Administrator, Dr. David Weil, a professor…
New York Legislature Continues to Debate Proposed Minimum Wage Increase
By Noel P. Tripp on
Posted in New York State
New York has a long history of maintaining a state minimum wage higher than that provided for at the federal level under the Fair Labor Standards Act. However, New York State minimum wage has remained harmonized with federal law at $7.25/hour since July 24, 2009 (though New York’s “tip credit” minimum wage for the hospitality industry…