Florida has maintained a separate minimum wage requirement since the 2005 passage of the Florida Minimum Wage Act (“Act”), which was authorized by the Minimum Wage Amendment (“Amendment”) to Article X of the Florida Constitution. Since then, courts have disagreed as to whether the Amendment provides the right to a separate cause of action
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NY Senate Approves Repeal of Dreaded “Wage Theft Prevention Act” Annual Notification Requirement
By Noel P. Tripp on
Posted in New York State
Calling the New York Wage Theft Prevention Act’s annual notice requirement a waste of millions of dollars – and 51 million pieces of paper! – New York State Senators yesterday voted to repeal the Act’s annual notice requirement. This narrower repeal, which is limited to the notice provision (and not the other provisions of the…
California Enacts Eerily Familiar “Wage Theft Prevention Act”
By Noel P. Tripp on
Posted in California
In April, we addressed at length New York’s newly-enacted “Wage Theft Prevention Act.” Now, through Assembly Bill 469, California has adopted a nearly identical law, the California Wage Theft Prevention Act. Effective January 1, 2012, the law increases the penalties available under existing provisions of the California Labor Code, and adds a detailed notice…