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Increase Santa Fe's Minimum Wage

irene — 2012-01-20T10:36:27Z

Santa Fe's minimum wage will be the highest in the nation as of March 1st. The city announced Thursday 19th January that the minimum wage will increase to $10.29 starting March 1st. That puts Santa Fe ahead of San Francisco, where the minimum wage is $10.24 per hour. Employees who get tipped can be paid a base rate as little as $2.13 an hour, but the city living wage ordinance says that employers must guarantee that base pay and tip must add up at least the city's minimum wage.

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irene — 2011-12-21T10:35:25Z

PAY ROLL TAX CUT

Obama Backs Overtime Home Care Aides

irene — 2011-12-20T17:32:00Z

President Obama came out in support Thursday, 15 December 2011 of a long awaited labor law change, that would entitle nearly 1.8 million home care aides to overtime pay and a guaranteed minimum wage. Read more about the Overtime Provisions for Home Care Aides.

Job Description & Salary

sanne — 2011-12-20T09:51:21Z

Bill Could End Overtime IT Workers

irene — 2011-12-06T08:56:10Z

If Congress passes a new bill (S. 1747), overtime pay may be over for a lot of IT workers. The legislation would expand the definition of the Fair Labor Standards Act's (FLSA) exemptions for employees entitled to overtime pay. The law currently only exempts certain IT workers - see in the chapter Overtime Exemptions under Computer professionals - the new bill would "exempt any employee working in a computer or information technology occupation". This would greatly expand the number of exempt computer professionals.

Court Reviews Overtime Pay Drug Reps

irene — 2011-12-05T15:41:41Z

The U.S. Supreme court announced on 28 November 2011 that it will review court ruling that says that pharmaceutical sales representatives can't bill their employers for overtime pay. The case could affect the pay of ten of thousands of people. A lower court ruled that the sales reps are not entitled to overtime pay because they fall under the outside-salesman exception to overtime pay requirements of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). Read more at Overtime Pay.

Salary Madonna

irene — 2012-02-03T17:08:09Z

What's the Salary of MADONNA?

Changes Minimum Wage in 2012: San Francisco breaks $10 barrier

irene — 2011-12-05T15:36:52Z

	2011	Increase	2012
Arizona	$7.35	+$0.30	$7.65
Colorado	$7.36	+$0.28	$7.64
Florida	$7.31	+$0,36	$7.67
Montana	$7.35	+$0.30	$7.65
Ohio	$7.40	+$0.30	$7.70
Oregon	$8.50	+$0.30	$8.80
Vermont	$8.15	+$0.31	$8.46
Washington	$8.67	+$0.37	$9.04
San Francisco	$9.92	+$0.32	$10.24

On January 1st of next year, San Francisco will make history. The city will become the first location in the U.S. to have a minimum wage higher than $10. Minimum wage workers in 8 states could see their paychecks grow starting January 2012 thanks to the automatic annual increase based on the inflation rate. In addition to the 8 states above only Nevada is expected to announce an adjustment in rates coming weeks. Missouri announced in October that the state's minimum wage will stay at $7.25 in 2012.

Click on the state links above to get more information about the minimum wage per state. Click on the next link for an overview of the minimum wage per state, or for an overview of the minimum wage for tipped workers per state.

Domestic Workers Rights: CA to follow NY?

irene — 2011-09-11T14:42:05Z

In July 2011 New York passed the nation's first Domestic Worker Protection Law. California could be the next state to do that, but the Domestic Worker's Bill of Rights, AB 899, is since August 26 in suspense, meaning that it is held in the Senate Appropriations Comittee. The bill is modeled after the New York legislation and would give in-house workers like housekeepers and nannies basic labor protections like overtime pay, guaranteed sleeping time, five-day workweeks, as well as meal and rest breaks. Find out more about the Domestic Workers Bill of Rights.

Media Moguls Pay Beats Bankers Salary

irene — 2011-08-02T14:50:32Z

It's not the Wall Street banker that saw sky-rocketing compensation packages in 2010, it's the media mogul. As media companies began to shake off the aftershock of the economic downturn, the compensation packages of moguls began to swell, sometimes doubled. See for yourself and compare the salaries of bankers and media moguls.

Do You Get a Fair Pay?

irene — 2011-08-21T13:53:32Z

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Collective Bargaining Rights New Jersey, Ohio, Massachusetts

irene — 2011-08-31T11:04:53Z

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie on Tuesday June 28th signed legislation that increases pension and health contributions paid by public workers and removes the issue from collective bargaining for four years. Other states have been seeking to force public workers to pay more for benefits and limit collective bargaining rights, like Wisconsin - see article above. In Ohio, Gov. John Kasich in March signed a law limiting bargaining rights, which will not be implemented pending the November vote. The Massachusetts House passed a bill in late April stripping public sector unions of the right to bargain over health care.

Wisconsin Collective Bargaining Law

irene — 2011-09-23T09:42:19Z

Wisconsin - The largest public employee unions, representing about 50,000 workers, decided Sept. 22nd against seeking recertification votes in their fight over union rights. The collective bargaining law pushed by Governor Scott Walker has taken effect Wednesday June 29th. The law requires public workers to contribute more to their health and pensions, which amount to an average pay cut of 8 percent. The bill also strips public workers of almost all their collective bargaining rights, allowing them to negotiate only on wages. The law exempts police officers and firefighters. Small labor groups are still opting to hold recertification votes.

Connecticut 1st State with paid sick leave

irene — 2012-01-03T07:04:07Z

Connecticut is the first state of the nation to mandate paid sick leave for hundreds of thousands of service workers. On June 8, 2011, Governor Daniel Malloy signed the Act into law. Beginning on January 1, 2012 the Bill requires certain employers with fifty or more employees in the state to provide service workers with forty hours of paid sick leave a year. Read more about Connecticut Paid Sick Leave.

New Rules Paying Tipped Workers

irene — 2011-05-23T10:29:20Z

The U.S. Labor Department issued new regulations for the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) that affect tipped workers. These regulations became affective on May 5. The FSLA now requires employers taking advantage of the federal tip credit - maximum of $5.12 per hour - to inform a tipped worker about the minimum wage rules. The amendments also address tip pooling. See the changes in more detail at Minimum Wage Tipped Workers Regulations.