We have recently updated our Handbook based on an amendment to the Earned Sick and Safe Leave Amendment Act of 2013 which modifies the existing law in a number of significant ways. New eligibility criteria allow employees to accrue and use sick/safe leave earlier in their tenure. The law also extends protections to tipped restaurant staff.

Executive Summary

Minnesota’s minimum wage will increase for the first time since 2005. The law phases in the new minimum wage over the next several years as shown below:

Executive Summary

Coverage:  Employers with employees working in California.

Effective Date:  Beginning July 1, 2014.

Overview:  The law increases the state’s hourly minimum wage rate from $8.00 an hour up to $10.00 an hour by January 1, 2016. The rate increase takes effect in two stages: a $1.00 increase on July 1, 2014 to $9.00 an hour, and another $1.00 increase on January 1, 2016 to $10.00 an hour. The last time California increased its minimum wage was on January 1, 2007.

Action Required:  Consult your Human Resource Business Partner as needed.

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