Recent Updates

Minimum Wage (October 2018)

• Effective January 1, 2019:
  • The minimum wage rate increases to $8.75 per hour.
  • The new youth & training minimum wage rate is $8.25 per hour for workers ages 14–17 and for adult trainees during their first 90 days of employment.

• All employees must now be offered (rather than receive) meal breaks of at least 30 consecutive minutes when working 7.5 or more hours per day.
• New Revision Date of 9/28/18

Discrimination (October 2018)

• Effective January 1, 2019:
  • In addition to employees, sexual harassment against applicants, apprentices, staffing agency workers, unpaid interns, and independent contractors is unlawful.
  • Employers must distribute the Department of Labor Sexual Harassment Informational Worksheet to all employees.
  • Employers with 50 or more employees must provide interactive sexual harassment training to all new employees, and every two years thereafter.

• New Revision Date of 9/28/18

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Other Changes:
Discrimination – Jan 2017
Workers’ Compensation – Jan 2017
Discrimination – Oct 2014