Recent Updates

2019 Annual Minimum Wage Bulletin (July 2019)

• New minimum wage rates from July 1, 2020 through July 1, 2024 have been added to notice.
• Employers may pay lower tier rate to employees who have been offered health benefits. All other employees must be paid higher tier rate.
• Effective July 1, 2020, the lower tier minimum wage will be $8.00 per hour; the higher tier minimum wage will be $9.00 per hour.
• New Posting Date of July 1, 2019

Notice of Employee Sickness or Injury (July 2019)

• Under new law, effective May 15, 2019, an employer must not require employees to be present at the workplace in order to notify the employer that they can’t work due to illness or injury unrelated to work.
• An employer may require employees to notify the employer that they are ill or injured and cannot report to work.
• Publication Date of 6/11/19

Paid Leave (July 2019)

• Under new law, effective Jan. 1, 2020, private employers with at least 50 employees must provide paid leave to all employees.
• Use of leave begins on an employee’s 90th calendar day of employment.
• Employees may carry over up to 40 hours of paid leave per year.
• Publication Date of 6/11/19

Rules to Be Observed by Employers (July 2019)

• Rest periods may be taken in the middle of each work period or as close to middle as possible.
• When employer and employee agree in writing, the employer may exclude from the employee’s wages a regularly scheduled sleeping period of no more than 8 hours, if adequate sleeping facilities are furnished.
• Deductions from wages must be agreed to in writing by both the employer and employee for a specific purpose, pay period, and amount.

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Other changes:
2019 Annual Minimum Wage Bulletin – Apr 2019
2019 Annual Daily Overtime Bulletin – Apr 2019
Rules to Be Observed by Employers – Aug 2018
2018 Annual Minimum Wage Bulletin – Apr 2018
2018 Annual Daily Overtime Bulletin – Apr 2018