Automotive industry employers should take note that on January 1, 2023 several state and local minimum wages (as well as exempt employee thresholds) increase.
California State Minimum Wage for Hourly Employees: Beginning on January 1, 2025, the minimum hourly wage for Employers of all sizes will be$16.50/hour. California State Minimum Wage for Exempt Employees: Beginning on January 1, 2025, the minimum salary forExempt employees in Californiawill increa...
The Arizona minimum wage applies to most employees, with limited exceptions, including certain tipped employees, students or part-time workers, and other exempt occupations. The top 5 minimum wage states in the U.S. are District of Columbia, Washington, California, Connecticut, and New York. ...
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On August 30, 2023,the U.S. Department of Labor issued a noticefor a proposed rule change under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). If the rule goes into effect, the DOL would increase the minimum salary amount that an employee must be paid in order to qualify as exempt from overtime...
The federal minimum wage, established by the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), serves as the baseline across the entire United States. As of 2023, the federal minimum wage is $7.25 per hour. Non-exempt employees, typically including hourly and blue-collar workers earning less than $684 per ...
While the higher minimum wage for fast food employees most clearly has an impact on nonexempt worker wages, it also increases the exempt salary threshold for managers and other salaried employees of covered fast food restaurants. Under California law, employees classified under the “white collar”...
In addition,“exempt employees” under California wage and hour law(who are exempt fromCalifornia laws on meal/rest breaksand overtime pay) typically have to earn at least the minimum wage as one of the conditions of the exemption. 4. Do minimum wage laws apply to waiters and other employee...
Effective July 24, 2009, the federal minimum wage is $7.25 an hour for coverednon-exempt employees, meaning employees who are covered under the FLSA.1Employers in covered employment categories cannot pay their employees less than $7.25 per hour. ...
Under the new law, beginning on January 1, 2020 workers who earn up to $35,568 annually may qualify for overtime. That salary level increases to $40,560 annually beginning on October 3, 2021, and will increase again to $45,500 on October 3, 2022. Beginning in 2023, the salary thresh...