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New York’s threshold for a white-collar worker exemption is slated to be increased under legislation passed by the New York legislature last week. ...
New York’s minimum wage will increase to $16.50-per-hour in New York City, Westchester, and Long Island, and $15.50-per-hour for the rest of the state. This adjustment is part of New York’s historic multiyear agreement between Governor Kathy Hochul and the New York State Legislature to...
New York, where I live, and Florida, where I often visit, provide an interesting contrast. …They have comparable populations — New York with about 20 million people, Florida with 23 million. But New York state’s budget is more than double that of Florida ($239 billion vs. roughly $11...
What –Minimum wage increase and exempt salary increase, effective January 1, 2023 Statewide Minimum Wage California’s minimum wage for all employers regardless of size increased to $15.50 per hour. Exempt Employee Minimum Salaries The minimum salary threshold for exempt employees increased to $1,24...
On the other hand, an employer does not need to disclose wage and salary information for jobs to be performed entirely outside Washington, even if the job posting reaches Washington-based applicants. This limited out-of-state exemption must be applied narrowly, on a case-by-case basis and sh...
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Holzapfel: Murphy leaves New Jerseyans in the Dark on Sanctuary State Status Today, Senator Jim Holzapfel (R-10) called on Governor Murphy to address New Jersey’s open border and sanctuary city policies before the chaos we’re seeing in New York spills into New Jersey. Read on... Hen...
Similarly, in New York, the minimum salary threshold for 2019 ranges from $43,264 to $58,500, depending on the location of the worker in the state and the number of people employed by the employer, with this range increasing to $46,020 to $58,500 in 2020. Alexandra Garrison Barnett ...
Rather than offer reusable fabric bags or paper, however, many stores in the First State took advantage of an exemption in the 2019 bill that allowed for thicker plastic bags, reasoning that those plastic bags would be reusable, rather than single use. The reality after their use began, howev...