New Employee Minimum Pay Rates Most employers should now know that there are minimum wage requirements mandated by the federal government, state of California and local municipalities. Keeping up with them is laborious. Here’s the latest: New Minimum Wage Rate •As of January 1, 2026, all employers in California must...
U.S Court of Appeals Back East Says PTO is NOT Salary In the case of Higgins v Bayada Home Health, the Third Circuit Court of Appeals, a federal court covering Delaware, New Jersey, Eastern/Middle and Eastern Pennsylvania, says paid time off (“PTO”) is not salary for purposes of the Fair...
Many employers are rightfully concerned with how best to manage the business and financial impact and implications of the COVID-19 outbreak and resulting closures and dislocations. Some are considering temporary furloughs of workers as an alternative to terminations or reductions in force (“RIFs”). Below, we provide a general overview of...