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Paid Sick Leave and Paid Fam­ily Leave Under the Fam­i­lies First Coro­n­avirus Act

March 19, 2020 by Lisa Guerin

Begin­ning in April, the Fam­i­lies First Coro­n­avirus Act makes many more employ­ees eli­gi­ble for paid sick leave and paid time off to care for chil­dren.

Filed Under: Overtime & Minimum Wage Law Tagged With: coronavirus, employee, employer, sick leave

Paid Sick Leave in the Time of Coro­n­avirus

March 12, 2020 by Lisa Guerin

Many employ­ees who don’t go to work because of the coro­n­avirus won’t get paid sick leave for the days they miss. Some may even lose their jobs. Here’s how the law does and does not pro­tect work­ers in the event of a pub­lic health cri­sis.

Filed Under: Overtime & Minimum Wage Law Tagged With: coronavirus, employee, employer, healthy families act, sick leave, state sick leave laws

States Give Mil­lions of Min­i­mum Wage Work­ers a Raise

January 15, 2020 by Lisa Guerin

In 2020, almost seven mil­lion employ­ees will see their pay increase as a result of 2020 increases in state and local min­i­mum wage rates.

Filed Under: Overtime & Minimum Wage Law Tagged With: employee, employer, state minimum wage

Tem­po­rary Hol­i­day Work: What Are Your Legal Rights?

December 11, 2019 by Lisa Guerin

Answers to fre­quently asked ques­tions about the legal rights of Amer­i­ca’s hun­dreds of thou­sands of tem­po­rary hol­i­day employ­ees.

Filed Under: Overtime & Minimum Wage Law, Unemployment Benefits Tagged With: holiday work, temporary employee

AB 5: The New Cal­i­for­nia Law That May Turn Many Con­trac­tors Into Employ­ees

November 14, 2019 by Lisa Guerin

Woman using Lyft app | California AB5

A new and con­tro­ver­sial Cal­i­for­nia law, Assem­bly Bill 5 (AB5), may trans­form many con­trac­tors into employ­ees at mid­night on Jan­u­ary 1, 2020.

Filed Under: Overtime & Minimum Wage Law, Unemployment Benefits Tagged With: california, employee, employer, independent contractor, workers compensation

New Over­time Rule Will Pro­tect More Workers—Critics Say It’s Not Enough

October 2, 2019 by Lisa Guerin

Overworked woman sleeping on photocopier

A new fed­eral rule will make more than 1 mil­lion addi­tional work­ers eli­gi­ble for over­time, but crit­ics say it does­n’t go nearly far enough.

Filed Under: Overtime & Minimum Wage Law Tagged With: overtime

Does Your Food Deliv­ery App Let Dri­vers Keep Tips?

July 31, 2019 by Lisa Guerin

Food delivery worker wearing an Uber Eats backpack illustrating an article on keeping delivery tips

Most food deliv­ery com­pa­nies aren’t legally required to let their deliv­ery work­ers keep tips. But there are plenty of rea­sons they should do it any­way.

Filed Under: Overtime & Minimum Wage Law Tagged With: independent contractor, tips

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