Jan 9, 2020 | Legal Updates
Arizona and Flagstaff Minimum Wage Increases Arizona’s state minimum wage once again increased; effective January 1, 2020, all non-tipped employees must be paid at least $12.00 per hour. Additionally, Flagstaff’s minimum wage increased to...
Nov 30, 2019 | Legal Updates
Arizona’s minimum wage is set to increase to $12.00 effective January 1, 2020. This increase represents the largest hike under the wage statute, known as the Fair Wages and Healthy Families Act (the “Act”). The Act raises Arizona’s...
Oct 15, 2019 | Legal Updates
The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has published the following additional resources regarding the new overtime changes: A fact sheet titled, “Final Rule to Update the Regulations Defining and Delimiting the Exemptions for Executive, Administrative, and Professional...
Sep 30, 2019 | Legal Updates
Effective January 1, 2020, U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) Wage and Hour Division (WHD) will implement new thresholds for exemption from both the overtime and minimum wage provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). The long-awaited updates to the rule...
Sep 4, 2019 | Legal Updates
As one employer recently learned the hard way, failing to include incentive compensation (bonuses) when calculating earned over time is a costly mistake. Following a U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division (WHD) investigation, Younger Brothers Companies...
Dec 18, 2018 | Legal Updates
As of January 1, 2019, Arizona’s “Mini-COBRA” requires small business offer separating employees continuing health care coverage. Businesses with less than 20 employees do not have federal COBRA responsibilities, however, this new law mandates that small employers in...
