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Jan 6, 2025 | 
mondaq.com | Jill L. Ripke |Elizabeth Holland |Kaneem Antar Thornton
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Nov 25, 2024 | 
mondaq.com | Jill L. Ripke |Elizabeth Holland |Kaneem Antar Thornton
This election cycle, California voters rejected the minimum wage
initiative Proposition 32 (Prop 32). The initiative would have
provided a stair-step increase in statewide minimum wage from $16
an hour to $18 an hour by 2026. Without Prop 32, California's
state minimum wage will increase to only $16.50 an hour, as announced on August 1, 2024.
California employers should prepare for the increase starting
January 1, 2025.
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Nov 22, 2024 | 
jdsupra.com | Elizabeth Holland |Jill L. Ripke |Kaneem Antar Thornton
This election cycle, California voters rejected the minimum wage initiative Proposition 32 (Prop 32). The initiative would have provided a stair-step increase in statewide minimum wage from $16 an hour to $18 an hour by 2026. Without Prop 32, California’s state minimum wage will increase to only $16.50 an hour, as announced on August 1, 2024. California employers should prepare for the increase starting January 1, 2025.
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Nov 20, 2024 | 
mondaq.com | Jill L. Ripke |Elizabeth Holland
The fate of California Proposition 32 (Prop 32) remains
undecided as votes are still being counted. Prop 32 addressed
whether California's minimum wage would increase starting
January 1, 2025. If passed, the minimum wage initiative, as
previously reported here, would stair-step increase the statewide
minimum wage from $16 an hour to $18 an hour by 2026. If Prop 32
does not pass, as announced on August 1, 2024, California's
state minimum wage will increase to $16.50 per hour on January 1,
2025.
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Nov 20, 2024 | 
jdsupra.com | Elizabeth Holland |Jill L. Ripke |Kaneem Antar Thornton
The fate of California Proposition 32 (Prop 32) remains undecided as votes are still being counted. Prop 32 addressed whether California’s minimum wage would increase starting January 1, 2025. If passed, the minimum wage initiative, as previously reported here, would stair-step increase the statewide minimum wage from $16 an hour to $18 an hour by 2026. If Prop 32 does not pass, as announced on August 1, 2024, California’s state minimum wage will increase to $16.50 per hour on January 1, 2025.
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Oct 22, 2024 | 
jdsupra.com | Matthew Goldberg |Elizabeth Holland |Jill L. Ripke
The California Department of Industrial Relations recently updated its Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) regarding how claims brought under the Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA) will be handled following recent reform legislation. As we previously reported here, on July 1, 2024, Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law Assembly Bill 2288 and Senate Bill 92, memorializing reforms to PAGA. The legislation applies to PAGA notices and any resulting PAGA actions filed on or after June 19, 2024.
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Oct 8, 2024 | 
jdsupra.com | Elizabeth Holland |Adrienne Paterson |Jill L. Ripke
A Massachusetts state appellate court recently ruled a retention bonus is a form of “contingent compensation” not subject to Massachusetts’s wage laws. In Nunez v. Syncsort, Inc., No. 23-ADCV-63, employee Carlos Nunez executed a retention bonus agreement with his employer, Syncsort. Under the terms of the agreement, Nunez was eligible to receive a retention bonus in two installments, subject to the satisfaction of a few conditions.
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Sep 4, 2024 | 
jdsupra.com | Elizabeth Holland |Jill L. Ripke
In November 2024, California voters will decide whether to raise the minimum wage to $18 per hour by 2026 for all employers. The full text of the proposition is available here. Under existing law, California’s minimum wage is $16 per hour for all employers.
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Mar 27, 2024 | 
dailysignal.com | Cully Stimson |Elizabeth Holland
According to news reports, the Biden administration is considering housing Haitian migrants at the U.S. Navy base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The base–which is best known for housing al Qaeda terrorists including Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the mastermind of 9/11–has been used as a migrant detention facility several times in the past. As a policy matter, there are suboptimal options, bad options, and terrible options.
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Feb 28, 2024 | 
dailysignal.com | Zack Smith |Elizabeth Holland
Congress created and empowered the Securities and Exchange Commission to help enforce U.S. securities laws. The SEC’s unique structure and broad powers have long been controversial and subjected to constitutional challenges—including one currently being brought by Elon Musk. Only a few years ago, the U.S. Supreme Court held that the SEC’s mechanism for appointing its in-house administrative law judges—individuals who help resolve disputed matters—violated the Constitution’s .
