Sentences with phrase «new minimum wage law»

Wondering how the State's new Minimum Wage Law will impact your charter school?

He said Cuomo has «delivered more real progressive wins than any other Democrat in the country,» listing the legalization of gay marriage, the new minimum wage law, a gun - control law and the ban on hydraulic fracturing to drill for natural gas.

Cuomo has «delivered more real progressive wins than any other Democrat in the country,» Shafran said, listing the legalization of gay marriage, the new minimum wage law, a gun control law and the ban on hydraulic fracturing to drill for natural gas.

Franchise owners in Seattle are still on track to be grouped with large businesses under the city's new minimum wage law.

Seattle's new minimum wage law groups franchises with large businesses, putting the pressure on independent franchisees to increase workers» pay at an accelerated pace (a move that sparked a discrimination lawsuit from the IFA).

Westfield Valley Fair Mall is just a case study in what hard decisions businesses across the country will soon be forced to make as new minimum wage laws take effect.

Not exact matches

Keep in mind: if your new remote employee works in a state different from your HQ, you'll have to comply with labor laws (including minimum wage), payroll taxes, health insurance, and any other compliance specific to the state in which the employee works.

But recently, new minimum - wage laws and a tight labor market have pushed up wages for the poorest workers, squeezing retailers who are already under pressure from Amazon.

Since Congress passed and President Donald Trump signed the tax code overhaul in December, companies nationwide have been issuing bonuses to employees, boosting company contributions to retirement, raising the minimum wage, or contributing extra to charity in the name of the new tax law.

Cuomo has bristled at implications his progressive bona fides don't stack up and his supporters have pointed to a raft of accomplishments during his time as governor, including the passage of a minimum wage hike that eventually grows to $ 15 in the coming years in the New York City area, paid family leave, a sweeping gun control law, the legalization of same - sex marriage and regulations that bolster the rights of transgender New Yorkers.

«The Independent Democratic Conference delivers for New Yorkers: the best paid family leave program in the nation, a $ 15 minimum wage, and the toughest gun laws in the country,» Hamilton said in a statement issued Monday afternoon.

Last month, a State Appellate Court ruled in favor of two home healthcare workers who filed suit claiming the 13 - hour rule violated New York State's minimum wage laws, since they were made available to work 24 - hours a day by being live - in home health workers.

Officials were already pitching the plan as a continuation of Cuomo's «progressive» agenda for New York, which the governor counts as including a sharp rise in the minimum wage, the marriage equality law and stronger gun control provisions known as the SAFE Act.

During his time in the legislature, Brian has sponsored legislation and worked with colleagues to extend and strengthen tenant protections; increase New York's commitment to cleaner more sustainable energy sources and greater efficiency; prevent people from being exposed to toxic chemicals; increase the minimum wage; ensure equality in civil marriage laws; strengthen laws intended to keep guns out of the wrong hands; and promote cleaner, fairer elections by modernizing voting and closing loopholes in campaign finance laws.

Andrew Cuomo, the 56th governor of New York State, signs into law a graduated raise in New York's minimum wage to $ 15, at the Javits Convention Center, in New York, Monday, April 4, 2016.

Mario Cilento, President of the New York State AFL - CIO, said «The car wash industry is rife with abuses, including failure to pay minimum wage or provide workers compensation insurance; now this jail sentence should serve as a wake - up call to abusive managers that law enforcement is taking action.

New York's newly approved tax credit for employers who pay teens minimum wage is one of those laws that few but its creators seems to like.

Michael Kink, with the progressive group the Strong Economy for All Coalition, says Cuomo's strategy shows that he is serious about getting a law passed that would bring New York from the 20th highest minimum wage in the country, to the number three position.

The leader of the Business Council of New York State says her group will fight Gov. Andrew Cuomo's plan to raise the state's minimum wage to $ 15 an hour, but concedes that the legislation may become law soon.

Cuomo, New York's governor, signed into law the first statewide $ 15 - an - hour minimum wage in the nation Monday, beating Brown doing the same in California by an hour or so.

The progressive group Citizen Action decried the lower rate for upstate saying, compared to California's minimum age law passed earlier Thursday, which plans to raise its minimum wage statewide to $ 15, New York's plan is «a day late and $ 2.50 short».

Cuomo can now say he delivered on two of their chief priorities, both the minimum wage and a new paid family leave law.

(Factor in the cost of New York's new minimum - wage and sick - leave laws and upstate's status as an economic desert seems assureNew York's new minimum - wage and sick - leave laws and upstate's status as an economic desert seems assurenew minimum - wage and sick - leave laws and upstate's status as an economic desert seems assured.)

Gov. Andrew Cuomo signs a law that will gradually raise New York's minimum wage to $ 15, at the Javits Convention Center on Monday.

A New York state law increasing minimum wage for fast - food workers may or may not apply to fast - food workers at Syracuse University.

The minimum wage was first enacted into law in 1938 by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, another former New York Governor, Cuomo said.

At 8 a.m., City & State holds a «Changing the Minimum Wage» forum where speakers will include Senate Labor Committee Chair Sen. Jack Martins, and Empire Center for Public Policy President E.J. McMahon, New York Law School, 185 West Broadway, Manhattan.

The arrangement, they argue, has led to watered - down accomplishments like a minimum wage that won't increase to $ 15 north of the New York City suburbs until a pre-determined point in the future and a lack of agreement on key voting reforms and campaign - finance law changes.

New York's top court ruled that a Brooklyn man whose lottery winnings were confiscated because he had been on public assistance is, in fact, entitled to keep his prize money — thanks to federal minimum - wage laws.

A new report from a labor - backed advocacy group — the National Employment Law Project — claims a $ 15 - an - hour minimum wage could be outdated in Westchester by 2021.

He began with a statement concerning the stabbing of two young children in Brooklyn and then answers questions concerning that incident, the proposed state law to allow municipalities to further raise the minimum wage and whether he would pursue a $ 13 minimum wage for New York City, how that proposed law fits into the political deal that gave Governor Cuomo the Work Families Party ballot line, a young boy hit and killed today by a car and how Vision Zero addresses that location and the large number of shootings in the City this past weekend.

Governor Cuomo cast further doubt on issues like campaign finance reform and increasing the states minimum wage to become law this year, and says he's «shifting» to a new phase of governing instead.

Policies that have been trailed include new laws to prevent employers undercutting wages, an enforcement of the minimum wage, recruit an additional 1,000 border staff and introducing exit checks.

New state laws are taking effect this month, including an increase in the minimum wage to $ 10.40 an hour in upstate.

From the color of lights on an iconic building to a $ 15 minimum wage to a family - leave policy he signed into law without public debate, Cuomo's control of New York is unlike anything seen in recent times.

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, signs a law that will gradually raise New York's minimum wage to $ 15, at the Javits Convention Center, in New York, April 4, 2016.

The New York governor attacked Trump for anti-immigrant rhetoric at a union - backed rally on the same day he passed a $ 15 minimum wage law

Cuomo says he's seeking action on increasing the minimum wage, reforming New York City's Stop and Frisk laws, and decriminalizing small amounts of marijuana.

Governor Cuomo cast further doubt on issues like campaign finance reform and increasing the state's minimum wage to become law this year and says he's «shifting» to a new phase of governing instead.

The first is that Cuomo has made himself the first major elected New York state official to advocate the $ 15 minimum wage and the plan he supports is comparable to those passed into law in Seattle and Los Angeles and proposed in ballot initiatives in Washington, D.C. and California.

«It should be no surprise to New Yorkers that Gov. Cuomo intends to effectively amend the Human Rights Law without consulting the State Legislature; not long ago, the Governor overstepped the bounds of his executive authority in regard to the minimum wage to be paid to fast - food workers,» said Rev. Jason McGuire, Executive Director of New Yorkers for Constitutional Freedoms.

A Wage Board could also be used to institute a minimum wage in New York City that is higher than the state minimum, because the law allows a board to raise inadequate pay by locality as well as by occupatWage Board could also be used to institute a minimum wage in New York City that is higher than the state minimum, because the law allows a board to raise inadequate pay by locality as well as by occupatwage in New York City that is higher than the state minimum, because the law allows a board to raise inadequate pay by locality as well as by occupation.

The health care workers union 1199, which financed a specially designed bus and provided audiences for a series of rallies promoting the $ 15 minimum wage, called the new law historic, and said it «means fewer hardworking home care workers, nurse assistants and other caregivers will have to rely on food stamps to feed their families.»

New York City should also fight to wrest control over the minimum wage from the state, seek permission to enforce state wage labor laws and enact paid family leave through an expansion of the state's temporary disability insurance program.

The others are a financing deal for a new $ 500 million Milwaukee Bucks stadium and how dramatically to change a prevailing wage law setting minimum salaries for construction workers on certain public projects.

A far - reaching new study has provided the most compelling evidence yet that the introduction of the National Minimum Wage significantly increased productivity in tens of thousands of UK companies over the decade since it became law.

A survey by U.S. Chamber of Commerce released in April said that requirements of the new law, as well as costs, are the biggest concern for small businesses — the category into which most pet stores fall — with 71 percent saying it will be harder for them to hire new employees, especially those at or near minimum wage.

The Kaiser Family Foundation, a non-profit organization focused on healthcare issues, estimates that it would cost employers an additional $ 3,000 to cover minimum - wage workers under the new law.

Consider how we treat economic studies that claim to reach new and unlikely conclusions related to gun control or minimum wage laws.

Regular Legal Insurrection readers may recall that prior to signing the new state minimum wage law, California Governor Jerry Brown was heckled at the Paris Climate Conference.