New state laws are taking effect in the coming weeks on stay-or-pay provisions, construction worker reporting time pay and pay transparency, while the U.S. Department of Labor could finalize independent contractor and home-care worker rules and potentially get a new Senate-confirmed leader. Here, Law360 explores wage and hour developments attorneys should keep an eye on in the new season.
A push to undo a decades-old National Labor Relations Board precedent letting unions restrict workers from withholding dues under lapsed contracts could deal a blow to unions, though there are reasons to doubt the board’s urgency to revisit this policy.
Starbucks Corp. has agreed not to use race- or sex-based goals in hiring and promoting its employees and to not "participate in any organizations that require increasing the racial diversity of its board of directors" as part of a settlement with Florida's attorney general, according to an announcement made Thursday.