Wage and Hour
Developments
A Year in Review
2018
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INTRODUCTION
The law regulating the payment of wages and work hours is a
vibrant area: the “ght for $15.00”; battles over who can receive
tips (and whether the tip credit should be eliminated entirely);
whether workers should be given additional pay when employers
cancel shifts and fail to provide “predictive schedules”; and what
should happen to that pesky overtime rule. These are just some of
the hot button issues addressed in 2018. As 2019 begins, we take
a look back at notable wage and hour developments on the federal
and state level in 2018.
The federal minimum wage has remained stagnant at $7.25 an hour since 2009.
In the absence of an increase to the federal minimum wage, an increasing
number of states, cities, and other municipalities have enacted statutes providing
for minimum wage rates in excess of (and, in some cases, more than twice as
high as) the federal rate. For information about state and local minimum wage
changes that took place in 2018, see:
http://www.jacksonlewis.com/publication/2018-minimum-wage-rate-increases-are-
you-ready.
For information about upcoming state and local minimum wage changes for 2019,
see:
2019 State-by-State Minimum Wage Increases and New York Minimum Wage
Increases 2019.
A comprehensive list of all current and upcoming minimum wage rates also is
available through the Jackson Lewis workthruIT® App. Information on the App is
available here: workthruIT or through any Jackson Lewis attorney.
