Archive for November 2016
St Paul Passes Earned Sick & Safe Time and What it Means for Employers
St Paul Passes Earned Sick & Safe Time and What it Means for Employers The St Paul, MN. City Council passed the Earned Sick and Safe Time (ESST) Ordinance on September 7, 2016. The new ordinance requires employers to provide paid time to employees. St Paul is the second city in Minnesota to create mandatory…
Read MoreCase Study: Maryland University of Integrated Health
It’s one thing to tell you how we can help, it’s another to see for yourself. We’ll regularly post case studies so you can see how ApplicantStack has been able to save our customers time and get more qualified applicants in the door. ABOUT Maryland University of Integrated Health is a graduate school of integrative…
Read MorePasadena Passes Minimum Wage Law Steeper than California Minimum Wage
The City of Pasadena passes minimum wage ordinance that escalates the minimum wage for employees working inside the Pasadena city limits. For employers who have 26 or more employees, the new minimum wage is steeper than the California State Minimum wage law. The new law went into effect July 1, 2016, and applies to any…
Read MoreUC Berkeley Promotes Minimum Wage, then Plans Layoffs for 500 Min Wage Workers.
Disclaimer: The views expressed in this article are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of SwipeClock. In an ironic twist of fate and unlikely coincidence, UC Berkeley, one of the nation’s most liberal universities is getting a lesson in real-life economics. Just one week after Gov. Jerry Brown signed into law a…
Read MoreSanta Monica Paid Sick Leave Ordinance takes effect Jan 1 2017 with annual changes.
Santa Monica Paid Sick Leave Ordinance takes effect Jan 1, 2017, with annual changes. Santa Monica jumps on the slew of minimum wage and paid sick leave ordinances spreading across the State of California. Despite state regulations, which implemented sick leave laws state-wide, Santa Monica has put into law a wider and higher awarding system…
Read MoreKin Care Law updates to align with the California Paid Sick Leave Act
Kin Care Updates to align with California Paid Sick Leave Law California has an abundance of labor laws that can make it difficult for many businesses to know with certainty that they are in compliance. The recent updates of sick leave ordinances across many cities in California are only in addition to the California Paid…
Read MoreSan Diego Sick Leave Municipal Code
The City of San Diego Sick Leave Laws took effect July 11, 2016. The measure was passed June 7th, which gave businesses little time to scramble for compliance with the new laws. Albeit, the State of California also has sick leave laws, there are some key differences between the new San Diego Sick Leave Laws…
Read MoreMinimum wage increases in 5 states across the country and 2 pass paid sick leave laws
Yesterday’s elections ended what has been a highly headed and controversial races. Imbedded in several state laws were included minimum wage increases. Maine, Arizona, and Colorado all voted to increase the minimum wages in those states to $12 an hour. Washington voted to increase minimum wage to $13.50 an hour. Conversely, South Dakota had a…
Read MoreSan Francisco Paid Sick Leave Ordinance: Updates and Changes
San Francisco was one of the earliest cities to enact a paid sick leave ordinance when voters approved a Paid Sick Leave Ordinance in 2006. The ordinance went into effect in 2007. Since that time several surrounding cities have enacted their own sick leave laws and the State of California has made paid sick leave…
Read MoreMcDonald’s to pay $3.75 Million to franchise workers creating implications for the industry.
McDonald’s has agreed to pay out $3.75 Million dollars to franchise workers in a settlement of a lawsuit that claims that McDonald’s violated California’s labor law. This is the first time that franchise workers have successfully sued the company and it could have some major implications not only for McDonald’s but for the entire fast…
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