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Sandberg Phoenix » Employer Law
3M ago
On November 5, 2024, Missouri voters approved Proposition A, which will raise the minimum wage and require employers to provide paid sick leave. On January 1, 2025, the minimum wage in Missouri will rise from $12.30 per hour to $13.75 per hour. On January 1, 2026, the minimum wage will rise again to $15.00 per hour. On January 1, 2027 and thereafter, the minimum wage will be adjusted based on changes to the Consumer Price Index. This was largely how the law was written previously; the only differences are the increased wage rates and dates of increases ..read more
Sandberg Phoenix » Employer Law
4M ago
On October 7, 2024, the General Counsel (GC) of the NLRB issued a Memorandum (GC 25-01) which addressed her strategy in cases before the Board involving what are known as stay-or-pay agreements.  ..read more
Sandberg Phoenix » Employer Law
4M ago
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has now appealed two separate decisions by federal court judges that concluded the new FTC rule banning non-competes is invalid.  ..read more
Sandberg Phoenix » Employer Law
5M ago
On August 16, 2024, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals issued a 20-page decision in the case of Vanegas v. Signet Builders, Inc., wherein it concluded that, in FLSA collective actions, federal courts can only hear and decide claims of individuals over which they have personal jurisdiction ..read more
Sandberg Phoenix » Employer Law
5M ago
On August 22, 2024, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) announced the end to its practice of accepting consent orders from employers to resolve charges of unfair labor practices.  ..read more
Sandberg Phoenix » Employer Law
6M ago
Employers can take big sigh of relief: a federal judge in Texas issued a 27-page order declaring that the new FTC rule “shall not be enforced or otherwise take effect on its effective date of September 4, 2024 or thereafter ..read more
Sandberg Phoenix » Employer Law
6M ago
Illinois has added more restrictions to non-compete agreements and non-solicitation agreements as the result of two new public acts recently signed by its Governor.  ..read more
Sandberg Phoenix » Employer Law
6M ago
Public Act 103–0722, effective January 1, 2025, was signed into law the week of July 29, 2024 ..read more
Sandberg Phoenix » Employer Law
7M ago
In response to a legal challenge to its 2023 proposed joint employer rule, the NLRB has decided to retreat from the rule, for now. A federal judge in Texas vacated the rule and the Board announced that it will not appeal the ruling.  ..read more
Sandberg Phoenix » Employer Law
7M ago
On July 23, 2024, the United States District Court Judge Alan D. Albright of the Western District of Texas issued an order stopping the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) from pursuing certain unfair labor practice charges against SpaceX on the basis of its preliminary finding that the structure of the NLRB is itself unconstitutional ..read more