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Washington officials announced Thursday that the minimum wage will increase by 80 cents, from $13.69 to $14.49 per hour, starting Jan. 1, 2022.

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By asmith July 15, 2021 3:38 pm clipart.com OLYMPIA, Wash. – Washington State agricultural workers will be eligible for overtime soon. A new state law allows dairy workers to earn overtime pay starting on July 25th, and all other agricultural workers will become eligible in January 2022. Agricultural workers were exempt from the the state’s Minimum Wage Act requirements until a group of dairy workers challenged that rule in a case decided by the state Supreme Court last year. The court rule...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Judgement orders back pay, damages, interest

The court found Singh acted with callousness and disregard for the welfare of his employees. He instructed them to complete false timesheets and when he thought he was going to be found out he attempted to cover up what was going on and derail the investigation. Singh left New Zealand in January 2019 and did not return for the hearing. He was banned from entering into an employment agreement as an employer, being an officer of an employer or being involved in the hiring or employment of employe...

Jury deciding if immigration detainees must get minimum wage GENE JOHNSON, Associated Press FacebookTwitterEmail 6 1of6In this photo taken Sept. 10, 2019, a detainee works in a kitchen area at the GEO Group’s immigration jail in Tacoma, Wash., during a media tour. After nearly four years of litigation and pandemic-related delays, a federal jury on Tuesday, June 15, 2021, began deliberating whether the GEO Group must pay minimum wage to detainees who perform cooking, cleaning and ...

Christchurch restaurant owner banned from being employer, fined $100k after exploiting workers Newshub 7 hrs ago © Provided by Newshub A Christchurch restaurant owner has been banned from being an employer and fined $112,800 after exploiting workers.  Amar Deep Singh was the director and shareholder of three companies: Jeet Holdings Ltd, Jeet Holdings No.2 and Jeet Holdings No.6 which exploited eight workers over an 11 year period.   On June 9, the Employment Court found all three compan...

Press Release – Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment The Employment Court has issued Declarations of Breach against three Christchurch hospitality companies, and a banning order against the companies director, after a case brought by the Labour Inspectorate in respect of eight employees. In a judgement … The Employment Court has issued Declarations of Breach against three Christchurch hospitality companies, and a banning order against the companies’ director, after a case broug...

SEATTLE (AP) — After nearly four years of litigation and pandemic-related delays, a...

SEATTLE — After nearly four years of litigation and pandemic-related delays, a trial is underway to determine whether the GEO Group must pay minimum wage to detainees who perform cooking, cleaning and other tasks at its immigration detention center in Washington state.