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That is, as he put it (p. 13), laws regarding discussions of a candidate’s wage history should make such discussions contingent on reciprocity.

According to an analysis by workforce intelligence firm Revelio Labs, the number of companies hiring compensation professionals in Colorado, California, New York and Washington — all states with pay transparency laws —rose by 60% since 2018.

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Fast-Food Worker Pay Set to Rise in California Under Union Deal Fast-food workers in California are poised to get a $20 minimum wage next year under a deal announced Sept. 11 between labor unions and the restaurant industry, the Wall Street Journal reports .

The salary requirements, which are also in effect in California, Colorado and New York , represent a watershed moment in the pay transparency movement, as the rulings will set a standard for how employers could be punished for failure to comply with pay transparency law requirements, Bloomberg Law notes.

Court Strikes Down California Law Mandating Board Diversity As reported by Newsweek , a Los Angeles court judge has deemed a California law that obliged corporations to include board members from “underrepresented communities” as unconstitutional.

“My view is that the Department of Labor decided to take the risk of going too far in order to see how far they could go,” said Natalie Bare, a class action and employment law litigator for the Duane Morris law firm.

Key Takeaways Amazon Employees to Return to the Office Five Days a Week;Sam’s Club Increases Its Minimum Wage to $16 Per Hour;New York Enacts Retail Worker Safety Law;China Is Raising Its Retirement Age; Reuse Permission Amazon Employees to Return to the Office Five Days a Week Amazon will be transitioning corporate staffers to work in the office five days a week, according to a memo company CEO Andy Jassy made available to employees on Sept. 16 .

Whether or not the federal final rule goes through in its current or an altered form, he said, “Some states [i.e., Alaska, California, Colorado, Maine, New York, Washington] have already passed their own state law guidance on what is needed to be exempt — or not — from overtime.”