New Jersey increases the minimum wage to $15/hr by 2024, with first increase occurring on July 1, 2019. It also incrementally increases the state’s tipped wage to $5.13/hr by 2024.
The California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 likely will require businesses, including retailers, to make significant changes to their data protection programs.
A bill in Illinois to raise the minimum wage from $8.25 to $15/hr is facing little direct opposition. Stronger wage theft protections are also likely to be included in the bill.
Sears Holdings Corp.’s unsecured creditors were in bankruptcy court on Monday to protest Eddie Lampert’s last-minute $5.2 billion bid via his ESL Investments firm to keep the struggling company afloat.
Last fall, California became the first state to pass a law requiring publicly traded corporations to add women to their boards. Hmm, “All male? Go to jail.” Not quite.
