Wage and Hour Laws A State-By-State Survey, 2nd Edition, with 2012 Supplement

MAIN VOLUME INFORMATION

Unlike other books covering this area of the law, Bloomberg BNA's Wage and Hour Laws: A State-by-State Survey, Second Edition goes beyond recitation of each states statutory law and provides detailed analyses of state regulations, wage orders, and court cases interpreting and applying the laws. Plus, this in-depth survey addresses special litigation issues particular to each state, including questions on choice of forum, availability of class actions, and more. This treatise covers all 50 states, plus the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico, jurisdiction by jurisdiction, and addresses such state wage and hour law issues as minimum wage and overtime; timing, place, and manner of payment to employees; mandatory payments in addition to overtime; prohibitions on hours worked and mandatory leave; enforcement and remedies; special litigation issues; common law wage and hour actions (types of actions, defenses, and damages); attorneys' fees litigation; liens specific to unpaid wages; and defenses unique to state wage and hour litigation.

Wage and Hour Laws: A State-by-State Survey, Second Edition provides up-to-date analyses in an easy-to-find format, saving hours of research and enabling practitioners to quickly find the information they need and compare laws in different states.

SUPPLEMENT INFORMATION

The 2012 Supplementaddresses new state wage and hour law developments, including:

• A challenge to the constitutionality of an Arizona law providing for significant financial penalties if any part of an employee's paycheck is withheld for political purposes
• The repeal of New Jersey rules for the white collar exemptions, which now conform to federal law
• The Supreme Court of California's ruling that non-residents who come into California to work are covered by the state's labor code
• The U.S. District Court in Hawaiis holding that unionized employees' wage claims for the improper withholding of tips are not pre-empted by section 301 of the Labor Management Relations Act
• The enactment of a new Maryland law requiring that employers who provide any form of accrued, paid leave permit employees to use that leave to deal with the illness of a parent, spouse, or child
• The Massachusetts Department of Labor Standards' determination that an employee cannot be compelled to pay for uniforms even when doing so does not cause the employee's wages to fall below the state's minimum wage
• A Washington appellate court's holding that the state meal and rest period regulation imposes a "mandatory obligation" on employers to provide work-free meal breaks and rest periods, even when the employer pays the employees for the time spent during those meal breaks and rest periods