Bloomberg BNA Releases New Supplement to Wage and Hour Laws Treatise

Bloomberg BNA has published the 2012 Supplement to Wage and Hour Laws: A State-by-State Survey, Second Edition, offering an updated, in-depth survey of the wage and hour laws specific to each state.

This treatise goes beyond recitation of each state’s statutory law and provides detailed analyses of state regulations, wage orders, and court cases interpreting and applying the laws. It addresses special litigation issues particular to each state, including questions on choice of forum, availability of class actions, and more. Wage and Hour Laws: A State-by-State Survey, Second Edition 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; and more. The treatise’s easy-to-find format saves hours of research and enables practitioners to quickly find the information they need and compare laws in different states.

The 2012 Supplement addresses 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 white collar exemptions, which now conform to federal law
• The Supreme Court of California’s ruling that non-residents who come to California to work are covered by the state’s labor code
• The U.S. District Court in Hawaii’s 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   

The treatise is published in cooperation with the Federal Labor Standards Legislation Committee of the ABA Section of Labor and Employment Law. Section publications provide a balanced forum for the views and professional development of practitioners in labor and employment law. For more information on Section participation, please call the Section at 312.988.5813 or visit www.americanbar.org/groups/labor_law.html.

Wage and Hour Laws: A State-by-State Survey, Second Edition, 2012 Supplement is edited by Gregory K. McGillivary, a partner in Woodley & McGillivary, Washington, D.C., who practices in the areas of fair labor standards law, employment discrimination law, and public sector labor relations law. This treatise is available for sale directly from Bloomberg BNA and also will be available on the Bloomberg Law legal research system.