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Under two new wage laws, Oregon employers will have to comply with three separate minimum wages as of July 1, 2016, depending on the employer’s location, and then will have to provide all employees with additional information about how that pay was c...

On February 23, 2016, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals determined that the Fair Labor Standards Act (the "FLSA") prohibits employers from requiring employees to participate in tip-pooling arrangements that include both customarily tipped employees...

Recently the Supreme Court, for the first time, halted the implementation of an EPA rule before review by the Court of Appeals. Read full blog post here.

The United States Department of Labor's Wage & Hour Division ("WHD") recently released an Administrative Interpretation (the "AI") regarding standards for determining joint employment under the Fair Labor Standards Act ("FLSA"). This means that...

While it is common knowledge that Washington State does not have a personal income tax, it would be a mistake to assume that the sale of a business has no tax consequences to past or future owners. This article will explore the tax consequences of bu...

Overview   Under the Affordable Care Act (“ACA”), in order to obtain the information necessary for the IRS to administer the employer shared responsibility mandate (often referred to as the “play or pay” rule) and premium tax credit, “applicab...