With inflation continuing unbridled at record-setting levels, its impact on minimum wages across the nation is becoming clearer with each week. As we’ve advised in the past, and as recently as only two weeks ago, those states and local communities that tethered minimum wage increases to the Consumer Price Index. Unfortunately, there are more increases…
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Presidents and presidential candidates come and go, with this year’s election no different than many others in our country’s history in that regard. But many of the issues Dunkin’ franchise owners care about are not solely or even principally determined in Washington, D.C. Rather, state lawmakers and their counterparts on the local level – city…
Read More »On the issue of joint-employer, states are still looking to insulate businesses within their borders from the NLRB re-definition by codifying the traditional definition in state law. South Dakota is the latest in a string of states to enact laws limiting “joint employer”. Governor Dennis Daugaard signed Senate bill SB137 into law last week after…
Read More »Voters in the four states that were considering minimum wage ballot initiatives this week approved all 4 measures on Tuesday. The states of Arizona, Colorado, Maine and Washington each will see their minimum wages rise by varying amounts on different time schedules as a result of election day approvals. Three of the four however (Arizona,…
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Ballot measures mandating increases in the state minimum wage were approved in each of the four states where it was presented to the voters. Alaska voters approved a new minimum wage of $9.75 by January, 2016. Thereafter, the state wage will be adjusted based on inflation or be set $1 higher than the statutory federal…
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As our children prepare to celebrate Halloween this evening, businesses across the country are being subjected to the governmental version of tricks & treats, as well, depending upon the state within which they operate their businesses. The Tax Foundation released their annual Tax Climate Index this week identifying states by their business-friendliness rating. For the…
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You will recall that initiatives to increase the federal minimum wage began when President Obama identified it as a goal of his second term back in 2013. Although the issue has been a non-starter at the federal level in Congress, Vice President Joe Biden was trying to breathe more life into it at a speech…
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