The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) does not require employers to provide meal or breaks to employees. When employers choose to provide rest or meal breaks, it places restrictions on...
Minimum Wage Across The United States Varies by City and State Federal minimum wage has held steady at $7.25 since 2009. However, across the United States, individual states and cities...
Sick Leave Initiative is Narrowly Defeated On October 3, 2017, in a vote of 91,000, the Albuquerque Sick Leave Initiative failed by only about 700 votes. The battle over this...
Albuquerque Sick Leave Question is Definitely Headed to the Polls The Albuquerque Healthy Workforce Ordinance, also known as the Sick Leave Ordinance and its future has been decided by New...
Logrolling is Considered Voter Fraud. Logrolling, a practice of combining separate laws into one bill so that unfavorable laws can get passed, is the subject of two legal contentions. In...
Albuquerque voters sign a petition to have Healthy Workforce Ordinance up for a vote. Through a petition, the Albuquerque voters requested that a sick leave ordinance be placed on the...
Albuquerque employers have come out in strong opposition to the proposed sick leave ordinance that is going to voters in October. Named the Healthy Workforce Ordinance, if approved in the...
Albuquerque Healthy Workforce Ordinance is Challenged Again in Court Last fall, a sick leave initiative was introduced for Albuquerque employees. The Healthy Workforce Ordinance was slated to show up on...