Thomson Reuters Practical Law recently featured a Wage and Hour Defense Blog post, titled, “Many State and Local Minimum Wage Increases Will Go Into Effect on January 1, 2018,” authored by Nancy Gunzenhauser Popper, an Associate in the Employment, Labor & Workforce Management practice, in the firm’s New York office.
Following is an excerpt:
In 2017, a great many states and localities passed laws increasing minimum wages beginning on January 1, 2018. (Some passed laws that will be effective on July 1, 2018 or other dates.)
Below is a summary of the minimum wage updates (and related tipped minimum wage requirements, where applicable) that go into effect on January 1, 2018, unless otherwise indicated.