More than 30,000 workers at approximately 45 companies in Matamoros, Tamaulipas, recently went on strike demanding a 20% salary increase, plus a one-time annual bonus of MXN $32,000 (approximately USD $1,700).
On January 29, 2019, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court held that failing to grant a lateral transfer for discriminatory reasons may constitute an “adverse employment action” that violates Massachusetts law.
El 31 de enero de 2019, se publicó en el Diario Oficial de la Federación el Decreto emitido por el Presidente Andres Manuel López Obrador a través del cual se establece que los beneficiarios del Programa “Jóvenes Construyendo el Futuro”
On January 31, 2019, Mexico’s Official Gazette published a decree ordering that individuals participating in the “Youth Building the Future” program be incorporated into Mexico's social security system, thereby entitling them to benefits.
Nearly all states legislatures are now in session, and the surge of new bills indicates lawmakers are not holding back. Over 1,000 state-level labor and employment-related bills have already been introduced since January 1, 2019.
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has announced that it will extend the deadline for filing 2018 EEO-1 reports from March 31, 2019 to May 31, 2019.
2019 marks the start of Wage Watch’s third year of publication, which we will celebrate the only way we (sadly) know how: by recapping federal, state, and local developments concerning the minimum wage, tips, and overtime.
