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Yesterday evening, Governor Tomblin signed HB 4283 to raise the minimum wage, stating that, "I signed this bill because I believe it is a positive step toward helping more than 100,000 hardworking West Virginians earn a fair wage-including mothers, fathers, working adults, as well as teens working their first jobs." This new law raises the minimum wage to $8.00 in 2015 and then again to $8.75 in 2016. This will make West Virginia’s minimum wage rate the 5th highest in the country beginning on January 1, 2015.
The passage and signage of this bill was heavily debated due to its effects on current overtime laws and federal exemptions. From early on, OMEGA worked with both the Legislature and the Governor’s office on this bill. We originally hoped that we could address concerns and fix issues with the bill while it was still in the early stages of the process. Even though the bill passed through, we are confident that these important issues will still be addressed. A special session in May has been called to consider the overtime provisions of this bill. We have the Governor’s word that this issue, along with others, will be properly addressed then.
OMEGA will continue its involvement with this issue as the special session nears and will ask lawmakers to preserve the federal exemptions and overtime provisions that have long been a part of West Virginia minimum wage laws. We will keep you updated.
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A U.S. Appeals Court on March 21 upheld the Federal Reserve's rules governing debit card interchange fees, dealing a major blow to retailers who have fought to reduce the transaction fees they are charged when customers swipe a debit card. The ruling reverses a lower court’s decision last year that the Federal Reserve had set the cap on debit card transactions too high.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia ruled that the Federal Reserve’s interpretation of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act was reasonable.
In issuing its ruling, the Court said the debit-fee issue put the Federal Reserve and the courts "in a real bind" because the Dodd-Frank amendment that limited the fees was poorly written by Congress.
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NACS has issued a statement of position that encourages stores selling e-cigarettes to adopt, as a best practice, a policy of treating these products as age restricted and subjecting them to the same age-verification procedures as those applicable to tobacco products.
NACS’ position was developed by the association’s retail Board of Directors during its most recent meeting. Convenience stores are the largest retail channel for e-cigarette sales, with overall sales of nearly $540 million in 2013, representing 75% of all brick-and mortar sales, excluding kiosks and tobacco only outlets.
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Please be advised that our Hours of Service Waiver that was issued on January 6th is only in effect until midnight tonight.
However, due to the State of Emergency issued for several counties in West Virginia, the Office of Emergency Services has issued another statewide Hours of Service Waiver, which is in effect until the end of the State of Emergency. This waiver was requested for fuel and water deliveries. A copy of the waiver is attached for your records.
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The Division of Motor Vehicles has issued an Emergency Waiver of Truck Registration - waiving any requirements under WV Law relating to trip permits, authorizations or licenses required for commercial vehicles operating in the State of West Virginia and transporting water and humanitarian relief to victims of water contamination. Please see attached waiver for required conditions that must be satisfied.
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