The winding legal path of the 2016 “white collar” regulations has come to an end. On August 31, 2017, the Honorable Amos L. Mazzant of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas struck down the U.S. Department...more
9/20/2017
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Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Dismissals ,
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) ,
Lack of Authority ,
Minimum Salary ,
Obama Administration ,
Over-Time ,
Preliminary Injunctions ,
Public Comment ,
Secretary of Labor ,
Trump Administration ,
Wage and Hour ,
White-Collar Exemptions
In a significant decision that expands the rights of employees, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit ruled on April 4, 2017 that discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation is a form of sex discrimination...more
4/7/2017
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Civil Rights Act ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Gender Identity ,
Hiring & Firing ,
LGBTQ ,
Sex Discrimination ,
Sexual Orientation Discrimination ,
Split of Authority ,
Title VII ,
Transgender